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StructureDefinition for Element
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"lastUpdated": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00"
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"lastUpdated" : "2019-11-01T09:29:23.356+11:00"
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"div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
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"div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
},
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"status": "draft",
"date": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00",
"publisher": "HL7 FHIR Standard",
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"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.",
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"code" : "Extension"
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"expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
},
{
"id": "Element.extension",
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{
"type": "value",
"path": "url"
}
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"rules": "open"
},
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"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"
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"max": "*",
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{
"code": "Extension"
}
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{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "n/a"
}
]
}
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"expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
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"source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
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"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "n/a"
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"id": "Element",
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"min": 0,
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"key": "ele-1",
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"expression": "hasValue() | (children().count() > id.count())",
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}
],
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "n/a"
}
]
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"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
"valueCode" : "normative"
},
{
"id": "Element.id",
"path": "Element.id",
"representation": [
"xmlAttr"
],
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"max": "1",
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{
"code": "string"
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],
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "n/a"
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"valueCode" : "4.0.0"
}],
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"definition" : "Base definition for all elements in a resource.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*",
"condition" : ["ele-1"],
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"key" : "ele-1",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div"
}],
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "n/a"
}]
},
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"id" : "Element.id",
"path" : "Element.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",
"type" : [{
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
"valueUrl" : "string"
}],
"code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
}],
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "n/a"
}]
},
{
"id" : "Element.extension",
"path" : "Element.extension",
"slicing" : {
"discriminator" : [{
"type" : "value",
"path" : "url"
}],
"description" : "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
"rules" : "open"
},
{
"id": "Element.extension",
"path": "Element.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": "*",
"type": [
{
"code": "Extension"
}
],
"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 manageable, 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" : "*",
"type" : [{
"code" : "Extension"
}],
"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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