Operation Definition

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  <id value="NamingSystem-preferred-id"/> 
  <text> 
    

    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p class="res-header-id">
        <b> Generated Narrative: OperationDefinition NamingSystem-preferred-id</b> 
      </p> 
      <a name="NamingSystem-preferred-id"> </a> 
      <a name="hcNamingSystem-preferred-id"> </a> 
      <p> URL: [base]/NamingSystem/$preferred-id</p> 
      

      <h3> Parameters</h3> 
      <table class="grid">
        <tr> 
          <td> 
            <b> Use</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Name</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Scope</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Cardinality</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Type</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Binding</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Documentation</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> id</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 1..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#string">string</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The server parses the provided identifier to see what type it is (e.g. a URI, an
                 OID as a URI, a plain OID, or a v2 table 0396 code). If the server can't tell what
                 type of identifier it is, it can try it as multiple types. It is an error if more
                 than one system matches the provided identifier</p> 
            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> type</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 1..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#code">code</a> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="valueset-namingsystem-identifier-type.html">Naming System Identifier Type</a>  (Required)
          </td> 
          <td/>  
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> date</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#dateTime">dateTime</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> If specified, the operation will indicate what the preferred identifier was on
                 the specified date.  If not specified, the operation will provide the preferred
                 identifier as of 'now'</p> 
            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> OUT</td> 
          <td> result</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 1..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#string">string</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> OIDs are return as plain OIDs (not the URI form).</p> 
            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
      <div> 
        <p> Servers handle this request by finding the provided identifier in their known naming
           systems, and returning the requested identifier type (
          <a href="namingsystem-definitions.html#NamingSystem.uniqueId.type">NamingSystem.uniqueId.type</a> ). If there is more than one identifier of the specified type (for the specified
           date), then the 'preferred' identifier will be returned.  If there is only one
           identifier, that identifier will be returned even if it is not preferred.  If there
           are multiple preferred identifiers or multiple identifiers with none marked as
           preferred, the system MAY return an error or may list all identifiers applicable
           for that date and period.
        </p> 
        <p> If the server wishes, it can also look through all code systems and value sets
           it knows about when attempting to find the requested identifier.</p> 
      </div> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="1"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    

    <valueCode value="normative"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="vocab"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/NamingSystem-preferred-id"/> 
  

  <version value="6.0.0-ballot3"/> 
  <name value="PreferredId"/> 
  <title value="Fetch Preferred id"/> 
  

  <status value="active"/> 
  <kind value="operation"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  
  

  <date value="2025-11-24T20:46:00+00:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 International / Terminology Infrastructure"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/Vocab"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="This operation returns the preferred identifiers for identifiers, and terminologies.
   The operation takes 2 parameters:     
* a system identifier - either a URI, an OID, or a v2 table 0396 (other) code 
   
* a code for what kind of identifier is desired (URI, OID, v2 table 0396 identifier)
      
and returns either the requested identifier, or an HTTP errors response with an
   OperationOutcome because either the provided identifier was not recognized, or
   the requested identiifer type is not known.    
The principle use of this operation is when converting between v2, CDA and FHIR
   Identifier/CX/II and CodeableConcepts/C(N/W)E/CD but the operation may also find
   use when converting metadata such as profiles."/> 
  <jurisdiction> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/> 
      <code value="001"/> 
      <display value="World"/> 
    </coding> 
  </jurisdiction> 
  <affectsState value="false"/> 
  <code value="preferred-id"/> 
  <comment value="Servers handle this request by finding the provided identifier in their known naming
   systems, and returning the requested identifier type ([NamingSystem.uniqueId.type](namingsyst
  em-definitions.html#NamingSystem.uniqueId.type)). If there is more than one identifier
   of the specified type (for the specified date), then the 'preferred' identifier
   will be returned.  If there is only one identifier, that identifier will be returned
   even if it is not preferred.  If there are multiple preferred identifiers or multiple
   identifiers with none marked as preferred, the system MAY return an error or may
   list all identifiers applicable for that date and period.  
If the server wishes, it can also look through all code systems and value sets
   it knows about when attempting to find the requested identifier."/> 
  <resource value="NamingSystem"/> 
  <system value="false"/> 
  <type value="true"/> 
  <instance value="false"/> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="id"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="1"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The server parses the provided identifier to see what type it is (e.g. a URI, an
     OID as a URI, a plain OID, or a v2 table 0396 code). If the server can't tell what
     type of identifier it is, it can try it as multiple types. It is an error if more
     than one system matches the provided identifier"/> 
    <type value="string"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="type"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="1"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <type value="code"/> 
    <binding> 
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
        <valueString value="NamingSystemIdentifierType"/> 
      </extension> 
      <strength value="required"/> 
      

      <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/namingsystem-identifier-type|6.0.0-ballot3"/> 
    </binding> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="date"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="If specified, the operation will indicate what the preferred identifier was on
     the specified date.  If not specified, the operation will provide the preferred
     identifier as of 'now'"/> 
    <type value="dateTime"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="result"/> 
    <use value="out"/> 
    <min value="1"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="OIDs are return as plain OIDs (not the URI form)."/> 
    <type value="string"/> 
  </parameter> 


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