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Example
CodeSystem/versioning-policy
(XML)
Raw
XML
(
canonical
form
+
also
see
XML
Format
Specification
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Definition
for
Code
SystemResourceVersionPolicy
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="versioning-policy"/>
<meta>
<lastUpdated value="2025-11-14T20:54:02.388+00:00"/>
</meta>
<text>
<status value="generated"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
This code system
<p class="res-header-id">
<b> Generated Narrative: CodeSystem versioning-policy</b>
</p>
<a name="versioning-policy"> </a>
<a name="hcversioning-policy"> </a>
<p> This case-sensitive code system
<code> http://hl7.org/fhir/versioning-policy</code> 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">no-version
<a name="versioning-policy-no-version"> </a>
</td>
<td> No VersionId Support</td>
<td> VersionId meta-property is not supported (server) or used (client).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">versioned
<a name="versioning-policy-versioned"> </a>
</td>
<td> Versioned</td>
<td> VersionId meta-property is supported (server) or used (client).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">versioned-update
<a name="versioning-policy-versioned-update"> </a>
</td>
<td> VersionId tracked fully</td>
<td> Supports version-aware updates (server) or will be specified (If-match header)
for updates (client).</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</text>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
<valueCode value="fhir"/>
</extension>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
<valueCode value="normative"/>
</extension>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
<valueInteger value="5"/>
</extension>
<url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/versioning-policy"/>
<identifier>
<system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
<value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.191"/>
</identifier>
<identifier>
<use value="old"/>
<system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
<value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.181"/>
</identifier>
<identifier>
<use value="old"/>
<system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
<value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.89"/>
</identifier>
<version value="6.0.0-ballot3"/>
<name value="ResourceVersionPolicy"/>
<title value="Resource Version Policy"/>
<status value="active"/>
<experimental value="false"/>
<date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/>
<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="How the system supports versioning for a resource."/>
<jurisdiction>
<coding>
<system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
<code value="001"/>
<display value="World"/>
</coding>
</jurisdiction>
<caseSensitive value="true"/>
<valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/versioning-policy"/>
<content value="complete"/>
<concept>
<code value="no-version"/>
<display value="No VersionId Support"/>
<definition value="VersionId meta-property is not supported (server) or used (client)."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="versioned"/>
<display value="Versioned"/>
<definition value="VersionId meta-property is supported (server) or used (client)."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="versioned-update"/>
<display value="VersionId tracked fully"/>
<definition value="Supports version-aware updates (server) or will be specified (If-match header)
for updates (client)."/>
</concept>
</
CodeSystem
>
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