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Definition for Code SystemVersionAlgorithm
{ "resourceType" : "CodeSystem", "id" : "version-algorithm", "meta" : { "lastUpdated" : "2022-09-07T10:58:29.429+10:00", "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"] }, "text" : { "status" : "generated", "div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>" }, "extension" : [{ "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg", "valueCode" : "fhir" }, { "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status", "valueCode" : "normative" }, { "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm", "valueInteger" : 5 }, { "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version", "valueCode" : "4.0.0" }], "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/version-algorithm", "identifier" : [{ "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986", "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1989" }], "version" : "5.0.0-ballot", "name" : "VersionAlgorithm", "title" : "Version Algorithm", "status" : "active", "experimental" : false, "date" : "2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00", "publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)", "contact" : [{ "telecom" : [{ "system" : "url", "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir" }, { "system" : "email", "value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org" }] }], "description" : "Indicates the mechanism used to compare versions to determine which is more current.", "caseSensitive" : true, "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/compartment-type", "content" : "complete", "concept" : [{ "code" : "semver", "display" : "SemVer", "definition" : "Uses the semantic versioning scheme as defined in [semver.org](http://semver.org)." }, { "code" : "integer", "display" : "Integer", "definition" : "Versions are integers and ordered numerically" }, { "code" : "alpha", "display" : "Alphabetical", "definition" : "Simple alphabetic sort on a case-insensitive and accent-insensitive basis. (Sorting of different cases or accented versions of a character is indeterminate)" }, { "code" : "date", "display" : "Date", "definition" : "Versions are expressed as an ISO date/time syntax (including syntaxes with only portions of a date)" }, { "code" : "natural", "display" : "Natural", "definition" : "Sorted according to the algorithm defined here: [naturalordersort.org](http://www.naturalordersort.org/)" }] }
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.