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Codesystem-standards-status.xml

Vocabulary Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

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

Definition for Code System StandardsStatus

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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="standards-status"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2019-12-31T21:03:40.621+11:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> StandardsStatus</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> HL7 Ballot/Standards status of artifact.</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/standards-status 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">draft
            <a name="standards-status-draft"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Draft</td> 
          <td> This portion of the specification is not considered to be complete enough or sufficiently
             reviewed to be safe for implementation. It may have known issues or still be in the &quot;in
             development&quot; stage. It is included in the publication as a place-holder, to solicit
             feedback from the implementation community and/or to give implementers some insight as
             to functionality likely to be included in future versions of the specification. Content
             at this level should only be implemented by the brave or desperate and is very much &quot;use
             at your own risk&quot;. The content that is Draft that will usually be elevated to Trial
             Use once review and correction is complete after it has been subjected to ballot.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">normative
            <a name="standards-status-normative"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Normative</td> 
          <td> This content has been subject to review and production implementation in a wide variety
             of environments. The content is considered to be stable and has been 'locked', subjecting
             it to FHIR Inter-version Compatibility Rules. While changes are possible, they are expected
             to be infrequent and are tightly constrained. Compatibility Rules.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">trial-use
            <a name="standards-status-trial-use"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Trial-Use</td> 
          <td> This content has been well reviewed and is considered by the authors to be ready for use
             in production systems. It has been subjected to ballot and approved as an official standard.
             However, it has not yet seen widespread use in production across the full spectrum of
             environments it is intended to be used in. In some cases, there may be documented known
             issues that require implementation experience to determine appropriate resolutions for.

Future versions of FHIR may make significant changes to Trial Use content that are not
             compatible with previously published content.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">informative
            <a name="standards-status-informative"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Informative</td> 
          <td> This portion of the specification is provided for implementer assistance, and does not
             make rules that implementers are required to follow. Typical examples of this content
             in the FHIR specification are tables of contents, registries, examples, and implementer
             advice.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">deprecated
            <a name="standards-status-deprecated"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Deprecated</td> 
          <td> This portion of the specification is provided for implementer assistance, and does not
             make rules that implementers are required to follow. Typical examples of this content
             in the FHIR specification are tables of contents, registries, examples, and implementer
             advice.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">external
            <a name="standards-status-external"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> External</td> 
          <td> This is content that is managed outside the FHIR Specification, but included for implementer
             convenience.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/standards-status"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1366"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.2.0"/> 
  <name value="StandardsStatus"/> 
  <title value="StandardsStatus"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2019-12-31T21:03:40+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="HL7 Ballot/Standards status of artifact."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/standards-status"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="draft"/> 
    <display value="Draft"/> 
    <definition value="This portion of the specification is not considered to be complete enough or sufficiently
     reviewed to be safe for implementation. It may have known issues or still be in the &quot;in
     development&quot; stage. It is included in the publication as a place-holder, to solicit
     feedback from the implementation community and/or to give implementers some insight as
     to functionality likely to be included in future versions of the specification. Content
     at this level should only be implemented by the brave or desperate and is very much &quot;use
     at your own risk&quot;. The content that is Draft that will usually be elevated to Trial
     Use once review and correction is complete after it has been subjected to ballot."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="normative"/> 
    <display value="Normative"/> 
    <definition value="This content has been subject to review and production implementation in a wide variety
     of environments. The content is considered to be stable and has been 'locked', subjecting
     it to FHIR Inter-version Compatibility Rules. While changes are possible, they are expected
     to be infrequent and are tightly constrained. Compatibility Rules."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="trial-use"/> 
    <display value="Trial-Use"/> 
    <definition value="This content has been well reviewed and is considered by the authors to be ready for use
     in production systems. It has been subjected to ballot and approved as an official standard.
     However, it has not yet seen widespread use in production across the full spectrum of
     environments it is intended to be used in. In some cases, there may be documented known
     issues that require implementation experience to determine appropriate resolutions for.

Future versions of FHIR may make significant changes to Trial Use content that are not
     compatible with previously published content."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="informative"/> 
    <display value="Informative"/> 
    <definition value="This portion of the specification is provided for implementer assistance, and does not
     make rules that implementers are required to follow. Typical examples of this content
     in the FHIR specification are tables of contents, registries, examples, and implementer
     advice."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="deprecated"/> 
    <display value="Deprecated"/> 
    <definition value="This portion of the specification is provided for implementer assistance, and does not
     make rules that implementers are required to follow. Typical examples of this content
     in the FHIR specification are tables of contents, registries, examples, and implementer
     advice."/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="external"/> 
    <display value="External"/> 
    <definition value="This is content that is managed outside the FHIR Specification, but included for implementer
     convenience."/> 
  </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.