Release 5 Ballot

This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v5.0.0-ballot: R5 Ballot - see ballot notes). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions . Page versions: R5 R4B R4 R3

Example CodeSystem/reference-version-rules (XML)

FHIR Infrastructure Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)

Definition for Code SystemReferenceVersionRules

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="reference-version-rules"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2022-09-10T04:52:37.223+10:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p> This code system 
        <code> http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-version-rules</code>  defines the following codes:
      </p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">either
            <a name="reference-version-rules-either"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Either Specific or independent</td> 
          <td> The reference may be either version independent or version specific.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">independent
            <a name="reference-version-rules-independent"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Version independent</td> 
          <td> The reference must be version independent.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">specific
            <a name="reference-version-rules-specific"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Version Specific</td> 
          <td> The reference must be version specific.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="fhir"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version">
    <valueCode value="4.0.0"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="5"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-version-rules"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.90"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="5.0.0-ballot"/> 
  <name value="ReferenceVersionRules"/> 
  <title value="ReferenceVersionRules"/> 
  <status value="active"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2022-09-10T04:52:37+10:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="Whether a reference needs to be version specific or version independent, or whether
   either can be used."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/reference-version-rules"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="either"/> 
    <display value="Either Specific or independent"/> 
    <definition value="The reference may be either version independent or version specific."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="independent"/> 
    <display value="Version independent"/> 
    <definition value="The reference must be version independent."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="specific"/> 
    <display value="Version Specific"/> 
    <definition value="The reference must be version specific."/> 
  </concept> 
</CodeSystem> 

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.