Reference Handling Policy

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    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">\n            <p>This code system \n              <code>http://hl7.org/fhir/reference-handling-policy</code> defines the following codes:\n            </p>\n            <table class=\"codes\">\n              <tr>\n                <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\n                  <b>Code</b>\n                </td>\n                <td>\n                  <b>Display</b>\n                </td>\n                <td>\n                  <b>Definition</b>\n                </td>\n              </tr>\n              <tr>\n                <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">literal\n                  <a name=\"reference-handling-policy-literal\"> </a>\n                </td>\n                <td>Literal References</td>\n                <td>The server supports and populates Literal references (i.e. using Reference.reference) where they are known (this code does not guarantee that all references are literal; see 'enforced').</td>\n              </tr>\n              <tr>\n                <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">logical\n                  <a name=\"reference-handling-policy-logical\"> </a>\n                </td>\n                <td>Logical References</td>\n                <td>The server allows logical references (i.e. using Reference.identifier).</td>\n              </tr>\n              <tr>\n                <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">resolves\n                  <a name=\"reference-handling-policy-resolves\"> </a>\n                </td>\n                <td>Resolves References</td>\n                <td>The server will attempt to resolve logical references to literal references - i.e. converting Reference.identifier to Reference.reference (if resolution fails, the server may still accept resources; see logical).</td>\n              </tr>\n              <tr>\n                <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">enforced\n                  <a name=\"reference-handling-policy-enforced\"> </a>\n                </td>\n                <td>Reference Integrity Enforced</td>\n                <td>The server enforces that references have integrity - e.g. it ensures that references can always be resolved. This is typically the case for clinical record systems, but often not the case for middleware/proxy systems.</td>\n              </tr>\n              <tr>\n                <td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">local\n                  <a name=\"reference-handling-policy-local\"> </a>\n                </td>\n                <td>Local References Only</td>\n                <td>The server does not support references that point to other servers.</td>\n              </tr>\n            </table>\n          </div>",
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