---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Simple Format Codes"
codesystem: "simple-format-codes"
---
# Simple Format Codes

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/simple-format-codes
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: SimpleFormatCodes
- **Title**: Simple Format Codes
- **Description**: This value set includes simple codes for format defined for CapabilityStatement.format.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xml | xml | The XML format described by the FHIR specification. The formal Mime Type is application/fhir+xml |
| json | json | The JSON format described by the FHIR specification. The formal Mime Type is application/fhir+json |
| ttl | ttl | The RDF format described by the FHIR specification. The formal Mime Type is application/fhir+turtle |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="simple-format-codes"/>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/simple-format-codes"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.2133"/>
  </identifier>
  <name value="SimpleFormatCodes"/>
  <title value="Simple Format Codes"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <description value="This value set includes simple codes for format defined for CapabilityStatement.format."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="xml"/>
    <display value="xml"/>
    <definition value="The XML format described by the FHIR specification. The formal Mime Type is application/fhir+xml"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="json"/>
    <display value="json"/>
    <definition value="The JSON format described by the FHIR specification. The formal Mime Type is application/fhir+json"/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="ttl"/>
    <display value="ttl"/>
    <definition value="The RDF format described by the FHIR specification. The formal Mime Type is application/fhir+turtle"/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```