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Extension-elementdefinition-inheritedextensiblevalueset.json

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

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

inheritedExtensibleValueSet

{
  "resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
  "id": "elementdefinition-inheritedExtensibleValueSet",
  "extension": [
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
      "valueCode": "fhir"

  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "elementdefinition-inheritedExtensibleValueSet",
  "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/elementdefinition-inheritedExtensibleValueSet",
  "version" : "4.0.1",
  "name" : "inheritedExtensibleValueSet",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2015-02-28",
  "publisher" : "Health Level Seven, Inc. - FHIR Core WG",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/special/committees/FHIR"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "A reference to an extensible value set specified in a parent profie in order to allow a conformance checking tool to validate that a code not in the extensible value set of the profile is not violating rules defined by parent profile bindings.",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "context" : [{
    "type" : "element",
    "expression" : "ElementDefinition.binding"
  }],
  "type" : "Extension",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "snapshot" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Extension",
      "path" : "Extension",
      "short" : "An extensible Value Set specified in a parent profile",
      "definition" : "A reference to an extensible value set specified in a parent profie in order to allow a conformance checking tool to validate that a code not in the extensible value set of the profile is not violating rules defined by parent profile bindings.",
      "comment" : "This extension is only needed where the binding strength is 'extensible', the parents are also 'extensible'. This allows a validator to work around the fact that restricting extensible value sets in child profiles loses constraints out of the parent profiles, (e.g. codes to be used when appropriate).",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "*",
      "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" : "rim",
        "map" : "N/A (MIF territory)"
      }]

    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
      "valueInteger": 1
    }
  ],
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-inheritedExtensibleValueSet",
  "name": "inheritedExtensibleValueSet",
  "status": "draft",
  "date": "2015-02-28",
  "publisher": "Health Level Seven, Inc. - FHIR Core WG",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "http://hl7.org/special/committees/FHIR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "A reference to an extensible value set specified in a parent profie in order to allow a conformance checking tool to validate that a code not in the extensible value set of the profile is not violating rules defined by parent profile bindings.",
  "fhirVersion": "3.0.2",
  "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": "rim",
      "uri": "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name": "RIM Mapping"
    }
  ],
  "kind": "complex-type",
  "abstract": false,
  "contextType": "datatype",
  "context": [
    "ElementDefinition.binding"
  ],
  "type": "Extension",
  "baseDefinition": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
  "derivation": "constraint",
  "snapshot": {
    "element": [
      {
        "id": "Extension",
        "path": "Extension",
        "short": "An extensible Value Set specified in a parent profile",
        "definition": "A reference to an extensible value set specified in a parent profie in order to allow a conformance checking tool to validate that a code not in the extensible value set of the profile is not violating rules defined by parent profile bindings.",
        "comment": "This extension is only needed where the binding strength is 'extensible', the parents are also 'extensible'. This allows a validator to work around the fact that restricting extensible value sets in child profiles loses constraints out of the parent profiles, (e.g. codes to be used when appropriate).",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "*",
        "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": "rim",
            "map": "N/A (MIF territory)"
          }
        ]

      "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/elementdefinition-inheritedExtensibleValueSet",
        "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.value[x]",
        "path": "Extension.value[x]",
        "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": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension.value[x]",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "1"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          },
          {
            "code": "Reference",
            "targetProfile": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ValueSet"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "differential": {
    "element": [
      {
        "id": "Extension",
        "path": "Extension",
        "short": "An extensible Value Set specified in a parent profile",
        "definition": "A reference to an extensible value set specified in a parent profie in order to allow a conformance checking tool to validate that a code not in the extensible value set of the profile is not violating rules defined by parent profile bindings.",
        "comment": "This extension is only needed where the binding strength is 'extensible', the parents are also 'extensible'. This allows a validator to work around the fact that restricting extensible value sets in child profiles loses constraints out of the parent profiles, (e.g. codes to be used when appropriate).",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "*",
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A (MIF territory)"
          }
        ]

      "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/elementdefinition-inheritedExtensibleValueSet",
      "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" : "uri"

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

        "code" : "canonical",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ValueSet"]
      }],
      "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,
      "mapping" : [{
        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : "N/A"
      }]
    }]
  },
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Extension",
      "path" : "Extension",
      "short" : "An extensible Value Set specified in a parent profile",
      "definition" : "A reference to an extensible value set specified in a parent profie in order to allow a conformance checking tool to validate that a code not in the extensible value set of the profile is not violating rules defined by parent profile bindings.",
      "comment" : "This extension is only needed where the binding strength is 'extensible', the parents are also 'extensible'. This allows a validator to work around the fact that restricting extensible value sets in child profiles loses constraints out of the parent profiles, (e.g. codes to be used when appropriate).",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "*",
      "mapping" : [{
        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : "N/A (MIF territory)"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension",
      "path" : "Extension.extension",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.url",
      "path" : "Extension.url",
      "fixedUri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-inheritedExtensibleValueSet"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "min" : 1,
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "uri"

      },
      {
        "id": "Extension.value[x]",
        "path": "Extension.value[x]",
        "min": 1,
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          },
          {
            "code": "Reference",
            "targetProfile": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ValueSet"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]

        "code" : "canonical",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ValueSet"]
      }]
    }]

  }
}

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.