Stream: implementers
Topic: Required value set case sensitivity
Peter Bernhardt (Jun 22 2016 at 20:11):
Does the FHIR spec have anything to say about the case-sensitivity for any property of type "code". For example, is it ok to have patient gender "male", "Male", or "MALE"?
Grahame Grieve (Jun 22 2016 at 20:59):
CodeSystem.caseSensitivity. We have always, from the beginning, said any codes defined by FHIR are case sensitive.
Grahame Grieve (Jun 22 2016 at 20:59):
we also say that we will never define codes that vary only by case
Peter Bernhardt (Jun 22 2016 at 20:59):
thank you
Brian Postlethwaite (Jun 22 2016 at 21:00):
http://hl7-fhir.github.io/valueset.html#expansion (search for case sensitive)
Grahame Grieve (Jun 22 2016 at 21:01):
np. note, btw, that some other code systems define codes that vary only by case. One common one is UCUM
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