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Ratio.profile.json

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StructureDefinition for Ratio

{
  "resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
  "id": "Ratio",
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00"

  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "Ratio",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2019-11-01T09:29:23.356+11:00"

  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"

  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"

  },
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Ratio",
  "name": "Ratio",
  "status": "draft",
  "date": "2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00",
  "publisher": "HL7 FHIR Standard",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "Base StructureDefinition for Ratio Type",
  "purpose": "Need to able to capture ratios for some measurements (titers) and some rates (costs).",
  "fhirVersion": "3.0.2",
  "mapping": [
    {
      "identity": "v2",
      "uri": "http://hl7.org/v2",
      "name": "HL7 v2 Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity": "rim",
      "uri": "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name": "RIM Mapping"
    }
  ],
  "kind": "complex-type",
  "abstract": false,
  "type": "Ratio",
  "baseDefinition": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element",
  "derivation": "specialization",
  "snapshot": {
    "element": [

  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "normative"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version",
    "valueCode" : "4.0.0"
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Ratio",
  "version" : "4.0.1",
  "name" : "Ratio",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2019-11-01T09:29:23+11:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 FHIR Standard",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Base StructureDefinition for Ratio Type: A relationship of two Quantity values - expressed as a numerator and a denominator.",
  "purpose" : "Need to able to capture ratios for some measurements (titers) and some rates (costs).",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  },
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    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Ratio",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element",
  "derivation" : "specialization",
  "snapshot" : {
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      "id" : "Ratio",
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
        "valueCode" : "normative"
      },

      {
        "id": "Ratio",
        "path": "Ratio",
        "short": "A ratio of two Quantity values - a numerator and a denominator",
        "definition": "A relationship of two Quantity values - expressed as a numerator and a denominator.",
        "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": "rat-1",
            "severity": "error",
            "human": "Numerator and denominator SHALL both be present, or both are absent. If both are absent, there SHALL be some extension present",
            "expression": "(numerator.empty() xor denominator.exists()) and (numerator.exists() or extension.exists())",
            "xpath": "(count(f:numerator) = count(f:denominator)) and ((count(f:numerator) > 0) or (count(f:extension) > 0))"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "n/a"
          },
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "N/A"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "RTO"
          }
        ]

        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version",
        "valueCode" : "4.0.0"
      }],
      "path" : "Ratio",
      "short" : "A ratio of two Quantity values - a numerator and a denominator",
      "definition" : "A relationship of two Quantity values - expressed as a numerator and a denominator.",
      "comment" : "The Ratio datatype should only be used to express a relationship of two numbers if the relationship cannot be suitably expressed using a Quantity and a common unit.  Where the denominator value is known to be fixed to \"1\", Quantity should be used instead of Ratio.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "*",
      "base" : {
        "path" : "Ratio",
        "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"

      },
      {
        "id": "Ratio.id",
        "path": "Ratio.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"
          }
        ]

        "key" : "rat-1",
        "severity" : "error",
        "human" : "Numerator and denominator SHALL both be present, or both are absent. If both are absent, there SHALL be some extension present",
        "expression" : "(numerator.empty() xor denominator.exists()) and (numerator.exists() or extension.exists())",
        "xpath" : "(count(f:numerator) = count(f:denominator)) and ((count(f:numerator) > 0) or (count(f:extension) > 0))"
      }],
      "isModifier" : false,
      "mapping" : [{
        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : "n/a"

      },
      {
        "id": "Ratio.extension",
        "path": "Ratio.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"
          }
        ]

        "identity" : "v2",
        "map" : "N/A"

      },
      {
        "id": "Ratio.numerator",
        "path": "Ratio.numerator",
        "short": "Numerator value",
        "definition": "The value of the numerator.",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Quantity"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": ".numerator"
          }
        ]

        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : "RTO"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Ratio.id",
      "path" : "Ratio.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"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Ratio.extension",
      "path" : "Ratio.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. 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" : "*",
      "base" : {
        "path" : "Element.extension",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "*"
      },
      "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": "Ratio.denominator",
        "path": "Ratio.denominator",
        "short": "Denominator value",
        "definition": "The value of the denominator.",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Quantity"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": ".denominator"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]

        "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,
      "mapping" : [{
        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : "n/a"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Ratio.numerator",
      "path" : "Ratio.numerator",
      "short" : "Numerator value",
      "definition" : "The value of the numerator.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "base" : {
        "path" : "Ratio.numerator",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1"
      },
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Quantity"
      }],
      "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" : true,
      "mapping" : [{
        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : ".numerator"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Ratio.denominator",
      "path" : "Ratio.denominator",
      "short" : "Denominator value",
      "definition" : "The value of the denominator.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "base" : {
        "path" : "Ratio.denominator",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1"
      },
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Quantity"
      }],
      "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" : true,
      "mapping" : [{
        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : ".denominator"
      }]
    }]

  },
  "differential": {
    "element": [
      {
        "id": "Ratio",
        "path": "Ratio",
        "short": "A ratio of two Quantity values - a numerator and a denominator",
        "definition": "A relationship of two Quantity values - expressed as a numerator and a denominator.",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "*",
        "constraint": [
          {
            "key": "rat-1",
            "severity": "error",
            "human": "Numerator and denominator SHALL both be present, or both are absent. If both are absent, there SHALL be some extension present",
            "expression": "(numerator.empty() xor denominator.exists()) and (numerator.exists() or extension.exists())",
            "xpath": "(count(f:numerator) = count(f:denominator)) and ((count(f:numerator) > 0) or (count(f:extension) > 0))"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "N/A"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "RTO"
          }
        ]

  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Ratio",
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
        "valueCode" : "normative"

      },
      {
        "id": "Ratio.numerator",
        "path": "Ratio.numerator",
        "short": "Numerator value",
        "definition": "The value of the numerator.",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Quantity"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": ".numerator"
          }
        ]

        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version",
        "valueCode" : "4.0.0"
      }],
      "path" : "Ratio",
      "short" : "A ratio of two Quantity values - a numerator and a denominator",
      "definition" : "A relationship of two Quantity values - expressed as a numerator and a denominator.",
      "comment" : "The Ratio datatype should only be used to express a relationship of two numbers if the relationship cannot be suitably expressed using a Quantity and a common unit.  Where the denominator value is known to be fixed to \"1\", Quantity should be used instead of Ratio.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "*",
      "constraint" : [{
        "key" : "rat-1",
        "severity" : "error",
        "human" : "Numerator and denominator SHALL both be present, or both are absent. If both are absent, there SHALL be some extension present",
        "expression" : "(numerator.empty() xor denominator.exists()) and (numerator.exists() or extension.exists())",
        "xpath" : "(count(f:numerator) = count(f:denominator)) and ((count(f:numerator) > 0) or (count(f:extension) > 0))"
      }],
      "mapping" : [{
        "identity" : "v2",
        "map" : "N/A"

      },
      {
        "id": "Ratio.denominator",
        "path": "Ratio.denominator",
        "short": "Denominator value",
        "definition": "The value of the denominator.",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Quantity"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": ".denominator"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]

        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : "RTO"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Ratio.numerator",
      "path" : "Ratio.numerator",
      "short" : "Numerator value",
      "definition" : "The value of the numerator.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Quantity"
      }],
      "isSummary" : true,
      "mapping" : [{
        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : ".numerator"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Ratio.denominator",
      "path" : "Ratio.denominator",
      "short" : "Denominator value",
      "definition" : "The value of the denominator.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Quantity"
      }],
      "isSummary" : true,
      "mapping" : [{
        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : ".denominator"
      }]
    }]

  }
}

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.