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Valueset-sort-direction.json

Example ValueSet/sort-direction (JSON)

Maturity Level : N/A
Responsible Owner: Vocabulary Terminology Infrastructure Work Group Standards Status : Informative

Raw JSON ( canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification )

Definition for Value SetSortDirection

{
  "resourceType" : "ValueSet",
  "id" : "sort-direction",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2019-11-01T09:29:23.356+11:00",
    "profile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablevalueset"]

    "lastUpdated" : "2025-11-07T08:50:57.124+00:00"

  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"

    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet sort-direction</b></p><a name=\"sort-direction\"> </a><a name=\"hcsort-direction\"> </a><ul><li>Include all codes defined in <a href=\"codesystem-sort-direction.html\"><code>http://hl7.org/fhir/sort-direction</code></a><span title=\"Version is not explicitly stated, which means it is fixed to the version provided in this specification\"> version &#x1F4E6;6.0.0-ballot3</span></li></ul></div>"

  },
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "fhir"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 5

    "valueCode" : "normative"

  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/sort-direction",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.979"
  }],
  "version" : "4.0.1",

  "version" : "6.0.0-ballot3",

  "name" : "SortDirection",
  "title" : "SortDirection",
  "status" : "draft",

  "status" : "active",

  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2019-11-01T09:29:23+11:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",

  "date" : "2025-11-07T08:50:57+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure",

  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
    }]
  },
  {
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/dss"
    }]
  },
  {
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"
    }]

  }],
  "description" : "The possible sort directions, ascending or descending.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "001",
      "display" : "World"
    }]
  }],

  "immutable" : true,
  "compose" : {
    "include" : [{
      "system" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/sort-direction"
    }]
  }
}

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.