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2.26.9 2.1.26.4.10 JSON Schema for Resource

Maturity Level : N/A

Responsible Owner: FHIR Infrastructure Work Group

Standards Status : Informative

Compartments : Not linked to any No defined compartments

This is a representation of the json schema for Resource, which is just a part of the full JSON Schema .

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-06/schema#",
  "id": "http://hl7.org/fhir/json-schema/Resource",
  "$ref": "#/definitions/Resource",
  "description": "see http://hl7.org/fhir/json.html#schema for information about the FHIR Json Schemas",
  "definitions": {
    "Resource": {
      "description": "This is the base resource type for everything.",
      "properties": {
        "resourceType": {
          "description": "This is a Resource resource",
          "const": "Resource"
        },
        "id": {
          "description": "The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes.",
          "$ref": "id.schema.json#/definitions/id"
        },
        "meta": {
          "description": "The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the resource.",
          "$ref": "Meta.schema.json#/definitions/Meta"
        },
        "implicitRules": {
          "description": "A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content. Often, this is a reference to an implementation guide that defines the special rules along with other profiles etc.",
          "$ref": "#/definitions/uri"
        },
        "_implicitRules": {
          "description": "Extensions for implicitRules",
          "$ref": "Element.schema.json#/definitions/Element"
        },
        "language": {
          "description": "The base language in which the resource is written.",
          "$ref": "#/definitions/code"
        },
        "_language": {
          "description": "Extensions for language",
          "$ref": "Element.schema.json#/definitions/Element"
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "required": [
        "resourceType"
      ]
    }
  }

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-06/schema#",
  "id": "http://hl7.org/fhir/json-schema/Resource",
  "$ref": "#/definitions/Resource",
  "description": "see http://hl7.org/fhir/json.html#schema for information about the FHIR Json Schemas",
  "definitions": {
    "Resource": {
      "description": "This is the base resource type for everything.",
      "properties": {
        "resourceType": {
          "description": "This is a Resource resource",
          "const": "Resource"
        },
        "id": {
          "description": "The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes.",
          "$ref": "id.schema.json#/definitions/id"
        },
        "meta": {
          "description": "The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the resource.",
          "$ref": "Meta.schema.json#/definitions/Meta"
        },
        "implicitRules": {
          "description": "A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content. Often, this is a reference to an implementation guide that defines the special rules along with other profiles etc. For DomainResources, if more than one implicitRules policy applies, additional policies may be conveyed using the [additionalImplicitRules](https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/StructureDefinition-additionalImplicitRules.html) extension.",
          "$ref": "#/definitions/uri"
        },
        "_implicitRules": {
          "description": "Extensions for implicitRules",
          "$ref": "Element.schema.json#/definitions/Element"
        },
        "language": {
          "description": "The base language in which the resource is written.",
          "$ref": "#/definitions/code"
        },
        "_language": {
          "description": "Extensions for language",
          "$ref": "Element.schema.json#/definitions/Element"
        }
      },
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "required": [
        "resourceType"
      ]
    }
  }

}