Fact of Death Exchange FHIR Implementation Guide
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Fact of Death Exchange FHIR Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International - Public Health Work Group. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.2.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/shpringman/fhir-fod/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

: Fact of Death Notification Message - TTL Representation

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

# - resource -------------------------------------------------------------------

<http://hl7.org/fhir/MessageDefinition/fod-notification> a fhir:MessageDefinition ;
  fhir:nodeRole fhir:treeRoot ;
  fhir:Resource.id [ fhir:value "fod-notification"] ;
  fhir:DomainResource.text [
     fhir:Narrative.status [ fhir:value "generated" ] ;
     fhir:Narrative.div "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: MessageDefinition fod-notification</b></p><a name=\"fod-notification\"> </a><a name=\"hcfod-notification\"> </a><p><b>url</b>: <a href=\"MessageDefinition-fod-notification.html\">MessageDefinition Fact of Death Notification Message</a></p><p><b>version</b>: 0.2.0</p><p><b>name</b>: FODNotificationMessage</p><p><b>title</b>: Fact of Death Notification Message</p><p><b>status</b>: Draft</p><p><b>experimental</b>: false</p><p><b>date</b>: 2026-08-07</p><p><b>publisher</b>: HL7 International - Public Health Work Group</p><p><b>contact</b>: <a href=\"http://hl7.org/Special/committees/pher\">http://hl7.org/Special/committees/pher</a></p><p><b>description</b>: </p><div><p>An initial notification that a registered death event has occurred. A receiver that supports acknowledgement returns a Fact of Death Acknowledgement Bundle carrying the same event code and referencing this notification through MessageHeader.response.identifier. Acknowledgement is optional, so no response is mandated here.</p>\n</div><p><b>jurisdiction</b>: <span title=\"Codes:{urn:iso:std:iso:3166 US}\">United States of America</span></p><p><b>event</b>: <a href=\"CodeSystem-fod-notification-event-cs.html#fod-notification-event-cs-fact-of-death-notification\">Fact of Death Notification Event Codes: fact-of-death-notification</a> (Fact of Death Notification)</p><p><b>category</b>: Notification</p><blockquote><p><b>focus</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Observation</p><p><b>profile</b>: <a href=\"StructureDefinition-fod-death-date.html\">Fact of Death Death Date</a></p><p><b>min</b>: 1</p><p><b>max</b>: 1</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>focus</b></p><p><b>code</b>: Patient</p><p><b>profile</b>: <a href=\"StructureDefinition-fod-decedent.html\">Fact of Death Decedent</a></p><p><b>min</b>: 1</p><p><b>max</b>: 1</p></blockquote></div>"
  ] ;
  fhir:MessageDefinition.url [ fhir:value "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/MessageDefinition/fod-notification"] ;
  fhir:MessageDefinition.version [ fhir:value "0.2.0"] ;
  fhir:MessageDefinition.name [ fhir:value "FODNotificationMessage"] ;
  fhir:MessageDefinition.title [ fhir:value "Fact of Death Notification Message"] ;
  fhir:MessageDefinition.status [ fhir:value "draft"] ;
  fhir:MessageDefinition.experimental [ fhir:value "false"^^xsd:boolean] ;
  fhir:MessageDefinition.date [ fhir:value "2026-08-07"^^xsd:date] ;
  fhir:MessageDefinition.publisher [ fhir:value "HL7 International - Public Health Work Group"] ;
  fhir:MessageDefinition.contact [
     fhir:index 0 ;
     fhir:ContactDetail.telecom [
       fhir:index 0 ;
       fhir:ContactPoint.system [ fhir:value "url" ] ;
       fhir:ContactPoint.value [ fhir:value "http://hl7.org/Special/committees/pher" ]
     ]
  ] ;
  fhir:MessageDefinition.description [ fhir:value "An initial notification that a registered death event has occurred. A receiver that supports acknowledgement returns a Fact of Death Acknowledgement Bundle carrying the same event code and referencing this notification through MessageHeader.response.identifier. Acknowledgement is optional, so no response is mandated here."] ;
  fhir:MessageDefinition.jurisdiction [
     fhir:index 0 ;
     fhir:CodeableConcept.coding [
       fhir:index 0 ;
       fhir:Coding.system [ fhir:value "urn:iso:std:iso:3166" ] ;
       fhir:Coding.code [ fhir:value "US" ]
     ]
  ] ;
  fhir:MessageDefinition.eventCoding [
     fhir:Coding.system [ fhir:value "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/CodeSystem/fod-notification-event-cs" ] ;
     fhir:Coding.code [ fhir:value "fact-of-death-notification" ]
  ] ;
  fhir:MessageDefinition.category [ fhir:value "notification"] ;
  fhir:MessageDefinition.focus [
     fhir:index 0 ;
     fhir:MessageDefinition.focus.code [ fhir:value "Observation" ] ;
     fhir:MessageDefinition.focus.profile [
       fhir:value "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/StructureDefinition/fod-death-date" ;
       fhir:link <http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/StructureDefinition/fod-death-date>
     ] ;
     fhir:MessageDefinition.focus.min [ fhir:value "1"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger ] ;
     fhir:MessageDefinition.focus.max [ fhir:value "1" ]
  ], [
     fhir:index 1 ;
     fhir:MessageDefinition.focus.code [ fhir:value "Patient" ] ;
     fhir:MessageDefinition.focus.profile [
       fhir:value "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/StructureDefinition/fod-decedent" ;
       fhir:link <http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/StructureDefinition/fod-decedent>
     ] ;
     fhir:MessageDefinition.focus.min [ fhir:value "1"^^xsd:nonNegativeInteger ] ;
     fhir:MessageDefinition.focus.max [ fhir:value "1" ]
  ] .

# - ontology header ------------------------------------------------------------

<http://hl7.org/fhir/MessageDefinition/fod-notification.ttl> a owl:Ontology ;
  owl:imports fhir:fhir.ttl ;
  owl:versionIRI <http://build.fhir.org/MessageDefinition/fod-notification.ttl> .