---
type: "codesystem"
title: "Resource Version Policy"
codesystem: "versioning-policy"
---
# Resource Version Policy

- **Official URL**: http://hl7.org/fhir/versioning-policy
- **Version**: 6.0.0
- **Status**: active
- **Name**: ResourceVersionPolicy
- **Title**: Resource Version Policy
- **Publisher**: HL7 (FHIR Project)
- **Description**: How the system supports versioning for a resource.
- **Case Sensitive**: true
- **Content**: complete

## Concepts

| Code | Display | Definition |
| --- | --- | --- |
| no-version | No VersionId Support | VersionId meta-property is not supported (server) or used (client). |
| versioned | Versioned | VersionId meta-property is supported (server) or used (client). |
| versioned-update | VersionId tracked fully | Supports version-aware updates (server) or will be specified (If-match header) for updates (client). |

## CodeSystem XML



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

<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="versioning-policy"/>
  <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/versioning-policy"/>
  <identifier>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.191"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.181"/>
  </identifier>
  <identifier>
    <use value="old"/>
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/>
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.89"/>
  </identifier>
  <version value="6.0.0"/>
  <name value="ResourceVersionPolicy"/>
  <title value="Resource Version Policy"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2021-01-05T10:01:24+11:00"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="How the system supports versioning for a resource."/>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/versioning-policy"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="no-version"/>
    <display value="No VersionId Support"/>
    <definition value="VersionId meta-property is not supported (server) or used (client)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="versioned"/>
    <display value="Versioned"/>
    <definition value="VersionId meta-property is supported (server) or used (client)."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="versioned-update"/>
    <display value="VersionId tracked fully"/>
    <definition value="Supports version-aware updates (server) or will be specified (If-match header) for updates (client)."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>
```