This page is part of the FHIR Specification v6.0.0-ballot1: Release 6 Ballot (1st Draft) (see Ballot Notes). The current version is 5.0.0.  For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions 
| FHIR Infrastructure  Work Group | Maturity Level: N | Normative (from v4.0.0) | Use Context: Country: World | 
| Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/reference-handling-policy | Version: 6.0.0-ballot1 | |||
| active as of 2020-12-28 | Computable Name: ReferenceHandlingPolicy | |||
| Flags: Immutable | OID: 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.202 | |||
This value set is used in the following places:
A set of flags that defines how references are supported.
http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-handling-policy
This expansion generated 18 Dec 2023
Expansion based on codesystem Reference Handling Policy v6.0.0-ballot1 (CodeSystem)
This value set contains 5 concepts
| Code | System | Display | Definition | 
| literal | http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-handling-policy | Literal References | 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'). | 
| logical | http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-handling-policy | Logical References | The server allows logical references (i.e. using Reference.identifier). | 
| resolves | http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-handling-policy | Resolves References | 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). | 
| enforced | http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-handling-policy | Reference Integrity Enforced | 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. | 
| local | http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-handling-policy | Local References Only | The server does not support references that point to other servers. | 
See the full registry of value sets defined as part of FHIR.
Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:
| Lvl | A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. For value sets, levels are mostly used to organize codes for user convenience, but may follow code system hierarchy - see Code System for further information | 
| Source | The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere) | 
| Code | The code (used as the code in the resource instance). If the code is in italics, this indicates that the code is not selectable ('Abstract') | 
| Display | The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application | 
| Definition | An explanation of the meaning of the concept | 
| Comments | Additional notes about how to use the code |