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Narrative.profile.xml

Example StructureDefinition/Narrative (XML)

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

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

StructureDefinition for Narrative

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This may be any string value that does not contain spaces., 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. 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<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="Narrative"/> 
  <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;">
        <tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align:

         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">
          <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="Element"/>              <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 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="versions.html#std-process" 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" 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">
            <a href="types.html#Element">Element</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">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>         <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:

         #F7F7F7">
          <td class="hierarchy" 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/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAw
          EwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)">
            <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: inherit"/>             <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type"/>              <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 class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7;

           border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7;

           border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">1..1</td> 
          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7;

           border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
            <a href="datatypes.html#code">code</a>           </td>           <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7;

           border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">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>         <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:

         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: inherit"/>             <img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Data Type"/>              <a href="narrative-definitions.html#Narrative.div" title="Narrative.div : The actual narrative content, a stripped down version of XHTML.">div</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="conformance-rules.html#constraints" 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;" title="This element has or is affected by some invariants">C</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">1..1</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="narrative.html#xhtml">xhtml</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">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, &lt;a&gt; elements (either name or href), images and internally
               contained style attributes, and SHALL contain some non-whitespace characters</span> 
            <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/Narrative"/>   <version value="6.0.0-ballot3"/>   <name value="Narrative"/>   <status value="active"/>   <experimental value="false"/>   <date value="2025-12-17T09:50:17+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="Narrative Type: A human-readable summary of the resource conveying the essential

   clinical and business information for the resource."/> 
  <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="false"/>   <type value="Narrative"/>   <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DataType"/>   <derivation value="specialization"/>   <snapshot>     <element id="Narrative">      <path value="Narrative"/>       <short value="Human-readable summary of the resource (essential clinical and business information)"/>       <definition value="A human-readable summary of the resource conveying the essential clinical and business

       information for the resource."/> 
      <min value="0"/>       <max value="*"/>       <base>         <path value="Narrative"/>         <min value="0"/>         <max value="*"/>       </base>       <constraint>         <key value="ele-1"/>         <severity value="error"/>         <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>         <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>         <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>       </constraint>       <isModifier value="false"/>       <mapping>         <identity value="rim"/>         <map value="n/a,N/A"/>       </mapping>     </element>     <element id="Narrative.id">      <path value="Narrative.id"/>       <representation value="xmlAttr"/>       <short value="Unique id for inter-element referencing"/>       <definition value="Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may

       be any string value that does not contain spaces."/> 
      <min value="0"/>       <max value="1"/>       <base>         <path value="Element.id"/>         <min value="0"/>         <max value="1"/>       </base>       <!--  Note: special primitive values have a FHIRPath system type. e.g. this is compiler

       magic (j)  -->
      <type>         <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">          <valueUrl value="string"/>         </extension>         <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/>       </type>       <condition value="ele-1"/>       <isModifier value="false"/>       <isSummary value="false"/>       <mapping>         <identity value="rim"/>         <map value="n/a"/>       </mapping>     </element>     <element id="Narrative.extension">      <path value="Narrative.extension"/>       <slicing>         <discriminator>           <type value="value"/>           <path value="url"/>         </discriminator>         <description value="Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url"/>         <rules value="open"/>       </slicing>       <short value="Additional content defined by implementations"/> 
      <definition value="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.
      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.
      
      
      
      
      
        
        
        
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
      
    
    
      
      
      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.
      
      
      
        
      
      
        
          
        
        
        
        
          
        
      
      
        
        
      
    
    
      
      
      
      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, &lt;a&gt;
       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.
      
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
        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, &lt;a&gt;
         elements (either name or href), images and internally contained style attributes
        
        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'))])
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
      
      
        
        
      
    
  
  
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
        
        
      
    
    
      
      
      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.
      
      
      
        
      
      
        
          
        
        
        
        
          
        
      
      
        
        
      
    
    
      
      
      
      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, &lt;a&gt;
       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.
      
      
      
        
      
      
        
        
        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, &lt;a&gt;
         elements (either name or href), images and internally contained style attributes
        
        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'))])
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
      
      
        
        
      
    
  

       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 value="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 value="extensions"/>       <alias value="user content"/>       <min value="0"/>       <max value="*"/>       <base>         <path value="Element.extension"/>         <min value="0"/>         <max value="*"/>       </base>       <type>         <code value="Extension"/>       </type>       <constraint>         <key value="ele-1"/>         <severity value="error"/>         <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>         <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>         <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>       </constraint>       <isModifier value="false"/>       <isSummary value="false"/>       <mapping>         <identity value="rim"/>         <map value="n/a"/>       </mapping>     </element>     <element id="Narrative.status">      <path value="Narrative.status"/>       <short value="generated | extensions | additional | empty"/>       <definition value="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 value="1"/>       <max value="1"/>       <base>         <path value="Narrative.status"/>         <min value="1"/>         <max value="1"/>       </base>       <type>         <code value="code"/>       </type>       <constraint>         <key value="ele-1"/>         <severity value="error"/>         <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>         <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>         <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>       </constraint>       <isModifier value="false"/>       <isSummary value="false"/>       <binding>         <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/binding-definition">          <valueMarkdown value="The status of a resource narrative."/>         </extension>         <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">          <valueString value="NarrativeStatus"/>         </extension>         <strength value="required"/>         <description value="The status of a resource narrative."/>         <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/narrative-status|6.0.0-ballot3"/>       </binding>       <mapping>         <identity value="rim"/>         <map value="N/A"/>       </mapping>     </element>     <element id="Narrative.div">      <path value="Narrative.div"/>       <short value="Limited xhtml content"/>       <definition value="The actual narrative content, a stripped down version of XHTML."/>       <comment value="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,
       &lt;a&gt; 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 value="1"/>       <max value="1"/>       <base>         <path value="Narrative.div"/>         <min value="1"/>         <max value="1"/>       </base>       <type>         <code value="xhtml"/>       </type>       <constraint>         <key value="ele-1"/>         <severity value="error"/>         <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>         <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>         <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>       </constraint>       <constraint>         <key value="txt-1"/>         <severity value="error"/>         <human value="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, &lt;a&gt; elements (either name or href), images and internally contained
         style attributes, and SHALL contain some non-whitespace characters"/> 
        <expression value="htmlChecks()"/>         <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Narrative"/>       </constraint>       <isModifier value="false"/>       <isSummary value="false"/>       <mapping>         <identity value="rim"/>         <map value="N/A"/>       </mapping>     </element>   </snapshot>   <differential>     <element id="Narrative">      <path value="Narrative"/>       <short value="Human-readable summary of the resource (essential clinical and business information)"/>       <definition value="A human-readable summary of the resource conveying the essential clinical and business

       information for the resource."/> 
      <min value="0"/>       <max value="*"/>       <mapping>         <identity value="rim"/>         <map value="N/A"/>       </mapping>     </element>     <element id="Narrative.status">      <path value="Narrative.status"/>       <short value="generated | extensions | additional | empty"/>       <definition value="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 value="1"/>       <max value="1"/>       <type>         <code value="code"/>       </type>       <binding>         <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/binding-definition">          <valueMarkdown value="The status of a resource narrative."/>         </extension>         <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">          <valueString value="NarrativeStatus"/>         </extension>         <strength value="required"/>         <description value="The status of a resource narrative."/>         <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/narrative-status|6.0.0-ballot3"/>       </binding>       <mapping>         <identity value="rim"/>         <map value="N/A"/>       </mapping>     </element>     <element id="Narrative.div">      <path value="Narrative.div"/>       <short value="Limited xhtml content"/>       <definition value="The actual narrative content, a stripped down version of XHTML."/>       <comment value="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,
       &lt;a&gt; 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 value="1"/>       <max value="1"/>       <type>         <code value="xhtml"/>       </type>       <constraint>         <key value="txt-1"/>         <severity value="error"/>         <human value="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, &lt;a&gt; elements (either name or href), images and internally contained
         style attributes, and SHALL contain some non-whitespace characters"/> 
        <expression value="htmlChecks()"/>         <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Narrative"/>       </constraint>       <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.