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Extension-11179-objectclassproperty.json

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group Maturity Level : N/A Ballot Standards Status : Informative

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objectClassProperty

{
  "resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
  "id": "11179-objectClassProperty",
  "extension": [
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
      "valueCode": "fhir"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
      "valueInteger": 1
    }
  ],
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/11179-objectClassProperty",
  "name": "objectClassProperty",
  "title": "Object Class Property",
  "status": "draft",
  "date": "2014-04-21",
  "publisher": "Health Level Seven International (Orders and Observations)",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "http://hl7.org"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "A quality common to all members of an object class. A property may be any feature that humans naturally use to distinguish one individual object from another. It is the human perception of a single quality of an object class in the real world.  It is conceptual and thus has no particular associated means of representation by which the property can be communicated.",
  "fhirVersion": "3.0.2",
  "mapping": [
    {
      "identity": "v2",
      "uri": "http://hl7.org/v2",
      "name": "HL7 v2 Mapping"

  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "11179-objectClassProperty",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "fhir"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 1
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/11179-objectClassProperty",
  "version" : "4.0.1",
  "name" : "objectClassProperty",
  "title" : "Object Class Property",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2014-04-21",
  "publisher" : "Health Level Seven International (Orders and Observations)",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "A quality common to all members of an object class. A property may be any feature that humans naturally use to distinguish one individual object from another. It is the human perception of a single quality of an object class in the real world.  It is conceptual and thus has no particular associated means of representation by which the property can be communicated.",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "iso11179",
    "uri" : "http://metadata-standards.org/11179/",
    "name" : "ISO 11179"
  }],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "context" : [{
    "type" : "element",
    "expression" : "ElementDefinition.mapping"
  }],
  "type" : "Extension",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "snapshot" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Extension",
      "path" : "Extension",
      "short" : "Object Class Property",
      "definition" : "A quality common to all members of an object class. A property may be any feature that humans naturally use to distinguish one individual object from another. It is the human perception of a single quality of an object class in the real world.  It is conceptual and thus has no particular associated means of representation by which the property can be communicated.",
      "comment" : "ObjectClass and Property are treated as a data model that can be mapped to like any other.  This extension merely captures the Property element as a discrete code.  The information conveyed here should also be conveyed in human-readable form in the mapping.map element.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "base" : {
        "path" : "Extension",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "*"
      },
      "condition" : ["ele-1"],
      "constraint" : [{
        "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",
        "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
      },
      {
        "key" : "ext-1",
        "severity" : "error",
        "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
        "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
        "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])",
        "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
      }],
      "isModifier" : false,
      "mapping" : [{
        "identity" : "v2",
        "map" : "N/A"
      },
      {
        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : "N/A"
      },
      {
        "identity" : "iso11179",
        "map" : "Data_Element.meaning.property"
      }]

    },
    {
      "identity": "rim",
      "uri": "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name": "RIM Mapping"

      "id" : "Extension.id",
      "path" : "Extension.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"
      }],
      "isModifier" : false,
      "isSummary" : false,
      "mapping" : [{
        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : "n/a"
      }]

    },
    {
      "identity": "iso11179",
      "uri": "http://metadata-standards.org/11179/",
      "name": "ISO 11179"
    }
  ],
  "kind": "complex-type",
  "abstract": false,
  "contextType": "datatype",
  "context": [
    "ElementDefinition.mapping"
  ],
  "type": "Extension",
  "baseDefinition": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
  "derivation": "constraint",
  "snapshot": {
    "element": [
      {
        "id": "Extension",
        "path": "Extension",
        "short": "Object Class Property",
        "definition": "A quality common to all members of an object class. A property may be any feature that humans naturally use to distinguish one individual object from another. It is the human perception of a single quality of an object class in the real world.  It is conceptual and thus has no particular associated means of representation by which the property can be communicated.",
        "comment": "ObjectClass and Property are treated as a data model that can be mapped to like any other.  This extension merely captures the Property element as a discrete code.  The information conveyed here should also be conveyed in human-readable form in the mapping.map element.",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension",
          "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"
          },
          {
            "key": "ext-1",
            "severity": "error",
            "human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
            "expression": "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
            "xpath": "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])",
            "source": "Extension"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "N/A"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          },
          {
            "identity": "iso11179",
            "map": "Data_Element.meaning.property"
          }
        ]

      "id" : "Extension.extension",
      "path" : "Extension.extension",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "value",
          "path" : "url"
        }],
        "description" : "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
        "rules" : "open"

      },
      {
        "id": "Extension.id",
        "path": "Extension.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" : "Extension",
      "definition" : "An Extension",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "0",
      "base" : {
        "path" : "Element.extension",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "*"

      },
      {
        "id": "Extension.extension",
        "path": "Extension.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())",
        "xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
        "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"

      },
      {
        "id": "Extension.url",
        "path": "Extension.url",
        "representation": [
          "xmlAttr"
        ],
        "short": "identifies the meaning of the extension",
        "definition": "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
        "comment": "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension.url",
          "min": 1,
          "max": "1"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          }
        ],
        "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/11179-objectClassProperty",
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          }
        ]

        "key" : "ext-1",
        "severity" : "error",
        "human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
        "expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
        "xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])",
        "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
      }],
      "isModifier" : false,
      "isSummary" : false
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.url",
      "path" : "Extension.url",
      "representation" : ["xmlAttr"],
      "short" : "identifies the meaning of the extension",
      "definition" : "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
      "comment" : "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.",
      "min" : 1,
      "max" : "1",
      "base" : {
        "path" : "Extension.url",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1"

      },
      {
        "id": "Extension.valueCoding",
        "path": "Extension.valueCoding",
        "short": "Value of extension",
        "definition": "Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension.value[x]",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "1"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Coding"
          }
        ],
        "binding": {
          "extension": [
            {
              "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
              "valueString": "11179ObjectClassProperty"
            }
          ],
          "strength": "example",
          "description": "A quality common to all members of an object class. A property may be any feature that humans naturally use to distinguish one individual object from another. It is the human perception of a single quality of an object class in the real world; e.g. name, identifier, gender, creationDate",
          "valueSetReference": {
            "reference": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/dataelement-sdcobjectclassproperty"
          }
        },
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "differential": {
    "element": [
      {
        "id": "Extension",
        "path": "Extension",
        "short": "Object Class Property",
        "definition": "A quality common to all members of an object class. A property may be any feature that humans naturally use to distinguish one individual object from another. It is the human perception of a single quality of an object class in the real world.  It is conceptual and thus has no particular associated means of representation by which the property can be communicated.",
        "comment": "ObjectClass and Property are treated as a data model that can be mapped to like any other.  This extension merely captures the Property element as a discrete code.  The information conveyed here should also be conveyed in human-readable form in the mapping.map element.",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "N/A"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          },
          {
            "identity": "iso11179",
            "map": "Data_Element.meaning.property"
          }
        ]

      "type" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
          "valueUrl" : "uri"
        }],
        "code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
      }],
      "fixedUri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/11179-objectClassProperty",
      "isModifier" : false,
      "isSummary" : false,
      "mapping" : [{
        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : "N/A"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "short" : "Value of extension",
      "definition" : "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/extensibility.html) for a list).",
      "min" : 1,
      "max" : "1",
      "base" : {
        "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1"

      },
      {
        "id": "Extension.extension",
        "path": "Extension.extension",
        "max": "0"

      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Coding"
      }],
      "constraint" : [{
        "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",
        "source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
      }],
      "isModifier" : false,
      "isSummary" : false,
      "binding" : {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
          "valueString" : "11179ObjectClassProperty"
        }],
        "strength" : "example",
        "description" : "A quality common to all members of an object class. A property may be any feature that humans naturally use to distinguish one individual object from another. It is the human perception of a single quality of an object class in the real world; e.g. name, identifier, gender, creationDate.",
        "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/dataelement-sdcobjectclassproperty"
      },
      "mapping" : [{
        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : "N/A"
      }]
    }]
  },
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Extension",
      "path" : "Extension",
      "short" : "Object Class Property",
      "definition" : "A quality common to all members of an object class. A property may be any feature that humans naturally use to distinguish one individual object from another. It is the human perception of a single quality of an object class in the real world.  It is conceptual and thus has no particular associated means of representation by which the property can be communicated.",
      "comment" : "ObjectClass and Property are treated as a data model that can be mapped to like any other.  This extension merely captures the Property element as a discrete code.  The information conveyed here should also be conveyed in human-readable form in the mapping.map element.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "mapping" : [{
        "identity" : "v2",
        "map" : "N/A"

      },
      {
        "id": "Extension.url",
        "path": "Extension.url",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          }
        ],
        "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/11179-objectClassProperty"

        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : "N/A"

      },
      {
        "id": "Extension.valueCoding",
        "path": "Extension.valueCoding",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Coding"
          }
        ],
        "binding": {
          "extension": [
            {
              "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
              "valueString": "11179ObjectClassProperty"
            }
          ],
          "strength": "example",
          "description": "A quality common to all members of an object class. A property may be any feature that humans naturally use to distinguish one individual object from another. It is the human perception of a single quality of an object class in the real world; e.g. name, identifier, gender, creationDate",
          "valueSetReference": {
            "reference": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/dataelement-sdcobjectclassproperty"
          }
        }

        "identity" : "iso11179",
        "map" : "Data_Element.meaning.property"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension",
      "path" : "Extension.extension",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.url",
      "path" : "Extension.url",
      "fixedUri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/11179-objectClassProperty"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "min" : 1,
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Coding"
      }],
      "binding" : {
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
          "valueString" : "11179ObjectClassProperty"
        }],
        "strength" : "example",
        "description" : "A quality common to all members of an object class. A property may be any feature that humans naturally use to distinguish one individual object from another. It is the human perception of a single quality of an object class in the real world; e.g. name, identifier, gender, creationDate.",
        "valueSet" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/dataelement-sdcobjectclassproperty"

      }
    ]

    }]

  }
}

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.