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  <name value="TypeCharacteristicCodes"/>
  <title value="Type Characteristic Codes"/>
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  <date value="2023-03-26T08:47:34+11:00"/>
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    <definition value="The type has a value domain that is a range, and can be associated with allowable min/max values on it&apos;s ElementDefinitions"/>
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      <code value="is-continuous"/>
      <display value="Is Continuous"/>
      <definition value="The type is a continuous distribution. These types have issues associated with precision and equality, and can have a specified number of max decimal places (via an extension)"/>
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  <concept>
    <code value="has-length"/>
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    <definition value="The type has variable length and be constrained by it&apos;s length. In principle, any type can be constrained by the number of characters to represent it, but this is not meaningful for numbers or attachments"/>
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  <concept>
    <code value="has-size"/>
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    <definition value="The type can be constrained by the number of bytes it takes to represent the content. This is usually applied to content that is compressed or interpreted, and there&apos;s no fixed relationship between the number of bytes of content, and the number of characters it represents"/>
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    <display value="Can Bind"/>
    <definition value="The type can be bound to a terminology. Note that a classic binding has system|version|code|display, but not all bindable types carry all four of these, and how they are bound varies, so an additional extension is required to enable tools to work with this content"/>
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    <definition value="The content is uncontrolled human readable text that may make sense to translate"/>
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