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Valueset-distance-units.xml

Vocabulary Work GroupMaturity Level: N/ABallot Status: Informative

Raw XML (canonical form)

Definition for Value SetCommon UCUM Codes for Distance

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="distance-units"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2017-12-20T15:52:34.818+11:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablevalueset"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      
      <p> 
        This value set includes all common UCUM codes used for distance - that it is,
         all commonly used units which have the same canonical unit as &quot;m&quot; (meter)
      </p> 
      
      <p>  
        The UCUM codes, UCUM table (regardless of format), and UCUM Specification are
         copyright © 1999-2009, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Unified Codes for Units of
         Measures (UCUM) Organization. All rights reserved.
     </p> 
    
    
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueString value="fhir"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ballot-status">
    <valueString value="Draft"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="0"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.62"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="3.2.0"/> 
  <name value="Common UCUM Codes for Distance"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="true"/> 
  <date value="2017-12-20T15:52:34+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="FHIR Project team"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM). This value set includes common UCUM codes for
   units of distance"/> 
  <copyright value="The UCUM codes, UCUM table (regardless of format), and UCUM Specification are copyright
   © 1999-2009, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Unified Codes for Units of Measures (UCUM)
   Organization. All rights reserved."/> 
  <compose> 
    <include> 
      <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="nm"/> 
        <display value="nanometers"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="um"/> 
        <display value="micrometers"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="mm"/> 
        <display value="millimeters"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="m"/> 
        <display value="meters"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="km"/> 
        <display value="kilometers"/> 
      </concept> 
    </include> 
  </compose> 
</ValueSet> 

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.