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ValueSet: hl7VS-encoding

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v2-0299 Version: 3.0.0
Responsible: Health Level Seven International Computable Name: Hl7VSEncoding
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.21.197

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Concept identifying the type of IETF encoding used to represent successive octets of binary data as displayable ASCII characters.

References

This value set is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)

Logical Definition (CLD)

Language: en

 

Expansion

Expansion performed internally based on codesystem encoding v3.0.0 (CodeSystem)

This value set contains 3 concepts

SystemCodeDisplay (en)DefinitionJSONXML
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0299  ANo encoding - data are displayable ASCII characters.No encoding - data are displayable ASCII characters.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0299  HexHexadecimal encoding - consecutive pairs of hexadecimal digits represent consecutive single octets.Hexadecimal encoding - consecutive pairs of hexadecimal digits represent consecutive single octets.
http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0299  Base64Encoding as defined by MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) standard RFC 1521. Four consecutive ASCII characters represent three consecutive octets of binary data. Base64 utilizes a 65-character subset of US-ASCII, consisting of both the upper andEncoding as defined by MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) standard RFC 1521. Four consecutive ASCII characters represent three consecutive octets of binary data. Base64 utilizes a 65-character subset of US-ASCII, consisting of both the upper and lower case alphabetic characters, digits “0” through “9”, “+”, “/”, and “=”.

Description of the above table(s).


History

DateActionAuthorCustodianComment
2026-03-06reviseMarc DuteauV2MGRemoving include system version from v2 valuesets; up-789
2023-11-14reviseMarc DuteauTSMGAdd standard copyright and contact to internal content; up-476
2020-05-06reviseTed KleinVocabulary WGMigrated to the UTG maintenance environment and publishing tooling.