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Example StructureDefinition/Base (XML)

Maturity Level : N/A
Responsible Owner: Modeling and Methodology Work Group Standards Status : Informative

Raw XML ( canonical form + also see XML Format Specification )

StructureDefinition for Base

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


  
  
    
    

<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="Base"/> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align:
       top;

       top;">

        <tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align:
         top
          vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px
            
          
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           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px
            
          
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         top">
          <th class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white;

           border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom:
           3px">
            <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="The logical name of the element">Name</a>           </th>           <th class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white;

           border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom:
           3px">
            <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Information about the use of the element">Flags</a>           </th>           <th class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white;

           border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom:
           3px">
            <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Minimum and Maximum # of times the element can appear in the instance">Card.</a>           </th>           <th class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white;

           border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom:
           3px; width: 100px">
            <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Reference to the type of the element">Type</a>           </th>           <th class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white;

           border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom:
           3px">
            <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Additional information about the element">Description &amp; Constraints</a>             <span style="float: right">              <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Legend for this format">                <img alt="doco" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/>               </a>             </span>           </th>         </tr> 
        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
         white
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           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
          e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAJUlEQVR4Xu3IIQEAAAgDsHd9/w4EQIOamFnaBgAA4M
          MKAACAKwNp30CqZFfFmwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)
            
             
            
          
          vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
           solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px
            

         white">
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white;

           border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image:
           url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAJUlEQVR4Xu3IIQEAAAg
          DsHd9/w4EQIOamFnaBgAA4MMKAACAKwNp30CqZFfFmwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)">
            <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/>             <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Choice of Types"/>              <a href="types-definitions.html#Base" title="Base : Base definition for all types defined in FHIR type system.">Base</a>           </td>           <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white;

           border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="uml.html#abstract" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null; padding-left: 3px; padding-right:

             3px; color: black; null" title="This is an abstract type">«A»</a> 

            <a href="versions.html#std-process" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px grey solid; font-weight: bold;
             color: black; background-color: #e6ffe6
          
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          vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
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             border: 1px grey solid; font-weight: bold; color: black; background-color: #e6ffe6" title="Standards Status = Normative">N</a> 
          </td>           <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white;

           border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white;

           border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white;

           border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Base for all types and resources
            <br/>            </td>         </tr>         <tr>           <td class="hierarchy" colspan="5">            <br/>              <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Legend for this format">              <img alt="doco" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/>  Documentation for this format            </a>           </td>         </tr>       </table>     </div>   </text>   <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">    <valueCode value="normative"/>   </extension>   <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version">    <valueCode value="4.0.0"/>   </extension>   <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">    <valueCode value="fhir"/>   </extension>   <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Base"/>   <version value="6.0.0-ballot3"/>   <name value="Base"/>   <status value="active"/>   <experimental value="false"/>   <date value="2025-11-08T03:13:31+00:00"/>   <publisher value="HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure"/>   <contact>     <telecom>       <system value="url"/>       <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>     </telecom>   </contact>   <contact>     <telecom>       <system value="url"/>       <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"/>     </telecom>   </contact>   <description value="Base Type: Base definition for all types defined in FHIR type system."/>   <jurisdiction>     <coding>       <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>       <code value="001"/>       <display value="World"/>     </coding>   </jurisdiction>   <fhirVersion value="6.0.0-ballot3"/>   <mapping>     <identity value="rim"/>     <uri value="http://hl7.org/v3"/>     <name value="RIM Mapping"/>   </mapping>   <kind value="complex-type"/>   <abstract value="true"/>   <type value="Base"/>   <snapshot>     <element id="Base">      <path value="Base"/>       <short value="Base for all types and resources"/>       <definition value="Base definition for all types defined in FHIR type system."/>       <min value="0"/>       <max value="*"/>       <base>         <path value="Base"/>         <min value="0"/>         <max value="*"/>       </base>       <isModifier value="false"/>       <mapping>         <identity value="rim"/>         <map value="n/a"/>       </mapping>     </element>   </snapshot>   <differential>     <element id="Base">      <path value="Base"/>       <short value="Base for all types and resources"/>       <definition value="Base definition for all types defined in FHIR type system."/>       <min value="0"/>       <max value="*"/>       <mapping>         <identity value="rim"/>         <map value="n/a"/>       </mapping>     </element>   </differential> 


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Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.