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"div" : "<div xml:lang=\"en\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\" lang=\"en\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem requirements-categories</b></p><a name=\"requirements-categories\"> </a><a name=\"hcrequirements-categories\"> </a><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Language: en</p></div><p><b>Properties</b></p><p><b>This code system defines the following properties for its concepts</b></p><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td><b>Name</b></td><td><b>Code</b></td><td><b>URI</b></td><td><b>Type</b></td></tr><tr><td>Not Selectable</td><td>abstract</td><td>http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#notSelectable</td><td>boolean</td></tr></table><p><b>Concepts</b></p><p>This case-sensitive code system <code> http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/requirements-categories</code> defines the following codes in a Is-A hierarchy:</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><td><b>Not Selectable</b></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">behavioral<a name=\"requirements-categories-behavioral\"> </a></td><td>Behavioral</td><td>Categories related to how the system behaves</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0business<a name=\"requirements-categories-business\"> </a></td><td>Business</td><td>Requirements relating to the business operations of the entities responsible for a system</td><td/></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0functional<a name=\"requirements-categories-functional\"> </a></td><td>Functional</td><td>Requirements related to what the system does (inputs turned into outputs)</td><td/></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0exchange<a name=\"requirements-categories-exchange\"> </a></td><td>Exchange</td><td>Requirements relating to when, how, or what data is exchanged with other systems</td><td/></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0processing<a name=\"requirements-categories-processing\"> </a></td><td>Processing</td><td>Requirements related to how data must be analyzed, transformed, considered, or otherwise used within a system</td><td/></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0storage<a name=\"requirements-categories-storage\"> </a></td><td>Storage</td><td>Requirements related to if or how data is persisted in a system</td><td/></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0non-functional<a name=\"requirements-categories-non-functional\"> </a></td><td>Non-functional</td><td>Requirements related to how the system accomplishes functional requirements</td><td/></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0availability<a name=\"requirements-categories-availability\"> </a></td><td>Availability</td><td>Requirements related to how and when a system needs to be reachable and useable</td><td/></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ui<a name=\"requirements-categories-ui\"> </a></td><td>User Interface</td><td>Requirements related to how information is collected from and exposed to humans (or animals)</td><td/></tr><tr><td>4</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ui-accessibility<a name=\"requirements-categories-ui-accessibility\"> </a></td><td>UI Accessibility</td><td>Requirements around user interface that ensure a satisfactory experience for users from different backgrounds or with varying physical, cognitive, and/or sensory abilities</td><td/></tr><tr><td>4</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ui-consistency<a name=\"requirements-categories-ui-consistency\"> </a></td><td>UI Consistency</td><td>Requirements around ensuring that different implementations have sufficiently aligned appearance and mechanisms of interaction</td><td/></tr><tr><td>4</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ui-usability<a name=\"requirements-categories-ui-usability\"> </a></td><td>UI Usability</td><td>Requirements related to the intuitiveness, simplicity, and ease-of-use of a user-interface</td><td/></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0security<a name=\"requirements-categories-security\"> </a></td><td>Security/Privacy</td><td>Requirements that ensure that data is appropriately protected from threats and respects rules around what parties are permitted to access or manipulate</td><td/></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0safety<a name=\"requirements-categories-safety\"> </a></td><td>Safety</td><td>Requirements that ensure that system operation does not negatively impact the wellbeing of people or assets</td><td/></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0performance<a name=\"requirements-categories-performance\"> </a></td><td>Performance/Scalability</td><td>Requirements that deal with timeliness of processing and/or responsiveness under differing levels of load/volume</td><td/></tr><tr><td>1</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">source<a name=\"requirements-categories-source\"> </a></td><td>Source</td><td>Categories related to where the requirement came from</td><td>true</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0user<a name=\"requirements-categories-user\"> </a></td><td>User Requirements</td><td>Requirements originating from the community of individuals expected to use the system/solution</td><td/></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">\u00a0\u00a0legal<a name=\"requirements-categories-legal\"> </a></td><td>Legal 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