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StructureDefinition for Narrative
Foundation
{
"resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
"id": "Narrative",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00"
"resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
"id" : "Narrative",
"text" : {
"status" : "generated",
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text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><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 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\" class=\"hierarchy\"><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 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\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Additional information about the element\">Description & 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 src=\"data:image/png;base64,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\" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/></a></span></th></tr><tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td 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/LjIAAAAJUlEQVR4Xu3IIQEAAAgDsHd9/w4EQIOamFnaBgAA4MMKAACAKwNp30CqZFfFmwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAAWCAYAAAABxvaqAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzIs1vtcMQAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAAE0lEQVQI12P4//8/AxMDAwNdCABMPwMo2ctnoQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhEAAQAPQfAOvGUf7ztuvPMf/78/fkl/Pbg+u8Rvjqteu2Pf3zxPz36Pz0z+vTmPzurPvuw/npofbjquvNefHVduuyN+uuMu3Oafbgjfnqvf/3zv/3xevPi+vRjP/20/bmsP///wD/ACH5BAEKAB8ALAAAAAAQABAAAAVl4CeOZGme5qCqqDg8jyVJaz1876DsmAQAgqDgltspMEhMJoMZ4iy6I1AooFCIv+wKybziALVAoAEjYLwDgGIpJhMslgxaLR4/3rMAWoBp32V5exg8Shl1ckRUQVaMVkQ2kCstKCEAOw==\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"narrative-definitions.html#Narrative\" title=\"Narrative : A human-readable summary of the resource conveying the essential clinical and business information for the resource.\">Narrative</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px grey solid; font-weight: bold; color: black; background-color: #e6ffe6; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px grey solid; font-weight: bold; color: black; background-color: #e6ffe6\" href=\"versions.html#std-process\" title=\"Standards Status = Normative\">N</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"types.html#Element\">Element</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Human-readable summary of the resource (essential clinical and business information)<br/><br/>Elements defined in Ancestors: <a href=\"types.html#Element\" title=\"Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.\">id</a>, <a href=\"types.html#Element\" title=\"May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.\">extension</a></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAwEwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAAWCAYAAAABxvaqAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzIs1vtcMQAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAAE0lEQVQI12P4//8/AxMDAwNdCABMPwMo2ctnoQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAWCAYAAADJqhx8AAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzI3XJ6V3QAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAANklEQVQ4y+2RsQ0AIAzDav7/2VzQwoCY4iWbZSmo1QGoUgNMghvWaIejPQW/CrrNCylIwcOCDYfLNRcNer4SAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAARklEQVQ4y2P8//8/AyWAhYFCMAgMuHjx4n+KXaCv+I0szW8WpCG8kFO1lGFKW/SIjAUYgxz/MzAwMDC+nqhDUTQyjuYFBgCNmhP4OvTRgwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Primitive Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"narrative-definitions.html#Narrative.status\" title=\"Narrative.status : The status of the narrative - whether it's entirely generated (from just the defined data or the extensions too), or whether a human authored it and it may contain additional data.\">status</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..1</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"datatypes.html#code\">code</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">generated | extensions | additional | empty<br/>Binding: <a href=\"valueset-narrative-status.html\" title=\"The status of a resource narrative.\">NarrativeStatus</a> (<a href=\"terminologies.html#required\" title=\"To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value set.\">Required</a>)<br/></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td 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/LjIAAAAJUlEQVR4Xu3IIQEAAAgDsHd9/w4EQIOamFnaBgAA4MMKAACAKwNp30CqZFfFmwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAAWCAYAAAABxvaqAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzIs1vtcMQAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAAE0lEQVQI12P4//8/AxMDAwNdCABMPwMo2ctnoQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAWCAYAAADJqhx8AAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzME+lXFigAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAANklEQVQ4y+3OsRUAIAjEUOL+O8cJABttJM11/x1qZAGqRBEVcNIqdWj1efDqQbb3HwwwwEfABmQUHSPM9dtDAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,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\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Data Type\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"narrative-definitions.html#Narrative.div\" title=\"Narrative.div : The actual narrative content, a stripped down version of XHTML.\">div</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px maroon solid; font-weight: bold; color: #301212; background-color: #fdf4f4;; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px maroon solid; font-weight: bold; color: #301212; background-color: #fdf4f4;\" href=\"conformance-rules.html#constraints\" title=\"This element has or is affected by some invariants\">C</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">1..1</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"narrative.html#xhtml\">xhtml</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Limited xhtml content<br/><span style=\"font-style: italic\" title=\"txt-1\">+ Rule: The narrative SHALL contain only the basic html formatting elements and attributes described in chapters 7-11 (except section 4 of chapter 9) and 15 of the HTML 4.0 standard, <a> elements (either name or href), images and internally contained style attributes, and SHALL contain some non-whitespace characters</span><br/></td></tr>\r\n<tr><td colspan=\"5\" class=\"hierarchy\"><br/><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,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\" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/> Documentation for this format</a></td></tr></table></div>"
},
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
"valueCode" : "normative"
},
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Narrative",
"name": "Narrative",
"status": "draft",
"date": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00",
"publisher": "HL7 FHIR Standard",
"contact": [
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version",
"valueCode" : "4.0.0"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "fhir"
}],
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Narrative",
"version" : "6.0.0-ballot3",
"name" : "Narrative",
"status" : "active",
"experimental" : false,
"date" : "2025-12-17T09:50:17+00:00",
"publisher" : "HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure",
"contact" : [{
"telecom" : [{
"system" : "url",
"value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
}]
},
{
"telecom" : [{
"system" : "url",
"value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"
}]
}],
"description" : "Narrative Type: A human-readable summary of the resource conveying the essential clinical and business information for the resource.",
"jurisdiction" : [{
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
"code" : "001",
"display" : "World"
}]
}],
"fhirVersion" : "6.0.0-ballot3",
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "rim",
"uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
"name" : "RIM Mapping"
}],
"kind" : "complex-type",
"abstract" : false,
"type" : "Narrative",
"baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DataType",
"derivation" : "specialization",
"snapshot" : {
"element" : [{
"id" : "Narrative",
"path" : "Narrative",
"short" : "Human-readable summary of the resource (essential clinical and business information)",
"definition" : "A human-readable summary of the resource conveying the essential clinical and business information for the resource.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*",
"base" : {
"path" : "Narrative",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*"
},
"constraint" : [{
"key" : "ele-1",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
}],
"isModifier" : false,
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "n/a,N/A"
}]
},
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
}
]
}
],
"description": "Base StructureDefinition for Narrative Type",
"fhirVersion": "3.0.2",
"mapping": [
"id" : "Narrative.id",
"path" : "Narrative.id",
"representation" : ["xmlAttr"],
"short" : "Unique id for inter-element referencing",
"definition" : "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Element.id",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [{
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
"valueUrl" : "string"
}],
"code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
}],
"condition" : ["ele-1"],
"isModifier" : false,
"isSummary" : false,
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "n/a"
}]
},
{
"identity": "rim",
"uri": "http://hl7.org/v3",
"name": "RIM Mapping"
}
],
"kind": "complex-type",
"abstract": false,
"type": "Narrative",
"baseDefinition": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element",
"derivation": "specialization",
"snapshot": {
"element": [
{
"id": "Narrative",
"path": "Narrative",
"short": "A human-readable formatted text, including images",
"definition": "A human-readable formatted text, including images.",
"min": 0,
"max": "*",
"condition": [
"ele-1"
],
"constraint": [
{
"key": "ele-1",
"severity": "error",
"human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression": "hasValue() | (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source": "Element"
}
],
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "n/a"
},
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "N/A"
}
]
"id" : "Narrative.extension",
"path" : "Narrative.extension",
"slicing" : {
"discriminator" : [{
"type" : "value",
"path" : "url"
}],
"description" : "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
"rules" : "open"
},
{
"id": "Narrative.id",
"path": "Narrative.id",
"representation": [
"xmlAttr"
],
"short": "xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)",
"definition": "unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
"min": 0,
"max": "1",
"base": {
"path": "Element.id",
"min": 0,
"max": "1"
},
"type": [
{
"code": "string"
}
],
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "n/a"
}
]
"short" : "Additional content defined by implementations",
"definition" : "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.",
"comment" : "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
"alias" : ["extensions",
"user content"],
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*",
"base" : {
"path" : "Element.extension",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*"
},
{
"id": "Narrative.extension",
"path": "Narrative.extension",
"slicing": {
"discriminator": [
{
"type": "value",
"path": "url"
}
],
"description": "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
"rules": "open"
},
"short": "Additional Content defined by implementations",
"definition": "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.",
"comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
"alias": [
"extensions",
"user content"
],
"min": 0,
"max": "*",
"base": {
"path": "Element.extension",
"min": 0,
"max": "*"
},
"type": [
{
"code": "Extension"
}
],
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "n/a"
}
]
"type" : [{
"code" : "Extension"
}],
"constraint" : [{
"key" : "ele-1",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
}],
"isModifier" : false,
"isSummary" : false,
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "n/a"
}]
},
{
"id" : "Narrative.status",
"path" : "Narrative.status",
"short" : "generated | extensions | additional | empty",
"definition" : "The status of the narrative - whether it's entirely generated (from just the defined data or the extensions too), or whether a human authored it and it may contain additional data.",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Narrative.status",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1"
},
{
"id": "Narrative.status",
"path": "Narrative.status",
"short": "generated | extensions | additional | empty",
"definition": "The status of the narrative - whether it's entirely generated (from just the defined data or the extensions too), or whether a human authored it and it may contain additional data.",
"min": 1,
"max": "1",
"type": [
{
"code": "code"
}
],
"binding": {
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
"valueString": "NarrativeStatus"
}
],
"strength": "required",
"description": "The status of a resource narrative",
"valueSetReference": {
"reference": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/narrative-status"
}
"type" : [{
"code" : "code"
}],
"constraint" : [{
"key" : "ele-1",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
}],
"isModifier" : false,
"isSummary" : false,
"binding" : {
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/binding-definition",
"valueMarkdown" : "The status of a resource narrative."
},
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "N/A"
}
]
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
"valueString" : "NarrativeStatus"
}],
"strength" : "required",
"description" : "The status of a resource narrative.",
"valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/narrative-status|6.0.0-ballot3"
},
{
"id": "Narrative.div",
"path": "Narrative.div",
"short": "Limited xhtml content",
"definition": "The actual narrative content, a stripped down version of XHTML.",
"comment": "The contents of the html element are an XHTML fragment containing only the basic html formatting elements described in chapters 7-11 and 15 of the HTML 4.0 standard, <a> elements (either name or href), images and internally contained stylesheets. The XHTML content may not contain a head, a body, external stylesheet references, scripts, forms, base/link/xlink, frames, iframes and objects.",
"min": 1,
"max": "1",
"type": [
{
"code": "xhtml"
}
],
"constraint": [
{
"key": "txt-1",
"severity": "error",
"human": "The narrative SHALL contain only the basic html formatting elements and attributes described in chapters 7-11 (except section 4 of chapter 9) and 15 of the HTML 4.0 standard, <a> elements (either name or href), images and internally contained style attributes",
"expression": "htmlchecks()",
"xpath": "not(descendant-or-self::*[not(local-name(.)=('a', 'abbr', 'acronym', 'b', 'big', 'blockquote', 'br', 'caption', 'cite', 'code', 'col', 'colgroup', 'dd', 'dfn', 'div', 'dl', 'dt', 'em', 'h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6', 'hr', 'i', 'img', 'li', 'ol', 'p', 'pre', 'q', 'samp', 'small', 'span', 'strong', 'sub', 'sup', 'table', 'tbody', 'td', 'tfoot', 'th', 'thead', 'tr', 'tt', 'ul', 'var'))]) and not(descendant-or-self::*/@*[not(name(.)=('abbr', 'accesskey', 'align', 'alt', 'axis', 'bgcolor', 'border', 'cellhalign', 'cellpadding', 'cellspacing', 'cellvalign', 'char', 'charoff', 'charset', 'cite', 'class', 'colspan', 'compact', 'coords', 'dir', 'frame', 'headers', 'height', 'href', 'hreflang', 'hspace', 'id', 'lang', 'longdesc', 'name', 'nowrap', 'rel', 'rev', 'rowspan', 'rules', 'scope', 'shape', 'span', 'src', 'start', 'style', 'summary', 'tabindex', 'title', 'type', 'valign', 'value', 'vspace', 'width'))])"
},
{
"key": "txt-2",
"severity": "error",
"human": "The narrative SHALL have some non-whitespace content",
"expression": "htmlchecks()",
"xpath": "descendant::text()[normalize-space(.)!=''] or descendant::h:img[@src]"
}
],
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "N/A"
}
]
}
]
},
"differential": {
"element": [
{
"id": "Narrative",
"path": "Narrative",
"short": "A human-readable formatted text, including images",
"definition": "A human-readable formatted text, including images.",
"min": 0,
"max": "*",
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "N/A"
}
]
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "N/A"
}]
},
{
"id" : "Narrative.div",
"path" : "Narrative.div",
"short" : "Limited xhtml content",
"definition" : "The actual narrative content, a stripped down version of XHTML.",
"comment" : "The contents of the html element are an XHTML fragment containing only the basic html formatting elements described in chapters 7-11 and 15 of the HTML 4.0 standard, <a> elements (either name or href), images and internally contained stylesheets. The XHTML content SHALL NOT contain a head, a body, external stylesheet references, scripts, forms, base/link/xlink, frames, iframes and objects.",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Narrative.div",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [{
"code" : "xhtml"
}],
"constraint" : [{
"key" : "ele-1",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
},
{
"id": "Narrative.status",
"path": "Narrative.status",
"short": "generated | extensions | additional | empty",
"definition": "The status of the narrative - whether it's entirely generated (from just the defined data or the extensions too), or whether a human authored it and it may contain additional data.",
"min": 1,
"max": "1",
"type": [
{
"code": "code"
}
],
"binding": {
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
"valueString": "NarrativeStatus"
}
],
"strength": "required",
"description": "The status of a resource narrative",
"valueSetReference": {
"reference": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/narrative-status"
}
"key" : "txt-1",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "The narrative SHALL contain only the basic html formatting elements and attributes described in chapters 7-11 (except section 4 of chapter 9) and 15 of the HTML 4.0 standard, <a> elements (either name or href), images and internally contained style attributes, and SHALL contain some non-whitespace characters",
"expression" : "htmlChecks()",
"source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Narrative"
}],
"isModifier" : false,
"isSummary" : false,
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "N/A"
}]
}]
},
"differential" : {
"element" : [{
"id" : "Narrative",
"path" : "Narrative",
"short" : "Human-readable summary of the resource (essential clinical and business information)",
"definition" : "A human-readable summary of the resource conveying the essential clinical and business information for the resource.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*",
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "N/A"
}]
},
{
"id" : "Narrative.status",
"path" : "Narrative.status",
"short" : "generated | extensions | additional | empty",
"definition" : "The status of the narrative - whether it's entirely generated (from just the defined data or the extensions too), or whether a human authored it and it may contain additional data.",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"type" : [{
"code" : "code"
}],
"binding" : {
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/binding-definition",
"valueMarkdown" : "The status of a resource narrative."
},
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "N/A"
}
]
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
"valueString" : "NarrativeStatus"
}],
"strength" : "required",
"description" : "The status of a resource narrative.",
"valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/narrative-status|6.0.0-ballot3"
},
{
"id": "Narrative.div",
"path": "Narrative.div",
"short": "Limited xhtml content",
"definition": "The actual narrative content, a stripped down version of XHTML.",
"comment": "The contents of the html element are an XHTML fragment containing only the basic html formatting elements described in chapters 7-11 and 15 of the HTML 4.0 standard, <a> elements (either name or href), images and internally contained stylesheets. The XHTML content may not contain a head, a body, external stylesheet references, scripts, forms, base/link/xlink, frames, iframes and objects.",
"min": 1,
"max": "1",
"type": [
{
"code": "xhtml"
}
],
"constraint": [
{
"key": "txt-1",
"severity": "error",
"human": "The narrative SHALL contain only the basic html formatting elements and attributes described in chapters 7-11 (except section 4 of chapter 9) and 15 of the HTML 4.0 standard, <a> elements (either name or href), images and internally contained style attributes",
"expression": "htmlchecks()",
"xpath": "not(descendant-or-self::*[not(local-name(.)=('a', 'abbr', 'acronym', 'b', 'big', 'blockquote', 'br', 'caption', 'cite', 'code', 'col', 'colgroup', 'dd', 'dfn', 'div', 'dl', 'dt', 'em', 'h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6', 'hr', 'i', 'img', 'li', 'ol', 'p', 'pre', 'q', 'samp', 'small', 'span', 'strong', 'sub', 'sup', 'table', 'tbody', 'td', 'tfoot', 'th', 'thead', 'tr', 'tt', 'ul', 'var'))]) and not(descendant-or-self::*/@*[not(name(.)=('abbr', 'accesskey', 'align', 'alt', 'axis', 'bgcolor', 'border', 'cellhalign', 'cellpadding', 'cellspacing', 'cellvalign', 'char', 'charoff', 'charset', 'cite', 'class', 'colspan', 'compact', 'coords', 'dir', 'frame', 'headers', 'height', 'href', 'hreflang', 'hspace', 'id', 'lang', 'longdesc', 'name', 'nowrap', 'rel', 'rev', 'rowspan', 'rules', 'scope', 'shape', 'span', 'src', 'start', 'style', 'summary', 'tabindex', 'title', 'type', 'valign', 'value', 'vspace', 'width'))])"
},
{
"key": "txt-2",
"severity": "error",
"human": "The narrative SHALL have some non-whitespace content",
"expression": "htmlchecks()",
"xpath": "descendant::text()[normalize-space(.)!=''] or descendant::h:img[@src]"
}
],
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "N/A"
}
]
}
]
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "N/A"
}]
},
{
"id" : "Narrative.div",
"path" : "Narrative.div",
"short" : "Limited xhtml content",
"definition" : "The actual narrative content, a stripped down version of XHTML.",
"comment" : "The contents of the html element are an XHTML fragment containing only the basic html formatting elements described in chapters 7-11 and 15 of the HTML 4.0 standard, <a> elements (either name or href), images and internally contained stylesheets. The XHTML content SHALL NOT contain a head, a body, external stylesheet references, scripts, forms, base/link/xlink, frames, iframes and objects.",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"type" : [{
"code" : "xhtml"
}],
"constraint" : [{
"key" : "txt-1",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "The narrative SHALL contain only the basic html formatting elements and attributes described in chapters 7-11 (except section 4 of chapter 9) and 15 of the HTML 4.0 standard, <a> elements (either name or href), images and internally contained style attributes, and SHALL contain some non-whitespace characters",
"expression" : "htmlChecks()",
"source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Narrative"
}],
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "N/A"
}]
}]
}
}
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.
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