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Codesystem-search-param-type.json

Vocabulary Work GroupMaturity Level: N/ABallot Status: Informative

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Definition for Code System SearchParamType

{
  "resourceType": "CodeSystem",
  "id": "search-param-type",
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2017-12-20T15:52:34.818+11:00"
  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "extension": [
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
      "valueCode": "fhir"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ballot-status",
      "valueString": "Normative"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
      "valueInteger": 4
    }
  ],
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/search-param-type",
  "identifier": {
    "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.12"
  },
  "version": "3.2.0",
  "name": "SearchParamType",
  "status": "draft",
  "experimental": false,
  "date": "2017-12-20T15:52:34+11:00",
  "description": "Data types allowed to be used for search parameters.",
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/search-param-type",
  "content": "complete",
  "concept": [
    {
      "code": "number",
      "display": "Number",
      "definition": "Search parameter SHALL be a number (a whole number, or a decimal)."
    },
    {
      "code": "date",
      "display": "Date/DateTime",
      "definition": "Search parameter is on a date/time. The date format is the standard XML format, though other formats may be supported."
    },
    {
      "code": "string",
      "display": "String",
      "definition": "Search parameter is a simple string, like a name part. Search is case-insensitive and accent-insensitive. May match just the start of a string. String parameters may contain spaces."
    },
    {
      "code": "token",
      "display": "Token",
      "definition": "Search parameter on a coded element or identifier. May be used to search through the text, displayname, code and code/codesystem (for codes) and label, system and key (for identifier). Its value is either a string or a pair of namespace and value, separated by a \"|\", depending on the modifier used."
    },
    {
      "code": "reference",
      "display": "Reference",
      "definition": "A reference to another resource."
    },
    {
      "code": "composite",
      "display": "Composite",
      "definition": "A composite search parameter that combines a search on two values together."
    },
    {
      "code": "quantity",
      "display": "Quantity",
      "definition": "A search parameter that searches on a quantity."
    },
    {
      "code": "uri",
      "display": "URI",
      "definition": "A search parameter that searches on a URI (RFC 3986)."
    }
  ]
}

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.