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            <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="The logical name of the element">Name</a>
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            <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Minimum and Maximum # of times the element can appear in the instance">Card.</a>
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            <span title="Resource : This is the base resource type for everything.">Resource</span>
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            <a style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" href="uml.html#abstract" title="This is an abstract type">«A»</a>
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            <a href="types.html#Base">Base</a>
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            <a style="font-weight:bold; font-weight:bold" href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/StructureDefinition-structuredefinition-type-characteristics.html">Instances of this type can be the target of a Reference</a>
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            <span title="Resource.id : The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes.">id</span>
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            <a style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a>
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            <a href="datatypes.html#id">id</a>
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            <span title="Resource.meta : The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the resource.">meta</span>
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            <a style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a>
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            <a href="resource.html#Meta">Meta</a>
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            <span title="Resource.implicitRules : A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content. Often, this is a reference to an implementation guide that defines the special rules along with other profiles etc. For DomainResources, if more than one implicitRules policy applies, additional policies may be conveyed using the [additionalImplicitRules](https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/StructureDefinition-additionalImplicitRules.html) extension.">implicitRules</span>
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            <a style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" href="conformance-rules.html#isModifier" title="This element is a modifier element">?!</a>
            <a style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" href="elementdefinition-definitions.html#ElementDefinition.isSummary" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</a>
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            <a href="datatypes.html#uri">uri</a>
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            <a href="valueset-all-languages.html">All Languages</a> (
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                  <a href="valueset-additional-binding-purpose.html#additional-binding-purpose-starter" title="This value set is a good set of codes to start with when designing your system">Starter</a>
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