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Example ValueSet/definition-resource-types (XML)

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Definition for Value SetDefinition Resource Types

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="definition-resource-types"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2025-11-27T16:48:47.349+00:00"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="extensions"/> 
    <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 📦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> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="fhir"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="5"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/definition-resource-types"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.1056"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="6.0.0-ballot3"/> 
  <name value="DefinitionResourceTypes"/> 
  <title value="Definition Resource Types"/> 
  <status value="active"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2025-11-27T16:48:47+00:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="All Resource Types that represent definition resources"/> 
  <jurisdiction> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/> 
      <code value="001"/> 
      <display value="World"/> 
    </coding> 
  </jurisdiction> 
  <immutable value="true"/> 
  <compose> 
    <include> 
      <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/fhir-types"/> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="ActivityDefinition"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="ClinicalUseDefinition"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="EventDefinition"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="Measure"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="MessageDefinition"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="ObservationDefinition"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="OperationDefinition"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="PlanDefinition"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="Questionnaire"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="Requirements"/> 
      </concept> 
      <concept> 
        <code value="SubscriptionTopic"/> 
      </concept> 
    </include> 
  </compose> 
</ValueSet> 

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.