HL7 Terminology
2.0.0 - Publication
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><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>
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