Stream: implementers
Topic: Open vs closed ValueSet
Michael Christensen (Jun 19 2017 at 12:27):
I just noticed that the HAPI FHIR documentation talks about "closed" and "open" ValueSets. How, in the current FHIR documentation, do I recognize if a ValueSet is one or the other. For instance looking at http://hl7.org/implement/standards/fhir/valueset-marital-status.html and https://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-administrative-gender.html?
Grahame Grieve (Jun 19 2017 at 20:09):
can you provide a reference to the HAPI documentation for that? it's not language I recognise
Patrick Werner (Jun 20 2017 at 09:29):
i asume it is this url:
http://hapifhir.io/doc_fhirobjects.html#Closed_Valuesets__Codes
Open ValueSets = extensible, closed = required
@Michael Christensen you don't see that fact in the ValueSet Resource itself, but in the StrucutreDefinition of the Resource using this ValueSet (e.g. Patient.martialStatus is marked as extensible)
Michael Christensen (Jun 20 2017 at 10:01):
Yes @Patrick Werner , that's the url I was talking about. And thanks for clearing things up for me regarding looking at the StructureDefinition rather than the ValueSet itself. Makes sense.
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