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Definition for Value SetDefinition Resource Types

{
  "resourceType" : "ValueSet",
  "id" : "definition-resource-types",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2025-11-27T16:48:47.349+00:00"
  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "extensions",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet definition-resource-types</b></p><a name=\"definition-resource-types\"> </a><a name=\"hcdefinition-resource-types\"> </a><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html\"><code>http://hl7.org/fhir/fhir-types</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><table class=\"none\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-ActivityDefinition\">ActivityDefinition</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">ActivityDefinition</td><td>This resource allows for the definition of some activity to be performed, independent of a particular patient, practitioner, or other performance context.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-ClinicalUseDefinition\">ClinicalUseDefinition</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">ClinicalUseDefinition</td><td>A single issue - either an indication, contraindication, interaction, undesirable effect or warning for a medicinal product, medication, device or procedure.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-EventDefinition\">EventDefinition</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">EventDefinition</td><td>The EventDefinition resource provides a reusable description of when a particular event can occur.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-Measure\">Measure</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">Measure</td><td>The Measure resource provides the definition of a quality measure.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-MessageDefinition\">MessageDefinition</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">MessageDefinition</td><td>Defines the characteristics of a message that can be shared between systems, including the type of event that initiates the message, the content to be transmitted and what response(s), if any, are permitted.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-ObservationDefinition\">ObservationDefinition</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">ObservationDefinition</td><td>Set of definitional characteristics for a kind of observation or measurement produced or consumed by an orderable health care service.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-OperationDefinition\">OperationDefinition</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">OperationDefinition</td><td>A formal computable definition of an operation (on the RESTful interface) or a named query (using the search interaction).</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-PlanDefinition\">PlanDefinition</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">PlanDefinition</td><td>This resource allows for the definition of various types of plans as a sharable, consumable, and executable artifact. The resource is general enough to support the description of a broad range of clinical and non-clinical artifacts such as clinical decision support rules, order sets, protocols, drug quality specifications, and drug manufacturing process.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-Questionnaire\">Questionnaire</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">Questionnaire</td><td>A structured set of questions intended to guide the collection of answers from end-users. Questionnaires provide detailed control over order, presentation, phraseology and grouping to allow coherent, consistent data collection.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-Requirements\">Requirements</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">Requirements</td><td>The Requirements resource is used to describe an actor - a human or an application that plays a role in data exchange, and that may have obligations associated with the role the actor plays.</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"codesystem-fhir-types.html#fhir-types-SubscriptionTopic\">SubscriptionTopic</a></td><td style=\"color: #cccccc\">SubscriptionTopic</td><td>Describes a stream of resource state changes identified by trigger criteria and annotated with labels useful to filter projections from this topic.</td></tr></table></li></ul></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-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 5
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/definition-resource-types",
  "identifier" : [{
    "system" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value" : "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.1056"
  }],
  "version" : "6.0.0-ballot3",
  "name" : "DefinitionResourceTypes",
  "title" : "Definition Resource Types",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2025-11-27T16:48:47+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "All Resource Types that represent definition resources",
  "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/fhir-types",
      "concept" : [{
        "code" : "ActivityDefinition"
      },
      {
        "code" : "ClinicalUseDefinition"
      },
      {
        "code" : "EventDefinition"
      },
      {
        "code" : "Measure"
      },
      {
        "code" : "MessageDefinition"
      },
      {
        "code" : "ObservationDefinition"
      },
      {
        "code" : "OperationDefinition"
      },
      {
        "code" : "PlanDefinition"
      },
      {
        "code" : "Questionnaire"
      },
      {
        "code" : "Requirements"
      },
      {
        "code" : "SubscriptionTopic"
      }]
    }]
  }
}

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.