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Extension: resource-instance-description

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group

Maturity Level: 1

Informative

Use Context: Any

URL for this extension:

http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/resource-instance-description

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: HL7

A natural language description for non-conformance and non-terminology resource instances that is represented in the resource for publication use.

Comment:

This extension provide a mechanism to have a natural language description for non-conformance and non-terminology resource instances that is represented in the resource for publication use. This information is intended to populate the ImplementationGuide.definition.resource.description and ImplementationGuide.definition.resource.name.

Context of Use: Use on Element ID Resource

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
resource-instance-description		0..1	markdown	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/resource-instance-description resource-instance-description: A natural language description for non-conformance and non-terminology resource instances that is represented in the resource for publication use. Use on Element ID Resource
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension	0..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/resource-instance-description resource-instance-description: A natural language description for non-conformance and non-terminology resource instances that is represented in the resource for publication use. Use on Element ID Resource
Slices for extension	0..0
url	1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/resource-instance-name"
value[x]	1..1	markdown	Value of extension
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- resource-instance-description -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/resource-instance-description" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueMarkdown value="[markdown]"/><!--  1..1 Value of extension -->
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // resource-instance-description
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/resource-instance-name", // R! 
    "valueMarkdown" : "<markdown>" // C? R! Value of extension
  }

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
resource-instance-description		0..1	markdown	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/resource-instance-description resource-instance-description: A natural language description for non-conformance and non-terminology resource instances that is represented in the resource for publication use. Use on Element ID Resource
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension	0..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/resource-instance-description resource-instance-description: A natural language description for non-conformance and non-terminology resource instances that is represented in the resource for publication use. Use on Element ID Resource
Slices for extension	0..0
url	1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/resource-instance-name"
value[x]	1..1	markdown	Value of extension
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- resource-instance-description -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/resource-instance-description" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueMarkdown value="[markdown]"/><!--  1..1 Value of extension -->
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // resource-instance-description
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/resource-instance-name", // R! 
    "valueMarkdown" : "<markdown>" // C? R! Value of extension
  }

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath: @value|f:*|h:div)
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')]))
rid-1: Cannot be used where description already exists or description is of type string or markdown. (xpath: remove when tooling allows)
ele-1: On Extension.extension: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.extension: @value|f:*|h:div)
ext-1: On Extension.extension: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath on Extension.extension: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), "value")]))
ele-1: On Extension.value[x]: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.value[x]: @value|f:*|h:div)