This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v0.4.0: DSTU 2 Draft). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions
Definition for Value SetConformanceExpectation
<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="conformance-expectation"/> <meta> <lastUpdated value="2015-02-23T09:07:27.665+11:00"/> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/Profile/valueset-shareable-definition"/> </meta> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- Snipped for brevity --></div> </text> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/ExtensionDefinition/valueset-oid"> <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.550"/> </extension> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/conformance-expectation"/> <version value="0.4.0"/> <name value="ConformanceExpectation"/> <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="Indicates the degree of adherence to a specified behavior or capability expected in order for a system to be deemed conformant with a specification"/> <status value="draft"/> <experimental value="false"/> <date value="2015-02-23T09:07:27+11:00"/> <define> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/ExtensionDefinition/valueset-oid"> <valueUri value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.550"/> </extension> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/conformance-expectation"/> <caseSensitive value="true"/> <concept> <code value="SHALL"/> <definition value="Support for the specified capability is required to be considered conformant."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="SHOULD"/> <definition value="Support for the specified capability is strongly encouraged and failure to support it should only occur after careful consideration."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="MAY"/> <definition value="Support for the specified capability is not necessary to be considered conformant and the requirement should be considered strictly optional."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="SHOULD-NOT"/> <definition value="Support for the specified capability is strongly discouraged and should occur only after careful consideration."/> </concept> </define> </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.