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4.4.1.564 4.4.1.346 ValueSet http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/version-algorithm

  Maturity Level : 5
Responsible Owner: FHIR Infrastructure icon Work Group Trial Use Normative Use Context : Country: World, Not yet ready for Production use World
Official URL : http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/version-algorithm Version : 5.0.0 6.0.0-ballot4
draft active as of 2020-12-28 Computable Name : VersionAlgorithm
Flags : Experimental, Immutable OID : 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.3103

This value set is used in the following places:

4.4.1.564.1 4.4.1.346.1 Definition

Indicates the mechanism used to compare versions to determine which is more current.

4.4.1.564.2 4.4.1.346.2 Content Logical Definition

Generated Narrative: ValueSet version-algorithm

Last updated: 2025-12-18T07:07:42.17+11:00

 

4.4.1.564.3 4.4.1.346.3 Expansion

This expansion generated 26 Mar 2023 18 Dec 2025

This value set contains 5 concepts

ValueSet

Expansion performed internally based on codesystem Version Algorithm v5.0.0 v6.0.0-ballot4 (CodeSystem)

This value set contains 8 concepts

http://hl7.org/fhir/version-algorithm http://hl7.org/fhir/version-algorithm http://hl7.org/fhir/version-algorithm http://hl7.org/fhir/version-algorithm http://hl7.org/fhir/version-algorithm
Code System System Code Display Definition
http://hl7.org/fhir/version-algorithm    semver SemVer

Uses the semantic versioning scheme as defined in semver.org icon .

http://hl7.org/fhir/version-algorithm    integer Integer

Versions are integers and ordered numerically

http://hl7.org/fhir/version-algorithm    alpha Alphabetical

Simple alphabetic sort on a case-insensitive and accent-insensitive basis. (Sorting of different cases or accented versions of a character is indeterminate)

http://hl7.org/fhir/version-algorithm    date Date

Versions are expressed as an ISO date/time syntax (including syntaxes with only portions of a date) in the general format of YYYY-MM-DD (with or without separators). Inclusion of the time portion is optional.

http://hl7.org/fhir/version-algorithm    natural Natural

Sorted according to the algorithm defined here: naturalordersort.org icon

http://hl7.org/fhir/version-algorithm    major-minor Major/Minor

Similar to semver, but having only two components - i.e. a major and minor (integer) version number separated by a '.'. The specific nature of what constitutes a major vs. minor increment is locally defined.

http://hl7.org/fhir/version-algorithm    sct-url SNOMED-CT URL

Versions are expressed according to the SNOMED URL scheme. See the Versions icon topic for more details.

http://hl7.org/fhir/version-algorithm    us-date US Date

Versions are expressed as an US date format, i.e. MMDDYYYY (with or without separators).

 

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Source The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere)
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