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Definition for Value SetNamingSystemType
{
"resourceType": "ValueSet",
"id": "namingsystem-type",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2015-03-27T00:13:00.999+11:00",
"profile": [
"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition"
]
},
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
},
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid",
"valueUri": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.474"
}
],
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/namingsystem-type",
"version": "0.4.0",
"name": "NamingSystemType",
"publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
"contact": [
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
},
{
"system": "email",
"value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
}
]
}
],
"description": "Identifies the purpose of the namingsystem",
"status": "draft",
"experimental": false,
"date": "2015-03-27T00:13:00+11:00",
"define": {
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-oid",
"valueUri": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.474"
}
],
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/namingsystem-type",
"caseSensitive": true,
"concept": [
{
"code": "codesystem",
"display": "Codesystem",
"definition": "The namingsystem is used to define concepts and symbols to represent those concepts. E.g. UCUM, LOINC, NDC code, local lab codes, etc."
},
{
"code": "identifier",
"display": "Identifier",
"definition": "The namingsystem is used to manage identifiers (e.g. license numbers, order numbers, etc.)."
},
{
"code": "root",
"display": "Root",
"definition": "The namingsystem is used as the root for other identifiers and namingsystems."
}
]
}
}
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.