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Example ValueSet/distance-units (Turtle)

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Definition for Value SetCommon UCUM Codes for Distance

@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

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<http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units> a fhir:ValueSet ;
  fhir:nodeRole fhir:treeRoot ;
  fhir:id [ fhir:v "distance-units"] ; # 
  fhir:meta [
     fhir:lastUpdated [ fhir:v "2025-11-17T19:23:40.261+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ]
  ] ; # 
  fhir:text [
     fhir:status [ fhir:v "generated" ] ;
     fhir:div [ fhir:v "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: ValueSet distance-units</b></p><a name=\"distance-units\"> </a><a name=\"hcdistance-units\"> </a><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href=\"http://unitsofmeasure.org\"><code>http://unitsofmeasure.org</code></a><span title=\"Version is not explicity stated. No matching Code System found\"> version Not Stated (use latest from terminology server)</span><table class=\"none\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td></tr><tr><td>nm</td><td>nanometers</td></tr><tr><td>um</td><td>micrometers</td></tr><tr><td>mm</td><td>millimeters</td></tr><tr><td>m</td><td>meters</td></tr><tr><td>km</td><td>kilometers</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>"^^rdf:XMLLiteral ]
  ] ; # 
  fhir:extension ( [
     fhir:url [
       fhir:v "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg"^^xsd:anyURI ;
       fhir:l <http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg>
     ] ;
     fhir:value [
       a fhir:Code ;
       fhir:v "fhir"
     ]
  ] [
     fhir:url [
       fhir:v "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status"^^xsd:anyURI ;
       fhir:l <http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status>
     ] ;
     fhir:value [
       a fhir:Code ;
       fhir:v "normative"
     ]
  ] ) ; # 
  fhir:url [
     fhir:v "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units"^^xsd:anyURI ;
     fhir:l <http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units>
  ] ; # 
  fhir:identifier ( [
     fhir:system [
       fhir:v "urn:ietf:rfc:3986"^^xsd:anyURI ;
       fhir:l <urn:ietf:rfc:3986>
     ] ;
     fhir:value [ fhir:v "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.62" ]
  ] ) ; # 
  fhir:version [ fhir:v "6.0.0-ballot3"] ; # 
  fhir:name [ fhir:v "CommonUCUMCodesForDistance"] ; # 
  fhir:title [ fhir:v "Common UCUM Codes for Distance"] ; # 
  fhir:status [ fhir:v "active"] ; # 
  fhir:experimental [ fhir:v false] ; # 
  fhir:date [ fhir:v "2025-11-17T19:23:40+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime] ; # 
  fhir:publisher [ fhir:v "HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure"] ; # 
  fhir:contact ( [
     fhir:telecom ( [
       fhir:system [ fhir:v "url" ] ;
       fhir:value [ fhir:v "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg" ]
     ] )
  ] ) ; # 
  fhir:description [ fhir:v "Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM). This value set includes all common UCUM codes used for distance - that it is, all commonly used units which have the same canonical unit as 'm' (meter)"] ; # 
  fhir:jurisdiction ( [
     fhir:coding ( [
       fhir:system [
         fhir:v "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"^^xsd:anyURI ;
         fhir:l <http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm>
       ] ;
       fhir:code [ fhir:v "001" ] ;
       fhir:display [ fhir:v "World" ]
     ] )
  ] ) ; # 
  fhir:copyright [ fhir:v "The UCUM codes, UCUM table (regardless of format), and UCUM Specification are copyright © 1999-2009, Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and the Unified Codes for Units of Measures (UCUM) Organization. All rights reserved."] ; # 
  fhir:compose [
     fhir:include ( [
       fhir:system [
         fhir:v "http://unitsofmeasure.org"^^xsd:anyURI ;
         fhir:l <http://unitsofmeasure.org>
       ] ;
       fhir:concept ( [
         fhir:code [ fhir:v "nm" ] ;
         fhir:display [ fhir:v "nanometers" ]
       ] [
         fhir:code [ fhir:v "um" ] ;
         fhir:display [ fhir:v "micrometers" ]
       ] [
         fhir:code [ fhir:v "mm" ] ;
         fhir:display [ fhir:v "millimeters" ]
       ] [
         fhir:code [ fhir:v "m" ] ;
         fhir:display [ fhir:v "meters" ]
       ] [
         fhir:code [ fhir:v "km" ] ;
         fhir:display [ fhir:v "kilometers" ]
       ] )
     ] )
  ] ; # 
  fhir:expansion [] . # 

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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.