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Example ValueSet/distance-units (XML)
Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)
Definition for Value SetCommon UCUM Codes for Distance
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="distance-units"/>
<meta>
<lastUpdated value="2024-11-25T14:54:08.555+00:00"/>
<profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablevalueset"/>
</meta>
<text>
<status value="generated"/>
<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>
<a name="distance-units-en-US"> </a>
<ul>
<li> Include these codes as defined in
<a href="http://unitsofmeasure.org">
<code> http://unitsofmeasure.org</code>
</a>
<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>
</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="trial-use"/>
</extension>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
<valueInteger value="5"/>
</extension>
<url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/distance-units"/>
<identifier>
<system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
<value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.62"/>
</identifier>
<version value="6.0.0-ballot2"/>
<name value="CommonUCUMCodesForDistance"/>
<title value="Common UCUM Codes for Distance"/>
<status value="draft"/>
<experimental value="true"/>
<date value="2024-11-25T14:54:08+00:00"/>
<publisher value="HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure"/>
<contact>
<telecom>
<system value="url"/>
<value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"/>
</telecom>
</contact>
<description value="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)"/>
<jurisdiction>
<coding>
<system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
<code value="001"/>
<display value="World"/>
</coding>
</jurisdiction>
<copyright value="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."/>
<compose>
<include>
<system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org"/>
<concept>
<code value="nm"/>
<display value="nanometers"/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="um"/>
<display value="micrometers"/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="mm"/>
<display value="millimeters"/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="m"/>
<display value="meters"/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="km"/>
<display value="kilometers"/>
</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.