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Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)
ValueSet Example using a prepared expansion (id = "example-expansion")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="example-expansion"/> <meta> <!-- many expansions are not shareable, but this one is --> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablevalueset"/> </meta> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <table class="grid"> <tr> <td> http://loinc.org</td> <td> 14647-2</td> <td> Cholesterol [Moles/volume] in Serum or Plasma</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <b> Additional Cholesterol codes</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> http://loinc.org</td> <td> 2093-3</td> <td> Cholesterol [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma</td> </tr> <tr> <td> http://loinc.org</td> <td> 48620-9</td> <td> Cholesterol [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma ultracentrifugate</td> </tr> <tr> <td> http://loinc.org</td> <td> 9342-7</td> <td> Cholesterol [Percentile]</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <b> Cholesterol Ratios</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> http://loinc.org</td> <td> 2096-6</td> <td> Cholesterol/Triglyceride [Mass Ratio] in Serum or Plasma</td> </tr> <tr> <td> http://loinc.org</td> <td> 35200-5</td> <td> Cholesterol/Triglyceride [Mass Ratio] in Serum or Plasma</td> </tr> <tr> <td> http://loinc.org</td> <td> 48089-7</td> <td> Cholesterol/Apolipoprotein B [Molar ratio] in Serum or Plasma</td> </tr> <tr> <td> http://loinc.org</td> <td> 55838-7</td> <td> Cholesterol/Phospholipid [Molar ratio] in Serum or Plasma</td> </tr> </table> </div> </text> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/example-expansion"/> <version value="20150622"/> <name value="LOINC Codes for Cholesterol in Serum/Plasma"/> <status value="draft"/> <experimental value="true"/> <!-- Expansions that are not intended for persistence often do not have all the metadata. But this one, intended for persistence, does --> <date value="2015-06-22"/> <publisher value="FHIR Project team"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="url"/> <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> </telecom> </contact> <description value="This is an example value set that includes all the LOINC codes for serum/plasma cholesterol from v2.36."/> <copyright value="This content from LOINC® is copyright © 1995 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the LOINC Committee, and available at no cost under the license at http://loinc.org/terms-of-use."/> <!-- it's optional whether to include the content logical definition, but when an expansion is being persisted, it's better to do so (avoids subsequent mystification as to what the intent was) --> <compose> <include> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <filter> <property value="parent"/> <op value="="/> <value value="LP43571-6"/> </filter> </include> </compose> <!-- ok, and now the expansion --> <expansion> <!-- a reference to the original content - if there is one. Note that when you store an expansion, there often won't be one --> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-expansionSource"> <valueUri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/example-extensional"/> </extension> <!-- always assigned to any expansion, this is cacheable id --> <identifier value="urn:uuid:42316ff8-2714-4680-9980-f37a6d1a71bc"/> <!-- this instance of expansion --> <timestamp value="2015-06-22T13:56:07Z"/> <!-- it's useful to routinely fill out the total --> <total value="8"/> <!-- providing an offset - implies that this expansion was requested using paging - --> <offset value="0"/> <!-- now, parameters that describe how the expansion was generated. These may help with managing caching, or limit its use (e.g. this expansion was generated for a text filter) --> <parameter> <!-- for now, parameter names and values are server specific. it is likely these will be standardised in a future version. This example: underlying LOINC version --> <name value="version"/> <valueString value="2.50"/> </parameter> <!-- and the actual expansion --> <!-- this expansion is made as a hierarchy - a preferred code, followed by two sets of codes categorized by a label. This is to help a human user navigate the list (e.g. in a picklist) Note that the hierarchy might not have anything to do with the definitions of the codes (e.g. could be divided into common and less common) Building a hierarchy like this is not explicitly specified in a standard value set, but may be controlled by extensions, the expansion profile, or just performed by the expansion service. --> <contains> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <!-- the version can be specified for either the expansion, or each individual codes. Technically, these aren't quite the same thing, but it would be pretty weird for them to differ using LOINC --> <version value="2.50"/> <code value="14647-2"/> <display value="Cholesterol [Moles/volume] in Serum or Plasma"/> </contains> <contains> <abstract value="true"/> <display value="Cholesterol codes"/> <contains> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <version value="2.50"/> <code value="2093-3"/> <display value="Cholesterol [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma"/> </contains> <contains> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <version value="2.50"/> <code value="48620-9"/> <display value="Cholesterol [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma ultracentrifugate"/> </contains> <contains> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <version value="2.50"/> <code value="9342-7"/> <display value="Cholesterol [Percentile]"/> </contains> </contains> <contains> <abstract value="true"/> <display value="Cholesterol Ratios"/> <contains> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <version value="2.50"/> <code value="2096-6"/> <display value="Cholesterol/Triglyceride [Mass Ratio] in Serum or Plasma"/> </contains> <contains> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <version value="2.50"/> <code value="35200-5"/> <display value="Cholesterol/Triglyceride [Mass Ratio] in Serum or Plasma"/> </contains> <contains> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <version value="2.50"/> <code value="48089-7"/> <display value="Cholesterol/Apolipoprotein B [Molar ratio] in Serum or Plasma"/> </contains> <contains> <system value="http://loinc.org"/> <version value="2.50"/> <code value="55838-7"/> <display value="Cholesterol/Phospholipid [Molar ratio] in Serum or Plasma"/> </contains> </contains> </expansion> </ValueSet>
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.