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Definition
for
Code
System
CapabilityStatementKind
SystemCapabilityStatementKind
{
"resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
"id" : "capability-statement-kind",
"meta" : {
"lastUpdated" : "2019-11-01T09:29:23.356+11:00"
"lastUpdated" : "2025-12-17T20:50:17.012+11:00"
},
"text" : {
"status" : "extensions",
"div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">\n \n \n \n \n <p>This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/capability-statement-kind defines the following codes:</p>\n \n \n \n \n <table class=\"codes\">\n \n \n \n \n <tr>\n \n \n \n \n <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\n \n \n \n \n <b>Code</b>\n \n \n \n \n </td>\n \n \n \n \n <td>\n \n \n \n \n <b>Display</b>\n \n \n \n \n </td>\n \n \n \n \n <td>\n \n \n \n \n <b>Definition</b>\n \n \n \n \n </td>\n \n \n \n \n <td>\n \n \n \n \n <b>Comments</b>\n \n \n \n \n </td>\n \n \n \n \n </tr>\n \n \n \n \n <tr>\n \n \n \n \n <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">instance\n \n \n \n \n <a name=\"capability-statement-kind-instance\"> </a>\n \n \n \n \n </td>\n \n \n \n \n <td>Instance</td>\n \n \n \n \n <td>The CapabilityStatement instance represents the present capabilities of a specific system instance. This is the kind returned by /metadata for a FHIR server end-point.</td>\n \n \n \n \n <td/>\n \n \n \n \n </tr>\n \n \n \n \n <tr>\n \n \n \n \n <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">capability\n \n \n \n \n <a name=\"capability-statement-kind-capability\"> </a>\n \n \n \n \n </td>\n \n \n \n \n <td>Capability</td>\n \n \n \n \n <td>The CapabilityStatement instance represents the capabilities of a system or piece of software, independent of a particular installation.</td>\n \n \n \n \n <td>Elements marked as 'optional' represent configurable capabilities</td>\n \n \n \n \n </tr>\n \n \n \n \n <tr>\n \n \n \n \n <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">requirements\n \n \n \n \n <a name=\"capability-statement-kind-requirements\"> </a>\n \n \n \n \n </td>\n \n \n \n \n <td>Requirements</td>\n \n \n \n \n <td>The CapabilityStatement instance represents a set of requirements for other systems to meet; e.g. as part of an implementation guide or 'request for proposal'.</td>\n \n \n \n \n <td/>\n \n \n \n \n </tr>\n \n \n \n \n </table>\n \n \n \n \n </div>"
},
"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
}],
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/capability-statement-kind",
"identifier" : [{
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.199"
},
{
"use" : "old",
"system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.189"
}],
"version" : "4.0.1",
"version" : "6.0.0-ballot3",
"name" : "CapabilityStatementKind",
"title" : "CapabilityStatementKind",
"title" : "Capability Statement Kind",
"status" : "active",
"experimental" : false,
"date" : "2019-11-01T09:29:23+11:00",
"date" : "2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00",
"publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
"contact" : [{
"telecom" : [{
"system" : "url",
"value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
},
{
"system" : "email",
"value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
}]
}],
"description" : "How a capability statement is intended to be used.",
"jurisdiction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
"code" : "001",
"display" : "World"
}]
}],
"caseSensitive" : true,
"valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/capability-statement-kind",
"content" : "complete",
"concept" : [{
"code" : "instance",
"display" : "Instance",
"definition" : "The CapabilityStatement instance represents the present capabilities of a specific system instance. This is the kind returned by /metadata for a FHIR server end-point."
},
{
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/codesystem-concept-comments",
"valueString" : "Elements marked as 'optional' represent configurable capabilities"
}],
"code" : "capability",
"display" : "Capability",
"definition" : "The CapabilityStatement instance represents the capabilities of a system or piece of software, independent of a particular installation."
"definition" : "The CapabilityStatement instance represents the capabilities of a system or piece of software, independent of a particular installation.",
"property" : [{
"code" : "comments",
"valueString" : "Elements marked as 'optional' represent configurable capabilities"
}]
},
{
"code" : "requirements",
"display" : "Requirements",
"definition" : "The CapabilityStatement instance represents a set of requirements for other systems to meet; e.g. as part of an implementation guide or 'request for proposal'."
}]
}
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.
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