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Extension: ancestor

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group   Maturity Level : 1 Informative Use Context : Any

URL for this extension: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ancestor Summary

Defining URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ancestor
Version: 5.0.0-ballot
Name: ancestor
Title: ancestor
Modifier: This extension is not a modifier extension
Status: draft
Definition: A canonical reference to a StructureDefinition that this is derived from. This is a de-normalization of a chain of StructureDefinition.baseDefinition.
Committee: FHIR Infrastructure Work Group

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven, Inc. - [WG Name] WG

A canonical reference to a StructureDefinition that this is derived from. This is a de-normalization of a chain of StructureDefinition.baseDefinition.

Comment :

It is an error if a structure definition lists an ancestor that is not in the chain of baseDefinitions.

Context of Use: Use on Element ID StructureDefinition

Extension Content

Summary

Name Flags Card. Type Description & Constraints doco
. . ancestor 0..* uri URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ancestor
ancestor: A canonical reference to a StructureDefinition that this is derived from. This is a de-normalization of a chain of StructureDefinition.baseDefinition.


Use on Element ID StructureDefinition

doco Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name Flags Card. Type Description & Constraints doco
. . extension 0..* Extension URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ancestor
ancestor: A canonical reference to a StructureDefinition that this is derived from. This is a de-normalization of a chain of StructureDefinition.baseDefinition.


Use on Element ID StructureDefinition
. . . extension 0..0
. . . url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ancestor"
. . . value[x] 1..1 uri Value of extension

doco Documentation for this format

XML Template 

<!-- ancestor -->doco

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ancestor" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <

 <valueUri value="[uri]"/><!-- I 1..1 Value of extension -->

</extension>

JSON Template 

{ // ancestor
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
  // extension: Extension: Prohibited
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ancestor", // R! 
    "

    "valueUri" : "<uri>" // I R! Value of extension

  }

Summary

Name Flags Card. Type Description & Constraints doco
. . ancestor 0..* uri URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ancestor
ancestor: A canonical reference to a StructureDefinition that this is derived from. This is a de-normalization of a chain of StructureDefinition.baseDefinition.


Use on Element ID StructureDefinition

doco Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name Flags Card. Type Description & Constraints doco
. . extension 0..* Extension URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ancestor
ancestor: A canonical reference to a StructureDefinition that this is derived from. This is a de-normalization of a chain of StructureDefinition.baseDefinition.


Use on Element ID StructureDefinition
. . . extension 0..0
. . . url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ancestor"
. . . value[x] 1..1 uri Value of extension

doco Documentation for this format

XML Template 

<!-- ancestor -->doco

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ancestor" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <

 <valueUri value="[uri]"/><!-- I 1..1 Value of extension -->

</extension>

JSON Template 

{ // ancestor
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
  // extension: Extension: Prohibited
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ancestor", // R! 
    "

    "valueUri" : "<uri>" // I R! Value of extension

  }

 

Constraints

  • ele-1 : All FHIR elements must have a @value or children unless an empty Parameters resource (xpath: @value|f:*|h:div|self::f:Parameters @value|f:*|h:div )
  • ext-1 : Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')]) )
  • ele-1 : On Extension.extension: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.extension: @value|f:*|h:div )
  • ext-1 : On Extension.extension: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath on Extension.extension: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), "value")]) )
  • ele-1 : On Extension.value[x]: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.value[x]: @value|f:*|h:div )

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