Binding-strength.xml

Definition for Value SetBindingStrength

Raw XML

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="binding-strength"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2015-03-27T00:13:00.999+11:00"/>
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- Snipped for brevity --></div>
  </text>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid">
    <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.1552"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/binding-strength"/>
  <version value="0.4.0"/>
  <name value="BindingStrength"/>
  <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="Indication of the degree of conformance expectations associated with a binding"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2015-03-27T00:13:00+11:00"/>
  <define>
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid">
      <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1552"/>
    </extension>
    <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/binding-strength"/>
    <caseSensitive value="true"/>
    <concept>
      <code value="required"/>
      <display value="Required"/>
      <definition value="To be conformant, instances of this element SHALL include a code from the specified value
       set."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="extensible"/>
      <display value="Extensible"/>
      <definition value="To be conformant, instances of this element SHALL include a code from the specified value
       set if any of the codes within the value set can apply to the concept being communicated.
        If the valueset does not cover the concept (based on human review), alternate codings
       (or, data type allowing, text) may be included instead."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="preferred"/>
      <display value="Preferred"/>
      <definition value="Instances are encouraged to draw from the specified codes for interoperability purposes
       but are not required to do so to be considered conformant."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="example"/>
      <display value="Example"/>
      <definition value="Instances are not expected or even encouraged to draw from the specified value set.  The
       value set merely provides examples of the types of concepts intended to be included."/>
    </concept>
  </define>
</ValueSet>