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Definition for Code SystemVersionAlgorithm
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="version-algorithm"/> <meta> <lastUpdated value="2022-09-07T10:58:29.429+10:00"/> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> </meta> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p> This code system <code> http://hl7.org/fhir/version-algorithm</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">semver <a name="version-algorithm-semver"> </a> </td> <td> SemVer</td> <td> Uses the semantic versioning scheme as defined in [semver.org](http://semver.org).</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="white-space:nowrap">integer <a name="version-algorithm-integer"> </a> </td> <td> Integer</td> <td> Versions are integers and ordered numerically</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="white-space:nowrap">alpha <a name="version-algorithm-alpha"> </a> </td> <td> Alphabetical</td> <td> Simple alphabetic sort on a case-insensitive and accent-insensitive basis. (Sorting of different cases or accented versions of a character is indeterminate)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="white-space:nowrap">date <a name="version-algorithm-date"> </a> </td> <td> Date</td> <td> Versions are expressed as an ISO date/time syntax (including syntaxes with only portions of a date)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="white-space:nowrap">natural <a name="version-algorithm-natural"> </a> </td> <td> Natural</td> <td> Sorted according to the algorithm defined here: [naturalordersort.org](http://www.naturalordersort.o rg/)</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-fmm"> <valueInteger value="5"/> </extension> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version"> <valueCode value="4.0.0"/> </extension> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/version-algorithm"/> <identifier> <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.1989"/> </identifier> <version value="5.0.0-ballot"/> <name value="VersionAlgorithm"/> <title value="Version Algorithm"/> <status value="active"/> <experimental value="false"/> <date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/> <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="Indicates the mechanism used to compare versions to determine which is more current."/> <caseSensitive value="true"/> <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/compartment-type"/> <content value="complete"/> <concept> <code value="semver"/> <display value="SemVer"/> <definition value="Uses the semantic versioning scheme as defined in [semver.org](http://semver.org)."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="integer"/> <display value="Integer"/> <definition value="Versions are integers and ordered numerically"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="alpha"/> <display value="Alphabetical"/> <definition value="Simple alphabetic sort on a case-insensitive and accent-insensitive basis. (Sorting of different cases or accented versions of a character is indeterminate)"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="date"/> <display value="Date"/> <definition value="Versions are expressed as an ISO date/time syntax (including syntaxes with only portions of a date)"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="natural"/> <display value="Natural"/> <definition value="Sorted according to the algorithm defined here: [naturalordersort.org](http://www.naturalordersort.o rg/)"/> </concept> </CodeSystem>
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