FHIR Cross-Version Extensions package for FHIR R4 from FHIR R4B
0.0.1-snapshot-2 - informative
FHIR Cross-Version Extensions package for FHIR R4 from FHIR R4B
0.0.1-snapshot-2 - informative
FHIR Cross-Version Extensions package for FHIR R4 from FHIR R4B - Version 0.0.1-snapshot-2. See the Directory of published versions
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"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">\n \n \n <h2>ReferenceHandlingPolicy</h2>\n \n \n <div>\n \n \n <p>A set of flags that defines how references are supported.</p>\n\n \n \n </div>\n \n \n <p>This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-handling-policy defines the following codes:</p>\n \n \n <table class=\"codes\">\n \n \n <tr>\n \n \n <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\n \n \n <b>Code</b>\n \n \n </td>\n \n \n <td>\n \n \n <b>Display</b>\n \n \n </td>\n \n \n <td>\n \n \n <b>Definition</b>\n \n \n </td>\n \n \n </tr>\n \n \n <tr>\n \n \n <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">literal\n \n \n <a name=\"reference-handling-policy-literal\"> </a>\n \n \n </td>\n \n \n <td>Literal References</td>\n \n \n <td>The server supports and populates Literal references (i.e. using Reference.reference) where they are known (this code does not guarantee that all references are literal; see 'enforced').</td>\n \n \n </tr>\n \n \n <tr>\n \n \n <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">logical\n \n \n <a name=\"reference-handling-policy-logical\"> </a>\n \n \n </td>\n \n \n <td>Logical References</td>\n \n \n <td>The server allows logical references (i.e. using Reference.identifier).</td>\n \n \n </tr>\n \n \n <tr>\n \n \n <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">resolves\n \n \n <a name=\"reference-handling-policy-resolves\"> </a>\n \n \n </td>\n \n \n <td>Resolves References</td>\n \n \n <td>The server will attempt to resolve logical references to literal references - i.e. converting Reference.identifier to Reference.reference (if resolution fails, the server may still accept resources; see logical).</td>\n \n \n </tr>\n \n \n <tr>\n \n \n <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">enforced\n \n \n <a name=\"reference-handling-policy-enforced\"> </a>\n \n \n </td>\n \n \n <td>Reference Integrity Enforced</td>\n \n \n <td>The server enforces that references have integrity - e.g. it ensures that references can always be resolved. This is typically the case for clinical record systems, but often not the case for middleware/proxy systems.</td>\n \n \n </tr>\n \n \n <tr>\n \n \n <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">local\n \n \n <a name=\"reference-handling-policy-local\"> </a>\n \n \n </td>\n \n \n <td>Local References Only</td>\n \n \n <td>The server does not support references that point to other servers.</td>\n \n \n </tr>\n \n \n </table>\n \n \n </div>"
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"date" : "2021-01-17T06:06:13+10:00",
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"code" : "literal",
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"code" : "logical",
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"code" : "resolves",
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"definition" : "The server will attempt to resolve logical references to literal references - i.e. converting Reference.identifier to Reference.reference (if resolution fails, the server may still accept resources; see logical)."
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"code" : "enforced",
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},
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