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Codesystem-discriminator-type.xml

Vocabulary Work GroupMaturity Level: N/ABallot Status: Informative

Raw XML (canonical form)

Definition for Code System DiscriminatorType

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="discriminator-type"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> DiscriminatorType</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> How an element value is interpreted when discrimination is evaluated</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/discriminator-type defines the following codes:</p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td> 
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> value
            <a name="discriminator-type-value"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Value</td> 
          <td> The slices have different values in the nominated element</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> exists
            <a name="discriminator-type-exists"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Exists</td> 
          <td> The slices are differentiated by the presence or absence of the nominated element</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> pattern
            <a name="discriminator-type-pattern"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Pattern</td> 
          <td> The slices have different values in the nominated element, as determined by testing them
             against the applicable ElementDefinition.pattern[x]</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> type
            <a name="discriminator-type-type"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Type</td> 
          <td> The slices are differentiated by type of the nominated element to a specifed profile</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> profile
            <a name="discriminator-type-profile"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Profile</td> 
          <td> The slices are differentiated by conformance of the nominated element to a specifed profile</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ballot-status">
    <valueString value="Informative"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="0"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="fhir"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/discriminator-type"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.85"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="3.0.2"/> 
  <name value="DiscriminatorType"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2019-10-24T11:53:00+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 an element value is interpreted when discrimination is evaluated"/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/discriminator-type"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="value"/> 
    <display value="Value"/> 
    <definition value="The slices have different values in the nominated element"/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="exists"/> 
    <display value="Exists"/> 
    <definition value="The slices are differentiated by the presence or absence of the nominated element"/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="pattern"/> 
    <display value="Pattern"/> 
    <definition value="The slices have different values in the nominated element, as determined by testing them
     against the applicable ElementDefinition.pattern[x]"/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="type"/> 
    <display value="Type"/> 
    <definition value="The slices are differentiated by type of the nominated element to a specifed profile"/> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="profile"/> 
    <display value="Profile"/> 
    <definition value="The slices are differentiated by conformance of the nominated element to a specifed profile"/> 
  </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.