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Codesystem-questionnaire-item-control.xml

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Definition for Code System QuestionnaireItemUIControlCodes

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="questionnaire-item-control"/> 
  <meta> 
    <lastUpdated value="2021-01-21T15:34:20.265+00:00"/> 
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/shareablecodesystem"/> 
  </meta> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> Questionnaire Item UI Control Codes</h2> 
      <div> 
        <p> Starter set of user interface control/display mechanisms that might be used when rendering
           an item in a questionnaire.</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> 
        <b> Properties</b> 
      </p> 
      <table class="grid">
        <tr> 
          <td> 
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> URL</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Description</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Type</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> abstract</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> True if an element is considered 'abstract' - that is the code is not for use as a real
             concept</td> 
          <td> boolean</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
      <p> This code system http://hl7.org/fhir/questionnaire-item-control defines the following
         codes:</p> 
      <table class="codes">
        <tr> 
          <td> 
            <b> Lvl</b> 
          </td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">
            <b> Code</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Display</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Definition</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 1</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">group
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-group"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> UI controls relevant to organizing groups of questions</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  list
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-list"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> List</td> 
          <td> Questions within the group should be listed sequentially</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  table
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-table"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Vertical Answer Table</td> 
          <td> Questions within the group are rows in the table with possible answers as columns.  Used
             for 'choice' questions.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  htable
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-htable"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Horizontal Answer Table</td> 
          <td> Questions within the group are columns in the table with possible answers as rows.  Used
             for 'choice' questions.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  gtable
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-gtable"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Group Table</td> 
          <td> Questions within the group are columns in the table with each group repetition as a row.
              Used for single-answer questions.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  atable
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-atable"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Answer Table</td> 
          <td> This table has one row - for the question.  Permitted answers are columns.  Used for choice
             questions.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  header
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-header"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Header</td> 
          <td> The group is to be continuously visible at the top of the questionnaire</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  footer
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-footer"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Footer</td> 
          <td> The group is to be continuously visible at the bottom of the questionnaire</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 1</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">text
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-text"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> UI controls relevant to rendering questionnaire text items</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  inline
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-inline"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> In-line</td> 
          <td> Text is displayed as a paragraph in a sequential position between sibling items (default
             behavior)</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  prompt
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-prompt"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Prompt</td> 
          <td> Text is displayed immediately below or within the answer-entry area of the containing
             question item (typically as a guide for what to enter)</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  unit
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-unit"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Unit</td> 
          <td> Text is displayed adjacent (horizontally or vertically) to the answer space for the parent
             question, typically to indicate a unit of measure</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  lower
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-lower"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Lower-bound</td> 
          <td> Text is displayed to the left of the set of answer choices or a scaling control for the
             parent question item to indicate the meaning of the 'lower' bound.  E.g. 'Strongly disagree'</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  upper
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-upper"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Upper-bound</td> 
          <td> Text is displayed to the right of the set of answer choices or a scaling control for the
             parent question item to indicate the meaning of the 'upper' bound.  E.g. 'Strongly agree'</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  flyover
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-flyover"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Fly-over</td> 
          <td> Text is temporarily visible over top of an item if the mouse is positioned over top of
             the text for the containing item</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  help
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-help"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Help-Button</td> 
          <td> Text is displayed in a dialog box or similar control if invoked by pushing a button or
             some other UI-appropriate action to request 'help' for a question, group or the questionnaire
             as a whole (depending what the text is nested within)</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 1</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">question
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-question"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> UI controls relevant to capturing question data</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  autocomplete
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-autocomplete"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Auto-complete</td> 
          <td> A control which provides a list of potential matches based on text entered into a control.
              Used for large choice sets where text-matching is an appropriate discovery mechanism.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  drop-down
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-drop-down"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Drop down</td> 
          <td> A control where an item (or multiple items) can be selected from a list that is only displayed
             when the user is editing the field.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  check-box
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-check-box"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Check-box</td> 
          <td> A control where choices are listed with a box beside them.  The box can be toggled to
             select or de-select a given choice.  Multiple selections may be possible.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  lookup
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-lookup"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Lookup</td> 
          <td> A control where editing an item spawns a separate dialog box or screen permitting a user
             to navigate, filter or otherwise discover an appropriate match.  Useful for large choice
             sets where text matching is not an appropriate discovery mechanism.  Such screens must
             generally be tuned for the specific choice list structure.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  radio-button
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-radio-button"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Radio Button</td> 
          <td> A control where choices are listed with a button beside them.  The button can be toggled
             to select or de-select a given choice.  Selecting one item deselects all others.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  slider
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-slider"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Slider</td> 
          <td> A control where an axis is displayed between the high and low values and the control can
             be visually manipulated to select a value anywhere on the axis.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  spinner
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-spinner"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Spinner</td> 
          <td> A control where a list of numeric or other ordered values can be scrolled through via
             arrows.</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 2</td> 
          <td style="white-space:nowrap">  text-box
            <a name="questionnaire-item-control-text-box"> </a> 
          </td> 
          <td> Text Box</td> 
          <td> A control where a user can type in their answer freely.</td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/questionnaire-item-control"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.932"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="4.0.1"/> 
  <name value="QuestionnaireItemUIControlCodes"/> 
  <title value="Questionnaire Item UI Control Codes"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 International - Patient Care WG"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/patientcare"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="Starter set of user interface control/display mechanisms that might be used when rendering
   an item in a questionnaire."/> 
  <caseSensitive value="true"/> 
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/questionnaire-item-control"/> 
  <hierarchyMeaning value="is-a"/> 
  <content value="complete"/> 
  <property> 
    <code value="abstract"/> 
    <description value="True if an element is considered 'abstract' - that is the code is not for use as a real
     concept"/> 
    <type value="boolean"/> 
  </property> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="group"/> 
    <definition value="UI controls relevant to organizing groups of questions"/> 
    <property> 
      <code value="abstract"/> 
      <valueBoolean value="true"/> 
    </property> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="list"/> 
      <display value="List"/> 
      <definition value="Questions within the group should be listed sequentially"/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="table"/> 
      <display value="Vertical Answer Table"/> 
      <definition value="Questions within the group are rows in the table with possible answers as columns.  Used
       for 'choice' questions."/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="htable"/> 
      <display value="Horizontal Answer Table"/> 
      <definition value="Questions within the group are columns in the table with possible answers as rows.  Used
       for 'choice' questions."/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="gtable"/> 
      <display value="Group Table"/> 
      <definition value="Questions within the group are columns in the table with each group repetition as a row.
        Used for single-answer questions."/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="atable"/> 
      <display value="Answer Table"/> 
      <definition value="This table has one row - for the question.  Permitted answers are columns.  Used for choice
       questions."/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="header"/> 
      <display value="Header"/> 
      <definition value="The group is to be continuously visible at the top of the questionnaire"/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="footer"/> 
      <display value="Footer"/> 
      <definition value="The group is to be continuously visible at the bottom of the questionnaire"/> 
    </concept> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="text"/> 
    <definition value="UI controls relevant to rendering questionnaire text items"/> 
    <property> 
      <code value="abstract"/> 
      <valueBoolean value="true"/> 
    </property> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="inline"/> 
      <display value="In-line"/> 
      <definition value="Text is displayed as a paragraph in a sequential position between sibling items (default
       behavior)"/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="prompt"/> 
      <display value="Prompt"/> 
      <definition value="Text is displayed immediately below or within the answer-entry area of the containing
       question item (typically as a guide for what to enter)"/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="unit"/> 
      <display value="Unit"/> 
      <definition value="Text is displayed adjacent (horizontally or vertically) to the answer space for the parent
       question, typically to indicate a unit of measure"/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="lower"/> 
      <display value="Lower-bound"/> 
      <definition value="Text is displayed to the left of the set of answer choices or a scaling control for the
       parent question item to indicate the meaning of the 'lower' bound.  E.g. 'Strongly disagree'"/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="upper"/> 
      <display value="Upper-bound"/> 
      <definition value="Text is displayed to the right of the set of answer choices or a scaling control for the
       parent question item to indicate the meaning of the 'upper' bound.  E.g. 'Strongly agree'"/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="flyover"/> 
      <display value="Fly-over"/> 
      <definition value="Text is temporarily visible over top of an item if the mouse is positioned over top of
       the text for the containing item"/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="help"/> 
      <display value="Help-Button"/> 
      <definition value="Text is displayed in a dialog box or similar control if invoked by pushing a button or
       some other UI-appropriate action to request 'help' for a question, group or the questionnaire
       as a whole (depending what the text is nested within)"/> 
    </concept> 
  </concept> 
  <concept> 
    <code value="question"/> 
    <definition value="UI controls relevant to capturing question data"/> 
    <property> 
      <code value="abstract"/> 
      <valueBoolean value="true"/> 
    </property> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="autocomplete"/> 
      <display value="Auto-complete"/> 
      <definition value="A control which provides a list of potential matches based on text entered into a control.
        Used for large choice sets where text-matching is an appropriate discovery mechanism."/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="drop-down"/> 
      <display value="Drop down"/> 
      <definition value="A control where an item (or multiple items) can be selected from a list that is only displayed
       when the user is editing the field."/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="check-box"/> 
      <display value="Check-box"/> 
      <definition value="A control where choices are listed with a box beside them.  The box can be toggled to
       select or de-select a given choice.  Multiple selections may be possible."/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="lookup"/> 
      <display value="Lookup"/> 
      <definition value="A control where editing an item spawns a separate dialog box or screen permitting a user
       to navigate, filter or otherwise discover an appropriate match.  Useful for large choice
       sets where text matching is not an appropriate discovery mechanism.  Such screens must
       generally be tuned for the specific choice list structure."/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="radio-button"/> 
      <display value="Radio Button"/> 
      <definition value="A control where choices are listed with a button beside them.  The button can be toggled
       to select or de-select a given choice.  Selecting one item deselects all others."/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="slider"/> 
      <display value="Slider"/> 
      <definition value="A control where an axis is displayed between the high and low values and the control can
       be visually manipulated to select a value anywhere on the axis."/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="spinner"/> 
      <display value="Spinner"/> 
      <definition value="A control where a list of numeric or other ordered values can be scrolled through via
       arrows."/> 
    </concept> 
    <concept> 
      <code value="text-box"/> 
      <display value="Text Box"/> 
      <definition value="A control where a user can type in their answer freely."/> 
    </concept> 
  </concept> 
</CodeSystem> 

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.