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  Note: the schemas &amp; schematrons do not contain all of the rules about what makes resources
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<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" targetNamespace="http://hl7.org/fhir" elementFormDefault="qualified" version="1.0">
  <xs:include schemaLocation="fhir-base.xsd"/>
  <xs:element name="CommunicationRequest" type="CommunicationRequest">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A request to convey information from a sender to a recipient.</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
  </xs:element>
  <xs:complexType name="CommunicationRequest">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A request to convey information from a sender to a recipient.</xs:documentation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">If the element is present, it must have either a @value, an @id, or extensions</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
    <xs:complexContent>
      <xs:extension base="DomainResource">
        <xs:sequence>
          <xs:element name="identifier" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Identifier">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Business identifiers assigned to this communication request by the performer or other systems which remain constant as the resource is updated and propagates from server to server.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="basedOn" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A plan or proposal that is fulfilled in whole or in part by this request.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="replaces" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Completed or terminated request(s) whose function is taken by this new request.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="groupIdentifier" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="Identifier">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A shared identifier common to multiple independent Request instances that were activated/authorized more or less simultaneously by a single author.  The presence of the same identifier on each request ties those requests together and may have business ramifications in terms of reporting of results, billing, etc.  E.g. a requisition number shared by a set of lab tests ordered together, or a prescription number shared by all meds ordered at one time.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="status" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" type="RequestStatus">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The status of the proposal or order.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="statusReason" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="CodeableConcept">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Captures the reason for the current state of the CommunicationRequest.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="intent" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" type="RequestIntent">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Indicates the level of authority/intentionality associated with the CommunicationRequest and where the request fits into the workflow chain.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="category" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="CodeableConcept">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The type of message to be sent such as alert, notification, reminder, instruction, etc.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="priority" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="RequestPriority">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Characterizes how quickly the proposed act must be initiated. Includes concepts such as stat, urgent, routine.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="doNotPerform" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="boolean">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">If true indicates that the CommunicationRequest is asking for the specified action to *not* occur.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="medium" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="CodeableConcept">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A channel that was used for this communication (e.g. email, fax).</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="subject" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The patient or group that is the focus of this communication request.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="about" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Other resources that pertain to this communication request and to which this communication request should be associated.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="encounter" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The Encounter during which this CommunicationRequest was created or to which the creation of this record is tightly associated.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="payload" type="CommunicationRequest.Payload" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Text, attachment(s), or resource(s) to be communicated to the recipient.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" >
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The time when this communication is to occur.</xs:documentation>
            </xs:annotation>
            <xs:element name="occurrenceDateTime" type="dateTime"/>
            <xs:element name="occurrencePeriod" type="Period"/>
          </xs:choice>
          <xs:element name="authoredOn" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="dateTime">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">For draft requests, indicates the date of initial creation.  For requests with other statuses, indicates the date of activation.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="requester" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The device, individual, or organization who asks for the information to be shared.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="recipient" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The entity (e.g. person, organization, clinical information system, device, group, or care team) which is the intended target of the communication.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="informationProvider" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Reference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The entity (e.g. person, organization, clinical information system, or device) which is to be the source of the communication.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="reason" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="CodeableReference">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Describes why the request is being made in coded or textual form.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
          <xs:element name="note" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="Annotation">
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">Comments made about the request by the requester, sender, recipient, subject or other participants.</xs:documentation>
           </xs:annotation>
          </xs:element>
        </xs:sequence>
      </xs:extension>
    </xs:complexContent>
  </xs:complexType>
  <xs:complexType name="CommunicationRequest.Payload">
    <xs:annotation>
      <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">A request to convey information from a sender to a recipient.</xs:documentation>
    </xs:annotation>
    <xs:complexContent>
      <xs:extension base="BackboneElement">
        <xs:sequence>
          <xs:choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" >
            <xs:annotation>
              <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">The content (or for multi-part communications, one portion of the communication) to be communicated.</xs:documentation>
            </xs:annotation>
            <xs:element name="contentAttachment" type="Attachment"/>
            <xs:element name="contentReference" type="Reference"/>
            <xs:element name="contentCodeableConcept" type="CodeableConcept"/>
          </xs:choice>
        </xs:sequence>
      </xs:extension>
    </xs:complexContent>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>
