Clinical Document Architecture V2.0.1
2.1.0 - CI Build
Clinical Document Architecture V2.0.1, published by Health Level 7. This is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2.1.0). This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/cda-core-2.0/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
XML representation of the Entity logical model.
<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="Entity"/>
<text>
<status value="generated"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>A physical thing, group of physical things or an organization capable of participating in Acts while in a role.</p>
<p>An entity is a physical object that has, had or will have existence. The only exception to this is Organization, which while not having a physical presence, fulfills the other characteristics of an Entity. Entity stipulates the thing itself, not the Roles it may play: the Role of Patient, e.g., is played by the Person Entity.</p>
<p>Living subjects (including human beings), organizations, materials, places and their specializations.</p>
</div>
</text>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-namespace">
<valueUri value="urn:hl7-org:v3"/>
</extension>
<url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/cda/StructureDefinition/Entity"/>
<version value="2.1.0"/>
<name value="CDAR2.Entity"/>
<title value="Entity (CDA Class)"/>
<status value="active"/>
<experimental value="false"/>
<date value="2021-04-15T20:51:17+00:00"/>
<publisher value="Health Level 7"/>
<description
value="A physical thing, group of physical things or an organization capable of participating in Acts while in a role.
An entity is a physical object that has, had or will have existence. The only exception to this is Organization, which while not having a physical presence, fulfills the other characteristics of an Entity. Entity stipulates the thing itself, not the Roles it may play: the Role of Patient, e.g., is played by the Person Entity.
Living subjects (including human beings), organizations, materials, places and their specializations."/>
<fhirVersion value="4.0.1"/>
<kind value="logical"/>
<abstract value="false"/>
<type value="Entity"/>
<baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Base"/>
<derivation value="specialization"/>
<snapshot>
<element id="Entity">
<path value="Entity"/>
<min value="1"/>
<max value="1"/>
<base>
<path value="Base"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="*"/>
</base>
<isModifier value="false"/>
</element>
<element id="Entity.classCode">
<path value="Entity.classCode"/>
<representation value="xmlAttr"/>
<min value="1"/>
<max value="1"/>
<base>
<path value="Entity.classCode"/>
<min value="1"/>
<max value="1"/>
</base>
<type>
<code value="code"/>
</type>
<defaultValueCode value="ENT"/>
<binding>
<strength value="required"/>
<valueSet value="http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-EntityClassRoot"/>
</binding>
</element>
<element id="Entity.determinerCode">
<path value="Entity.determinerCode"/>
<representation value="xmlAttr"/>
<min value="1"/>
<max value="1"/>
<base>
<path value="Entity.determinerCode"/>
<min value="1"/>
<max value="1"/>
</base>
<type>
<code value="code"/>
</type>
<defaultValueCode value="INSTANCE"/>
<fixedCode value="INSTANCE"/>
<binding>
<strength value="required"/>
<valueSet
value="http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-EntityDeterminer"/>
</binding>
</element>
<element id="Entity.templateId">
<path value="Entity.templateId"/>
<definition
value="When valued in an instance, this attribute signals the imposition of a set of template-defined constraints. The value of this attribute provides a unique identifier for the templates in question"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="*"/>
<base>
<path value="Entity.templateId"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="*"/>
</base>
<type>
<code value="http://hl7.org/fhir/cda/StructureDefinition/II"/>
</type>
</element>
<element id="Entity.id">
<path value="Entity.id"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="*"/>
<base>
<path value="Entity.id"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="*"/>
</base>
<type>
<code value="http://hl7.org/fhir/cda/StructureDefinition/II"/>
</type>
</element>
<element id="Entity.code">
<path value="Entity.code"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="1"/>
<base>
<path value="Entity.code"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="1"/>
</base>
<type>
<code value="http://hl7.org/fhir/cda/StructureDefinition/CE"/>
</type>
<binding>
<strength value="extensible"/>
<valueSet value="http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-EntityCode"/>
</binding>
</element>
<element id="Entity.desc">
<path value="Entity.desc"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="1"/>
<base>
<path value="Entity.desc"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="1"/>
</base>
<type>
<code value="http://hl7.org/fhir/cda/StructureDefinition/ED"/>
</type>
</element>
</snapshot>
<differential>
<element id="Entity">
<path value="Entity"/>
<min value="1"/>
<max value="1"/>
</element>
<element id="Entity.classCode">
<path value="Entity.classCode"/>
<representation value="xmlAttr"/>
<min value="1"/>
<max value="1"/>
<type>
<code value="code"/>
</type>
<defaultValueCode value="ENT"/>
<binding>
<strength value="required"/>
<valueSet value="http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-EntityClassRoot"/>
</binding>
</element>
<element id="Entity.determinerCode">
<path value="Entity.determinerCode"/>
<representation value="xmlAttr"/>
<min value="1"/>
<max value="1"/>
<type>
<code value="code"/>
</type>
<defaultValueCode value="INSTANCE"/>
<fixedCode value="INSTANCE"/>
<binding>
<strength value="required"/>
<valueSet
value="http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-EntityDeterminer"/>
</binding>
</element>
<element id="Entity.templateId">
<path value="Entity.templateId"/>
<definition
value="When valued in an instance, this attribute signals the imposition of a set of template-defined constraints. The value of this attribute provides a unique identifier for the templates in question"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="*"/>
<type>
<code value="http://hl7.org/fhir/cda/StructureDefinition/II"/>
</type>
</element>
<element id="Entity.id">
<path value="Entity.id"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="*"/>
<type>
<code value="http://hl7.org/fhir/cda/StructureDefinition/II"/>
</type>
</element>
<element id="Entity.code">
<path value="Entity.code"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="1"/>
<type>
<code value="http://hl7.org/fhir/cda/StructureDefinition/CE"/>
</type>
<binding>
<strength value="extensible"/>
<valueSet value="http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-EntityCode"/>
</binding>
</element>
<element id="Entity.desc">
<path value="Entity.desc"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="1"/>
<type>
<code value="http://hl7.org/fhir/cda/StructureDefinition/ED"/>
</type>
</element>
</differential>
</StructureDefinition>