---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Publication Status"
codesystem: "publication-status"
---
# Publication Status

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/publication-status
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: PublicationStatus
- **Title**: Publication Status
- **Description**: The lifecycle status of an artifact.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| draft | Draft | This resource is still under development and is not yet considered to be ready for normal use. |
| active | Active | This resource is ready for normal use. |
| retired | Retired | This resource has been withdrawn or superseded and should no longer be used. |
| unknown | Unknown | The authoring system does not know which of the status values currently applies for this resource.  Note: This concept is not to be used for "other" - one of the listed statuses is presumed to apply, it's just not known which one. |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="publication-status"/>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="fhir"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/>
  </extension>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="5"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/publication-status"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.4"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.4"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="PublicationStatus"/>
  <title value="Publication Status"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/>
  <description value="The lifecycle status of an artifact."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/publication-status"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="draft"/>
    <display value="Draft"/>
    <definition value="This resource is still under development and is not yet considered to be ready for normal use."/>
    <designation>
      <language value="ru"/>
      <value value="черновик"/>
    </designation>
    <designation>
      <language value="nl"/>
      <value value="ontwerp"/>
    </designation>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="active"/>
    <display value="Active"/>
    <definition value="This resource is ready for normal use."/>
    <designation>
      <language value="ru"/>
      <value value="активный"/>
    </designation>
    <designation>
      <language value="nl"/>
      <value value="actief"/>
    </designation>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="retired"/>
    <display value="Retired"/>
    <definition value="This resource has been withdrawn or superseded and should no longer be used."/>
    <designation>
      <language value="ru"/>
      <value value="удалён"/>
    </designation>
    <designation>
      <language value="nl"/>
      <value value="verouderd"/>
    </designation>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="unknown"/>
    <display value="Unknown"/>
    <definition value="The authoring system does not know which of the status values currently applies for this resource.  Note: This concept is not to be used for &quot;other&quot; - one of the listed statuses is presumed to apply, it's just not known which one."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```