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Codesystem-resource-slicing-rules.xml

FHIR Infrastructure Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)

Definition for Code System SlicingRules

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="resource-slicing-rules"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2019-11-01T09:29:23.356+11:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> SlicingRules</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> How slices are interpreted when evaluating an instance.</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/resource-slicing-rules 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">closed
            <a name="resource-slicing-rules-closed"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Closed</td> 
          <td> No additional content is allowed other than that described by the slices in this profile.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">open
            <a name="resource-slicing-rules-open"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Open</td> 
          <td> Additional content is allowed anywhere in the list.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">openAtEnd
            <a name="resource-slicing-rules-openAtEnd"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Open at End</td> 
          <td> Additional content is allowed, but only at the end of the list. Note that using this requires
             that the slices be ordered, which makes it hard to share uses. This should only be done
             where absolutely required.</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-normative-version">
    <valueCode value="4.0.0"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="2"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/resource-slicing-rules"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.84"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.0.1"/> 
  <name value="SlicingRules"/> 
  <title value="SlicingRules"/> 
  <status value="active"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2019-11-01T09:29:23+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="How slices are interpreted when evaluating an instance."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/resource-slicing-rules"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="closed"/> 
    <display value="Closed"/> 
    <definition value="No additional content is allowed other than that described by the slices in this profile."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="open"/> 
    <display value="Open"/> 
    <definition value="Additional content is allowed anywhere in the list."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="openAtEnd"/> 
    <display value="Open at End"/> 
    <definition value="Additional content is allowed, but only at the end of the list. Note that using this requires
     that the slices be ordered, which makes it hard to share uses. This should only be done
     where absolutely required."/> 
  </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.