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 Receiver Capability Statement - 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/CapabilityStatement/fod-receiver> a fhir:CapabilityStatement ;
  fhir:nodeRole fhir:treeRoot ;
  fhir:Resource.id [ fhir:value "fod-receiver"] ;
  fhir:DomainResource.text [
     fhir:Narrative.status [ fhir:value "extensions" ] ;
     fhir:Narrative.div "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CapabilityStatement fod-receiver</b></p><a name=\"fod-receiver\"> </a><a name=\"hcfod-receiver\"> </a><h2 id=\"title\">Fact of Death Receiver Capability Statement</h2><ul><li>Implementation Guide Version: 0.2.0 </li><li>FHIR Version: 4.0.1 </li><li>Supported Formats: <code>json</code>, <code>xml</code></li><li>Published on: 2026-08-07 </li><li>Published by: HL7 International - Public Health Work Group </li></ul><blockquote class=\"impl-note\"><p><strong>Note to Implementers: FHIR Capabilities</strong></p><p>Any FHIR capability may be 'allowed' by the system unless explicitly marked as 'SHALL NOT'. A few items are marked as MAY in the Implementation Guide to highlight their potential relevance to the use case.</p></blockquote><h2 id=\"rest\">FHIR RESTful Capabilities</h2><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h3 id=\"mode1\" class=\"panel-title\">Mode: <code>server</code></h3></div><div class=\"panel-body\"><div><p>Notifications are delivered by invoking $process-message at the server root with a Fact of Death Notification Bundle as the message. A receiver that supports acknowledgement returns a Fact of Death Acknowledgement Bundle synchronously in the operation response.</p>\n</div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\"><span class=\"lead\">Summary of System-wide Operations</span><table class=\"table table-condensed table-hover\"><thead><tr><th>Conformance</th><th>Operation</th><th>Documentation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><b>SHALL</b></td><td>$process-message</td><td><div/></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div><h2 id=\"messaging\">FHIR Messaging Capabilities</h2><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h3 id=\"messaging_1\" class=\"panel-title\">Messaging Capability</h3></div><div class=\"panel-body\"><h4 id=\"msg_sm_1\">Supported Message(s)</h4><table class=\"table table-condensed table-hover\"><thead><tr><th>Mode</th><th>Definition</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>receiver</td><td><a href=\"MessageDefinition-fod-notification.html\">Fact of Death Notification Message</a></td></tr><tr><td>receiver</td><td><a href=\"MessageDefinition-fod-correction.html\">Fact of Death Correction Message</a></td></tr><tr><td>receiver</td><td><a href=\"MessageDefinition-fod-void.html\">Fact of Death Void Message</a></td></tr></tbody></table><span class=\"lead\">Documentation</span><blockquote><div><p>A receiver matches each notification to a patient record using its own matching logic. Where it supports acknowledgement, it reports the outcome using the Fact of Death Match Outcome, including the case where no patient record matched.</p>\n</div></blockquote><br/></div></div></div>"
  ] ;
  fhir:DomainResource.extension [
     fhir:index 0 ;
     fhir:Extension.url [ fhir:value "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm" ] ;
     fhir:Extension.valueInteger [
       fhir:value "1"^^xsd:integer ;
       fhir:Element.extension [
         fhir:index 0 ;
         fhir:Extension.url [ fhir:value "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom" ] ;
         fhir:Extension.valueCanonical [
           fhir:value "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/ImplementationGuide/example.fhir.us.fod" ;
           fhir:link <http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/ImplementationGuide/example.fhir.us.fod>
         ]
       ]
     ]
  ], [
     fhir:index 1 ;
     fhir:Extension.url [ fhir:value "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status" ] ;
     fhir:Extension.valueCode [
       fhir:value "informative" ;
       fhir:Element.extension [
         fhir:index 0 ;
         fhir:Extension.url [ fhir:value "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom" ] ;
         fhir:Extension.valueCanonical [
           fhir:value "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/ImplementationGuide/example.fhir.us.fod" ;
           fhir:link <http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/ImplementationGuide/example.fhir.us.fod>
         ]
       ]
     ]
  ] ;
  fhir:CapabilityStatement.url [ fhir:value "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/CapabilityStatement/fod-receiver"] ;
  fhir:CapabilityStatement.version [ fhir:value "0.2.0"] ;
  fhir:CapabilityStatement.name [ fhir:value "FODReceiver"] ;
  fhir:CapabilityStatement.title [ fhir:value "Fact of Death Receiver Capability Statement"] ;
  fhir:CapabilityStatement.status [ fhir:value "draft"] ;
  fhir:CapabilityStatement.experimental [ fhir:value "false"^^xsd:boolean] ;
  fhir:CapabilityStatement.date [ fhir:value "2026-08-07"^^xsd:date] ;
  fhir:CapabilityStatement.publisher [ fhir:value "HL7 International - Public Health Work Group"] ;
  fhir:CapabilityStatement.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:CapabilityStatement.description [ fhir:value "Expectations of a Notification Receiver, typically an EHR, that accepts fact-of-death notifications. A receiver SHALL accept all three message events. Accepting a retraction is not optional: a receiver that can accept a death but not withdraw it cannot be corrected when a jurisdiction registers a death against the wrong individual."] ;
  fhir:CapabilityStatement.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:CapabilityStatement.kind [ fhir:value "requirements"] ;
  fhir:CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion [ fhir:value "4.0.1"] ;
  fhir:CapabilityStatement.format [
     fhir:value "json" ;
     fhir:index 0
  ], [
     fhir:value "xml" ;
     fhir:index 1
  ] ;
  fhir:CapabilityStatement.rest [
     fhir:index 0 ;
     fhir:CapabilityStatement.rest.mode [ fhir:value "server" ] ;
     fhir:CapabilityStatement.rest.documentation [ fhir:value "Notifications are delivered by invoking $process-message at the server root with a Fact of Death Notification Bundle as the message. A receiver that supports acknowledgement returns a Fact of Death Acknowledgement Bundle synchronously in the operation response." ] ;
     fhir:CapabilityStatement.rest.operation [
       fhir:index 0 ;
       fhir:CapabilityStatement.rest.resource.operation.name [ fhir:value "process-message" ] ;
       fhir:CapabilityStatement.rest.resource.operation.definition [
         fhir:value "http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/MessageHeader-process-message" ;
         fhir:link <http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/MessageHeader-process-message>
       ]
     ]
  ] ;
  fhir:CapabilityStatement.messaging [
     fhir:index 0 ;
     fhir:CapabilityStatement.messaging.documentation [ fhir:value "A receiver matches each notification to a patient record using its own matching logic. Where it supports acknowledgement, it reports the outcome using the Fact of Death Match Outcome, including the case where no patient record matched." ] ;
     fhir:CapabilityStatement.messaging.supportedMessage [
       fhir:index 0 ;
       fhir:CapabilityStatement.messaging.supportedMessage.mode [ fhir:value "receiver" ] ;
       fhir:CapabilityStatement.messaging.supportedMessage.definition [
         fhir:value "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/MessageDefinition/fod-notification" ;
         fhir:link <http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/MessageDefinition/fod-notification>
       ]
     ], [
       fhir:index 1 ;
       fhir:CapabilityStatement.messaging.supportedMessage.mode [ fhir:value "receiver" ] ;
       fhir:CapabilityStatement.messaging.supportedMessage.definition [
         fhir:value "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/MessageDefinition/fod-correction" ;
         fhir:link <http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/MessageDefinition/fod-correction>
       ]
     ], [
       fhir:index 2 ;
       fhir:CapabilityStatement.messaging.supportedMessage.mode [ fhir:value "receiver" ] ;
       fhir:CapabilityStatement.messaging.supportedMessage.definition [
         fhir:value "http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/MessageDefinition/fod-void" ;
         fhir:link <http://example.org/fhir/us/fod/MessageDefinition/fod-void>
       ]
     ]
  ] .

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

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