Example of valueset (id = "example")

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<!--   set of loinc codes for cholesterol for LONC 2.36   -->  
  <name>Loinc Codes for Cholesterol</name>
  <author>
    <name>FHIR project team (example)</name>
    <reference>http://hl7.org/fhir</reference>
  </author>
  <description>This is an example value set that includes 
      all the LOINC codes for serum cholesterol from v2.36</description>
  <status>testing</status>
  <date>2012-06-13</date>

  <!--   this example, we elected to use a UUID. We could have used 
     an OID, or a URI - depends on how it will be used.   -->
  <identifier>256a5231-a2bb-49bd-9fea-f349d428b70d</identifier>

  <!--   for version, we are going to simply use the day of publication. This is also 
    arbitrary - whatever is here is what people use to refer to the version. 
    Could also be a UUID too   -->
  <version>20120613</version>

  <!--   we claim that this value set is a constraint on this other value set 
    this actual URL is a reference to a fictitious value set definition on a 
    fictitious FHIR value set registry. We claim here, simply for illustrative 
    purposes, that the value set referred to here is all LOINC codes for serum
    tests, and that this value set is therefor a constraint on that one   -->
  <restricts>http://hl7.org/svc/fhir/valueset/@03acace4-5206-4c8f-a8b4-df27a4c18b09</restricts>
  
  <!--   given that this value set is small, it doesn't make 
   sense to import another one - what would it say? But if that made sense, 
   we'd do it like this: 
  http://hl7.org/svc/fhir/valueset/@f0f65621-ae8c-4c57-9f96-5326c2acefe3   -->
  
  <!--   you could have multiple includes, if you wanted to include codes from more than
     one code system, or include codes with different modes. we don't, in this case   -->
  <include>
    <system>http://loinc.org</system>
    <version>2.36</version>
    <!--   for LOINC, we simply include the listed codes - no subsumption in LOINC   -->
    <mode>code</mode>
    <!--   these were selected by hand   -->
    <code>14647-2</code>
    <code>2093-3</code>
    <code>35200-5</code>
    <code>9342-7</code>
  </include>
  <text>
    <status>generated</status>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
     <p>Value set &quot;Loinc Codes for Cholesterol&quot;: This is an example value set that includes 
        all the LOINC codes for serum cholesterol from v2.36. 
        Developed by: FHIR project team (example)</p>
     <p>Published for testing on 13-June 2012</p>
     <p>This is a restriction on
<a href="http://hl7.org/svc/fhir/valueset/@03acace4-5206-4c8f-a8b4-df27a4c18b09?format=text/html">
        the value set &quot;all serum test codes&quot;</a>, and contains the following LOINC codes:</p>
     <ul>
      <li>14647-2</li>
      <li>2093-3</li>
      <li>35200-5</li>
      <li>9342-7</li>   
    </ul>
    </div>
  </text>
</ValueSet>

Example of valueset

{"ValueSet": {
  "author": {
    "name": {"value": "FHIR project team (example)"},
    "reference": {"value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"}
  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div>\n     <p>Value set &quot;Loinc Codes for Cholesterol&quot;: This is an example value set that includes \n        all the LOINC codes for serum cholesterol from v2.36. \n        Developed by: FHIR project team (example)<\/p>\n     <p>Published for testing on 13-June 2012<\/p>\n     <p>This is a restriction on\n<a href=\"http://hl7.org/svc/fhir/valueset/@03acace4-5206-4c8f-a8b4-df27a4c18b09?format=text/html\">\n        the value set &quot;all serum test codes&quot;<\/a>, and contains the following LOINC codes:<\/p>\n     <ul>\n      <li>14647-2<\/li>\n      <li>2093-3<\/li>\n      <li>35200-5<\/li>\n      <li>9342-7<\/li>   \n    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>"
  },
  "status": "testing",
  "description": {"value": "This is an example value set that includes \n      all the LOINC codes for serum cholesterol from v2.36"},
  "restricts": [{"value": "http://hl7.org/svc/fhir/valueset/@03acace4-5206-4c8f-a8b4-df27a4c18b09"}],
  "name": {"value": "Loinc Codes for Cholesterol"},
  "date": {"value": "2012-06-13"},
  "identifier": {"value": "256a5231-a2bb-49bd-9fea-f349d428b70d"},
  "include": [{
    "system": {"value": "http://loinc.org"},
    "code": [
      {"value": "14647-2"},
      {"value": "2093-3"},
      {"value": "35200-5"},
      {"value": "9342-7"}
    ],
    "mode": "code",
    "version": {"value": "2.36"}
  }],
  "version": {"value": "20120613"}
}}