{
  "description": "A set of flags that defines how references are supported.",
  "_filename": "CodeSystem-reference-handling-policy.json",
  "package_name": "hl7.fhir.r6.core",
  "date": "2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00",
  "meta": {
    "profile": [ "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem" ],
    "lastUpdated": "2025-04-01T12:16:37.966+11:00"
  },
  "publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "jurisdiction": [ {
    "coding": [ {
      "code": "001",
      "system": "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "display": "World"
    } ]
  } ],
  "content": "complete",
  "name": "ReferenceHandlingPolicy",
  "type": null,
  "experimental": "false",
  "resourceType": "CodeSystem",
  "title": "Reference Handling Policy",
  "package_version": "6.0.0-ballot3",
  "extension": [ {
    "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode": "fhir"
  }, {
    "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode": "normative"
  }, {
    "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version",
    "valueCode": "4.0.0"
  }, {
    "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger": 5
  } ],
  "status": "active",
  "id": "982d4f4a-e481-446c-95bf-12acd6c34362",
  "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/reference-handling-policy",
  "kind": null,
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-handling-policy",
  "identifier": [ {
    "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.203",
    "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986"
  }, {
    "use": "old",
    "value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.193",
    "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986"
  } ],
  "concept": [ {
    "code": "literal",
    "display": "Literal References",
    "definition": "The server supports and populates Literal references (i.e. using Reference.reference) where they are known (this code does not guarantee that all references are literal; see 'enforced')."
  }, {
    "code": "logical",
    "display": "Logical References",
    "definition": "The server allows logical references (i.e. using Reference.identifier)."
  }, {
    "code": "resolves",
    "display": "Resolves References",
    "definition": "The server will attempt to resolve logical references to literal references - i.e. converting Reference.identifier to Reference.reference (if resolution fails, the server may still accept resources; see logical)."
  }, {
    "code": "enforced",
    "display": "Reference Integrity Enforced",
    "definition": "The server enforces that references have integrity - e.g. it ensures that references can always be resolved. This is typically the case for clinical record systems, but often not the case for middleware/proxy systems."
  }, {
    "code": "local",
    "display": "Local References Only",
    "definition": "The server does not support references that point to other servers."
  } ],
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "version": "6.0.0-ballot3",
  "contact": [ {
    "telecom": [ {
      "value": "http://hl7.org/fhir",
      "system": "url"
    }, {
      "value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org",
      "system": "email"
    } ]
  } ]
}