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Codesystem-conformance-expectation.xml

Vocabulary Work GroupMaturity Level: N/ABallot Status: Informative

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Definition for Code System ConformanceExpectation

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="conformance-expectation"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> ConformanceExpectation</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> Indicates the degree of adherence to a specified behavior or capability expected for a
           system to be deemed conformant with a specification.</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/conformance-expectation defines the following codes:</p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td> 
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> SHALL
            <a name="conformance-expectation-SHALL"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> SHALL</td> 
          <td> Support for the specified capability is required to be considered conformant.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> SHOULD
            <a name="conformance-expectation-SHOULD"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> SHOULD</td> 
          <td> Support for the specified capability is strongly encouraged, and failure to support it
             should only occur after careful consideration.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> MAY
            <a name="conformance-expectation-MAY"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> MAY</td> 
          <td> Support for the specified capability is not necessary to be considered conformant, and
             the requirement should be considered strictly optional.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> SHOULD-NOT
            <a name="conformance-expectation-SHOULD-NOT"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> SHOULD-NOT</td> 
          <td> Support for the specified capability is strongly discouraged and should occur only after
             careful consideration.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ballot-status">
    <valueString value="Informative"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="0"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/conformance-expectation"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.839"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="3.0.2"/> 
  <name value="ConformanceExpectation"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2019-10-24T11:53:00+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 degree of adherence to a specified behavior or capability expected for a
   system to be deemed conformant with a specification."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/conformance-expectation"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="SHALL"/> 
    <display value="SHALL"/> 
    <definition value="Support for the specified capability is required to be considered conformant."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="SHOULD"/> 
    <display value="SHOULD"/> 
    <definition value="Support for the specified capability is strongly encouraged, and failure to support it
     should only occur after careful consideration."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="MAY"/> 
    <display value="MAY"/> 
    <definition value="Support for the specified capability is not necessary to be considered conformant, and
     the requirement should be considered strictly optional."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="SHOULD-NOT"/> 
    <display value="SHOULD-NOT"/> 
    <definition value="Support for the specified capability is strongly discouraged and should occur only after
     careful consideration."/> 
  </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.