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ConformanceExpectation - XML Representation

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="conformance-expectation"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2020-04-09T21:10:28.568+00:00"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
            
      <h2>ConformanceExpectation</h2>
            
      <div>
              
        <p>Indicates the degree of adherence to a specified behavior or capability expected for a system to be deemed conformant with a specification.</p>

            
      </div>
            
      <p>This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/conformance-expectation defines the following codes:</p>
            
      <table class="codes">
              
        <tr>
                
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
                  
            <b>Code</b>
                
          </td>
                
          <td>
                  
            <b>Display</b>
                
          </td>
                
          <td>
                  
            <b>Definition</b>
                
          </td>
              
        </tr>
              
        <tr>
                
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">SHALL
                  
            <a name="conformance-expectation-SHALL"> </a>
                
          </td>
                
          <td>SHALL</td>
                
          <td>Support for the specified capability is required to be considered conformant.</td>
              
        </tr>
              
        <tr>
                
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">SHOULD
                  
            <a name="conformance-expectation-SHOULD"> </a>
                
          </td>
                
          <td>SHOULD</td>
                
          <td>Support for the specified capability is strongly encouraged, and failure to support it should only occur after careful consideration.</td>
              
        </tr>
              
        <tr>
                
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">MAY
                  
            <a name="conformance-expectation-MAY"> </a>
                
          </td>
                
          <td>MAY</td>
                
          <td>Support for the specified capability is not necessary to be considered conformant, and the requirement should be considered strictly optional.</td>
              
        </tr>
              
        <tr>
                
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">SHOULD-NOT
                  
            <a name="conformance-expectation-SHOULD-NOT"> </a>
                
          </td>
                
          <td>SHOULD-NOT</td>
                
          <td>Support for the specified capability is strongly discouraged and should occur only after careful consideration.</td>
              
        </tr>
            
      </table>
          
    </div>
  </text>
  <url value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/conformance-expectation"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.1271"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="4.2.0"/>
  <name value="ConformanceExpectation"/>
  <title value="ConformanceExpectation"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2020-04-09T21:10:28+00:00"/>
  <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="Indicates the degree of adherence to a specified behavior or capability expected for a system to be deemed conformant with a specification."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/conformance-expectation"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="SHALL"/>
    <display value="SHALL"/>
    <definition
                value="Support for the specified capability is required to be considered conformant."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="SHOULD"/>
    <display 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"/>
    <display 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"/>
    <display value="SHOULD-NOT"/>
    <definition
                value="Support for the specified capability is strongly discouraged and should occur only after careful consideration."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>