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Definition for Value SetSearchParamType
<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="search-param-type"/> <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:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.9"/> </extension> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/search-param-type"/> <version value="0.4.0"/> <name value="SearchParamType"/> <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="Data types allowed to be used for search parameters"/> <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:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.9"/> </extension> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/search-param-type"/> <caseSensitive value="true"/> <concept> <code value="number"/> <definition value="Search parameter SHALL be a number (a whole number, or a decimal)."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="date"/> <definition value="Search parameter is on a date/time. The date format is the standard XML format, though other formats may be supported."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="string"/> <definition value="Search parameter is a simple string, like a name part. Search is case-insensitive and accent-insensitive. May match just the start of a string. String parameters may contain spaces."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="token"/> <definition value="Search parameter on a coded element or identifier. May be used to search through the text, displayname, code and code/codesystem (for codes) and label, system and key (for identifier). Its value is either a string or a pair of namespace and value, separated by a "|", depending on the modifier used."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="reference"/> <definition value="A reference to another resource."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="composite"/> <definition value="A composite search parameter that combines a search on two values together."/> </concept> <concept> <code value="quantity"/> <definition value="A search parameter that searches on a quantity."/> </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.