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Operation Definition
@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
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[] a fhir:OperationDefinition;
fhir:Resource.id [ fhir:value "CodeSystem-subsumes"];
fhir:DomainResource.text [
fhir:Narrative.status [ fhir:value "generated" ]
];
fhir:OperationDefinition.url [ fhir:value "http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/CodeSystem-subsumes"];
fhir:OperationDefinition.name [ fhir:value "Subsumption Testing"];
fhir:OperationDefinition.status [ fhir:value "draft"];
fhir:OperationDefinition.kind [ fhir:value "operation"];
fhir:OperationDefinition.date [ fhir:value "2016-12-06T12:22:34+11:00"];
fhir:OperationDefinition.publisher [ fhir:value "HL7 (FHIR Project)"];
fhir:OperationDefinition.contact [
fhir:index 0;
fhir:ContactDetail.telecom [
fhir:index 0;
fhir:ContactPoint.system [ fhir:value "url" ];
fhir:ContactPoint.value [ fhir:value "http://hl7.org/fhir" ]
], [
fhir:index 1;
fhir:ContactPoint.system [ fhir:value "email" ];
fhir:ContactPoint.value [ fhir:value "fhir@lists.hl7.org" ]
]
];
fhir:OperationDefinition.description [ fhir:value "Test whether code \"sub\" is subsumed by code \"super\" given the semantics of subsumption in the underlying code system (see hierarchyMeaning)"];
fhir:OperationDefinition.code [ fhir:value "subsumes"];
fhir:OperationDefinition.resource [
fhir:value "CodeSystem";
fhir:index 0
];
fhir:OperationDefinition.system [ fhir:value "false"];
fhir:OperationDefinition.type [ fhir:value "true"];
fhir:OperationDefinition.instance [ fhir:value "true"];
fhir:OperationDefinition.parameter [
fhir:index 0;
fhir:OperationDefinition.name [ fhir:value "codeA" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.use [ fhir:value "in" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.min [ fhir:value "0" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.max [ fhir:value "1" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.documentation [ fhir:value "The \"sub\" code that is to be tested. If a code is provided, a system must be provided" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.type [ fhir:value "code" ]
], [
fhir:index 1;
fhir:OperationDefinition.name [ fhir:value "codeB" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.use [ fhir:value "in" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.min [ fhir:value "0" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.max [ fhir:value "1" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.documentation [ fhir:value "The \"super\" code that is to be validated. If a code is provided, a system must be provided" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.type [ fhir:value "code" ]
], [
fhir:index 2;
fhir:OperationDefinition.name [ fhir:value "system" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.use [ fhir:value "in" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.min [ fhir:value "0" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.max [ fhir:value "1" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.documentation [ fhir:value "The system in which subsumption testing is to be performed. This must be provided unless the operation is invoked on a code system instance" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.type [ fhir:value "uri" ]
], [
fhir:index 3;
fhir:OperationDefinition.name [ fhir:value "version" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.use [ fhir:value "in" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.min [ fhir:value "0" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.max [ fhir:value "1" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.documentation [ fhir:value "The version of the system, if one was provided in the source data" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.type [ fhir:value "string" ]
], [
fhir:index 4;
fhir:OperationDefinition.name [ fhir:value "codingA" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.use [ fhir:value "in" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.min [ fhir:value "0" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.max [ fhir:value "1" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.documentation [ fhir:value "The \"sub\" coding to test. The coding system does not have to match the specified subsumption system, but the relationships between the systems must be well established" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.type [ fhir:value "Coding" ]
], [
fhir:index 5;
fhir:OperationDefinition.name [ fhir:value "codingB" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.use [ fhir:value "in" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.min [ fhir:value "0" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.max [ fhir:value "1" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.documentation [ fhir:value "The \"super\" coding to test. The coding system does not have to match the specified subsumption system, but the relationships between the systems must be well established" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.type [ fhir:value "Coding" ]
], [
fhir:index 6;
fhir:OperationDefinition.name [ fhir:value "outcome" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.use [ fhir:value "out" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.min [ fhir:value "1" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.max [ fhir:value "1" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.documentation [ fhir:value "Whether \"sub\" is subsumed by \"super\". There are 4 possible codes to be returned: equivalent, subsumes, subsumed-by, and not-subsumed. If the server is unable to determine the relationship between the codes, then it returns an error (i.e. an OperationOutcome)" ];
fhir:OperationDefinition.type [ fhir:value "code" ]
] .
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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.