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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"><p>This code system <code>http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/conformance-expectation</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class="codes"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">SHALL<a name="conformance-expectation-SHALL"> </a></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>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>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>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="0.1.0"/>
<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>