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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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            <a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Reference to the type of the element">Type</a>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition : Defines the characteristics of a message that can be shared between systems, including the type of event that initiates the message, the content to be transmitted and what response(s), if any, are permitted.">MessageDefinition</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition"> </a>
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            <a href="domainresource.html">DomainResource</a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">A resource that defines a type of message that can be exchanged between systems
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            <span style="font-style: italic" title="cnl-0">+ Warning: Name should be usable as an identifier for the module by machine processing applications such as code generation</span>
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            <br/>Elements defined in Ancestors: 
            <a href="resource.html#Resource" title="The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes.">id</a>, 
            <a href="resource.html#Resource" title="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</a>, 
            <a href="resource.html#Resource" title="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</a>, 
            <a href="resource.html#Resource" title="The base language in which the resource is written.">language</a>, 
            <a href="domainresource.html#DomainResource" title="A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource and can be used to represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode all the structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it &quot;clinically safe&quot; for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions may define what content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical safety.">text</a>, 
            <a href="domainresource.html#DomainResource" title="These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains them - they cannot be identified independently, nor can they have their own independent transaction scope. This is allowed to be a Parameters resource if and only if it is referenced by a resource that provides context/meaning.">contained</a>, 
            <a href="domainresource.html#DomainResource" title="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, 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.">extension</a>, 
            <a href="domainresource.html#DomainResource" title="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, 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. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.&#xA;&#xA;Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself).">modifierExtension</a>
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            <span title="uml.html#interfaces">Interfaces Implemented: </span>
            <a href="canonicalresource.html#CanonicalResource" title="Common Interface declaration for conformance and knowledge artifact resources.">CanonicalResource</a>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.url : The business identifier that is used to reference the MessageDefinition and *is* expected to be consistent from server to server.">url</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.url"> </a>
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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>
            <a style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px maroon solid; font-weight: bold; color: #301212; background-color: #fdf4f4;; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px maroon solid; font-weight: bold; color: #301212; background-color: #fdf4f4;" href="conformance-rules.html#constraints" title="This element has or is affected by some invariants">C</a>
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            <a href="datatypes.html#uri">uri</a>
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            <span style="font-style: italic" title="cnl-1">+ Warning: URL should not contain | or # - these characters make processing canonical references problematic</span>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.identifier : A formal identifier that is used to identify this message definition when it is represented in other formats, or referenced in a specification, model, design or an instance.">identifier</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.identifier"> </a>
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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#Identifier">Identifier</a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Business Identifier for a given MessageDefinition
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.version : The identifier that is used to identify this version of the message definition when it is referenced in a specification, model, design or instance. This is an arbitrary value managed by the message definition author and is not expected to be globally unique. For example, it might be a timestamp (e.g. yyyymmdd) if a managed version is not available. There is also no expectation that versions can be placed in a lexicographical sequence.">version</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.version"> </a>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.versionAlgorithm[x] : Indicates the mechanism used to compare versions to determine which is more current.">versionAlgorithm[x]</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.versionAlgorithm_x_"> </a>
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            <br/>Binding: 
            <a href="valueset-version-algorithm.html">Version Algorithm</a> (
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            <span title="A sequence of Unicode characters">versionAlgorithmString</span>
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            <span title="A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.">versionAlgorithmCoding</span>
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            <a href="datatypes.html#Coding">Coding</a>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.name : A natural language name identifying the message definition. This name should be usable as an identifier for the module by machine processing applications such as code generation.">name</span>
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            <a href="datatypes.html#string">string</a>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.title : A short, descriptive, user-friendly title for the message definition.">title</span>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.replaces : A MessageDefinition that is superseded by this definition.">replaces</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.replaces"> </a>
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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>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..*</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="datatypes.html#canonical">canonical</a>(
            <a href="messagedefinition.html">MessageDefinition</a>)
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Takes the place of
            <br/>
            <br/>
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            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAARklEQVQ4y2P8//8/AyWAhYFCMAgMuHjx4n+KXaCv+I0szW8WpCG8kFO1lGFKW/SIjAUYgxz/MzAwMDC+nqhDUTQyjuYFBgCNmhP4OvTRgwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type" class="hierarchy"/> 
            <span title="MessageDefinition.status : The status of this message definition. Enables tracking the life-cycle of the content.">status</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.status"> </a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <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>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">1..1</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="datatypes.html#code">code</a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">draft | active | retired | unknown
            <br/>Binding: 
            <a href="valueset-publication-status.html">PublicationStatus</a> (
            <a href="terminologies.html#required" title="To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value set.">Required</a>)
            <br/>
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            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAAWCAYAAAABxvaqAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzIs1vtcMQAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAAE0lEQVQI12P4//8/AxMDAwNdCABMPwMo2ctnoQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/>
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            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAARklEQVQ4y2P8//8/AyWAhYFCMAgMuHjx4n+KXaCv+I0szW8WpCG8kFO1lGFKW/SIjAUYgxz/MzAwMDC+nqhDUTQyjuYFBgCNmhP4OvTRgwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="." style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type" class="hierarchy"/> 
            <span title="MessageDefinition.experimental : A Boolean value to indicate that this message definition is authored for testing purposes (or education/evaluation/marketing) and no version of this resource will ever be intended for genuine usage.">experimental</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.experimental"> </a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <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>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..1</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="datatypes.html#boolean">boolean</a>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">For testing only - never for real usage
            <br/>
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAALUlEQVR4Xu3IoREAIAwEwfT6/ddA0GBAxO3NrLlKUj9263wAAAAvrgEAADClAVWFQIBRHMicAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)" class="hierarchy">
            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAAWCAYAAAABxvaqAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzIs1vtcMQAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAAE0lEQVQI12P4//8/AxMDAwNdCABMPwMo2ctnoQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/>
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            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAARklEQVQ4y2P8//8/AyWAhYFCMAgMuHjx4n+KXaCv+I0szW8WpCG8kFO1lGFKW/SIjAUYgxz/MzAwMDC+nqhDUTQyjuYFBgCNmhP4OvTRgwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type" class="hierarchy"/> 
            <span title="MessageDefinition.date : The date  (and optionally time) when the message definition was last significantly changed. The date must change when the business version changes and it must change if the status code changes. In addition, it should change when the substantive content of the message definition changes.">date</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.date"> </a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <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>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">1..1</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="datatypes.html#dateTime">dateTime</a>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Date last changed
            <br/>
          </td>
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        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7">
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.publisher : The name of the organization or individual responsible for the release and ongoing maintenance of the message definition.">publisher</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.publisher"> </a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <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>
            <a style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" href="languages.html#translatable" title="This element is a candidate for being translated">T</a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..1</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="datatypes.html#string">string</a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Name of the publisher/steward (organization or individual)
            <br/>
          </td>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.contact : Contact details to assist a user in finding and communicating with the publisher.">contact</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.contact"> </a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <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>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..*</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="metadatatypes.html#ContactDetail">ContactDetail</a>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Contact details for the publisher
            <br/>
            <br/>
          </td>
        </tr>

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            <span title="MessageDefinition.description : A free text natural language description of the message definition from a consumer's perspective.">description</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.description"> </a>
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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>
            <a style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" href="languages.html#translatable" title="This element is a candidate for being translated">T</a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..1</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="datatypes.html#markdown">markdown</a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Natural language description of the message definition
            <br/>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.useContext : The content was developed with a focus and intent of supporting the contexts that are listed. These contexts may be general categories (gender, age, ...) or may be references to specific programs (insurance plans, studies, ...) and may be used to assist with indexing and searching for appropriate message definition instances.">useContext</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.useContext"> </a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <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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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..*</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="metadatatypes.html#UsageContext">UsageContext</a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">The context that the content is intended to support
            <br/>
            <br/>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.jurisdiction : A legal or geographic region in which the authority that maintains the resource is operating.  In general, the jurisdiction is also found in the useContext.  The useContext may reference additional jurisdictions because the defining jurisdiction does not necessarily limit the jurisdictions of use.">jurisdiction</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.jurisdiction"> </a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <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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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..*</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="datatypes.html#CodeableConcept">CodeableConcept</a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Jurisdiction of the authority that maintains the message definition (if applicable)
            <br/>Binding: 
            <a href="http://terminology.hl7.org/7.2.0/ValueSet-jurisdiction.html">Jurisdiction ValueSet</a> (
            <a href="terminologies.html#extensible" title="To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value set if any of the codes within the value set can apply to the concept being communicated.  If the value set does not cover the concept (based on human review), alternate codings (or, data type allowing, text) may be included instead.">Extensible</a>)
            <br/>
            <br/>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.purpose : Explanation of why this message definition is needed and why it has been designed as it has.">purpose</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.purpose"> </a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <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>
            <a style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" href="languages.html#translatable" title="This element is a candidate for being translated">T</a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..1</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="datatypes.html#markdown">markdown</a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Why this message definition is defined
            <br/>
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            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAARklEQVQ4y2P8//8/AyWAhYFCMAgMuHjx4n+KXaCv+I0szW8WpCG8kFO1lGFKW/SIjAUYgxz/MzAwMDC+nqhDUTQyjuYFBgCNmhP4OvTRgwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="." style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type" class="hierarchy"/> 
            <span title="MessageDefinition.copyright : A copyright statement relating to the message definition and/or its contents. Copyright statements are notices of intellectual property ownership and can include restrictions on the use and publishing of the message definition.">copyright</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.copyright"> </a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" href="languages.html#translatable" title="This element is a candidate for being translated">T</a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..1</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="datatypes.html#markdown">markdown</a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Notice about intellectual property ownership, can include restrictions on use
            <br/>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.copyrightLabel : A short string (&lt;50 characters), suitable for inclusion in a page footer that identifies the copyright holder, effective period, and optionally whether rights are restricted. (e.g. 'All rights reserved', 'Some rights reserved').">copyrightLabel</span>
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            <a href="datatypes.html#string">string</a>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.base : The MessageDefinition that is the basis for the contents of this resource.">base</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.base"> </a>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.parent : Identifies a protocol or workflow that this MessageDefinition represents a step in.">parent</span>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Protocol/workflow this is part of
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.event[x] : Event code or link to the EventDefinition.">event[x]</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.event_x_"> </a>
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            <br/>Binding: 
            <a href="valueset-message-events.html">MessageEvent</a> (
            <a href="terminologies.html#example" title="Instances are not expected or even encouraged to draw from the specified value set.  The value set merely provides examples of the types of concepts intended to be included.">Example</a>)
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            <span title="A reference to a code defined by a terminology system.">eventCoding</span>
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            <span title="String of characters used to identify a name or a resource">eventUri</span>
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            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAARklEQVQ4y2P8//8/AyWAhYFCMAgMuHjx4n+KXaCv+I0szW8WpCG8kFO1lGFKW/SIjAUYgxz/MzAwMDC+nqhDUTQyjuYFBgCNmhP4OvTRgwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type" class="hierarchy"/> 
            <span title="MessageDefinition.category : The impact of the content of the message.">category</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.category"> </a>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <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>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..1</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="datatypes.html#code">code</a>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">consequence | currency | notification
            <br/>Binding: 
            <a href="valueset-message-significance-category.html">Message Significance Category</a> (
            <a href="terminologies.html#required" title="To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value set.">Required</a>)
            <br/>
          </td>
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        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7">
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            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAAWCAYAAAABxvaqAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzIs1vtcMQAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAAE0lEQVQI12P4//8/AxMDAwNdCABMPwMo2ctnoQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/>
            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAWCAYAAADJqhx8AAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzI3XJ6V3QAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAANklEQVQ4y+2RsQ0AIAzDav7/2VzQwoCY4iWbZSmo1QGoUgNMghvWaIejPQW/CrrNCylIwcOCDYfLNRcNer4SAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/>
            <img src="data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhEAAQAPQfAOvGUf7ztuvPMf/78/fkl/Pbg+u8Rvjqteu2Pf3zxPz36Pz0z+vTmPzurPvuw/npofbjquvNefHVduuyN+uuMu3Oafbgjfnqvf/3zv/3xevPi+vRjP/20/bmsP///wD/ACH5BAEKAB8ALAAAAAAQABAAAAVl4CeOZGme5qCqqDg8jyVJaz1876DsmAQAgqDgltspMEhMJoMZ4iy6I1AooFCIv+wKybziALVAoAEjYLwDgGIpJhMslgxaLR4/3rMAWoBp32V5exg8Shl1ckRUQVaMVkQ2kCstKCEAOw==" alt="." style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Element" class="hierarchy"/> 
            <span title="MessageDefinition.focus : Identifies the resource (or resources) that are being addressed by the event.  For example, the Encounter for an admit message or two Account records for a merge.">focus</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.focus"> </a>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <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>
            <a style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px maroon solid; font-weight: bold; color: #301212; background-color: #fdf4f4;; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px maroon solid; font-weight: bold; color: #301212; background-color: #fdf4f4;" href="conformance-rules.html#constraints" title="This element has or is affected by some invariants">C</a>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..*</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="types.html#BackBoneElement">BackboneElement</a>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Resource(s) that are the subject of the event
            <br/>
            <span style="font-style: italic" title="md-1">+ Rule: Max must be postive int or *</span>
            <br/>
            <br/>
          </td>
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            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAAWCAYAAAABxvaqAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzIs1vtcMQAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAAE0lEQVQI12P4//8/AxMDAwNdCABMPwMo2ctnoQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/>
            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAWCAYAAADJqhx8AAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzMPbYccAgAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAAMElEQVQ4y+3OQREAIBDDwAv+PQcFFN5MIyCzqHMKUGVCpMFLK97heq+gggoq+EiwAVjvMhFGmlEUAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/>
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            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAARklEQVQ4y2P8//8/AyWAhYFCMAgMuHjx4n+KXaCv+I0szW8WpCG8kFO1lGFKW/SIjAUYgxz/MzAwMDC+nqhDUTQyjuYFBgCNmhP4OvTRgwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type" class="hierarchy"/> 
            <span title="MessageDefinition.focus.code : The kind of resource that must be the focus for this message. This must be a resource, or a type with a [[[http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-type-characteristics]]] of [[[http://hl7.org/fhir/type-characteristics-code#can-be-target]]].">code</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.focus.code"> </a>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <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>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">1..1</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="datatypes.html#uri">uri</a>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Type of resource
            <br/>Binding: 
            <a href="valueset-version-independent-resource-types.html">Version Independent Resource Types</a> (
            <a href="terminologies.html#extensible" title="To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value set if any of the codes within the value set can apply to the concept being communicated.  If the value set does not cover the concept (based on human review), alternate codings (or, data type allowing, text) may be included instead.">Extensible</a>)
            <br/>
          </td>
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            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAAWCAYAAAABxvaqAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzIs1vtcMQAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAAE0lEQVQI12P4//8/AxMDAwNdCABMPwMo2ctnoQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/>
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            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAWCAYAAADJqhx8AAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzI3XJ6V3QAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAANklEQVQ4y+2RsQ0AIAzDav7/2VzQwoCY4iWbZSmo1QGoUgNMghvWaIejPQW/CrrNCylIwcOCDYfLNRcNer4SAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/>
            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8YQUAAAAJcEhZcwAADsMAAA7DAcdvqGQAAAAadEVYdFNvZnR3YXJlAFBhaW50Lk5FVCB2My41LjEwMPRyoQAAAFxJREFUOE/NjEEOACEIA/0o/38GGw+agoXYeNnDJDCUDnd/gkoFKhWozJiZI3gLwY6rAgxhsPKTPUzycTl8lAryMyMsVQG6TFi6cHULyz8KOjC7OIQKlQpU3uPjAwhX2CCcGsgOAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" alt="." style="background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit" title="Reference to another Resource" class="hierarchy"/> 
            <span title="MessageDefinition.focus.profile : A profile that reflects constraints for the focal resource (and potentially for related resources).">profile</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.focus.profile"> </a>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..1</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="datatypes.html#canonical">canonical</a>(
            <a href="structuredefinition.html">StructureDefinition</a>)
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Profile that must be adhered to by focus
            <br/>
          </td>
        </tr>

        <tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAMUlEQVR4Xu3LMQoAIBADwftr/v8GtdbqEAthAtMspJJUx9rYW8ftHwAA+NcRAAAAXplLq0BWj/rZigAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)" class="hierarchy">
            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAAWCAYAAAABxvaqAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzIs1vtcMQAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAAE0lEQVQI12P4//8/AxMDAwNdCABMPwMo2ctnoQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/>
            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAWCAYAAADJqhx8AAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzMPbYccAgAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAAMElEQVQ4y+3OQREAIBDDwAv+PQcFFN5MIyCzqHMKUGVCpMFLK97heq+gggoq+EiwAVjvMhFGmlEUAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/>
            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAWCAYAAADJqhx8AAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzI3XJ6V3QAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAANklEQVQ4y+2RsQ0AIAzDav7/2VzQwoCY4iWbZSmo1QGoUgNMghvWaIejPQW/CrrNCylIwcOCDYfLNRcNer4SAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/>
            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAARklEQVQ4y2P8//8/AyWAhYFCMAgMuHjx4n+KXaCv+I0szW8WpCG8kFO1lGFKW/SIjAUYgxz/MzAwMDC+nqhDUTQyjuYFBgCNmhP4OvTRgwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="." style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Primitive Data Type" class="hierarchy"/> 
            <span title="MessageDefinition.focus.min : Identifies the minimum number of resources of this type that must be pointed to by a message in order for it to be valid against this MessageDefinition.">min</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.focus.min"> </a>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <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>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">1..1</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="datatypes.html#unsignedInt">unsignedInt</a>
          </td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Minimum number of focuses of this type
            <br/>
          </td>
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            <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAAWCAYAAAABxvaqAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzIs1vtcMQAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAAE0lEQVQI12P4//8/AxMDAwNdCABMPwMo2ctnoQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" alt="." style="background-color: inherit" class="hierarchy"/>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.focus.max : Identifies the maximum number of resources of this type that must be pointed to by a message in order for it to be valid against this MessageDefinition.">max</span>
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            <a href="datatypes.html#string">string</a>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.responseRequired : Declare at a message definition level whether a response is required or only upon error or success, or never.">responseRequired</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.responseRequired"> </a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..1</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="datatypes.html#code">code</a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">always | on-error | never | on-success
            <br/>Binding: 
            <a href="valueset-messageheader-response-request.html" title="HL7-defined table of codes which identify conditions under which acknowledgments are required to be returned in response to a message.">messageheader-response-request</a> (
            <a href="terminologies.html#required" title="To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value set.">Required</a>)
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse : Indicates what types of messages may be sent as an application-level response to this message.">allowedResponse</span>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..*</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="types.html#BackBoneElement">BackboneElement</a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Responses to this message
            <br/>
            <br/>
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.message : A reference to the message definition that must be adhered to by this supported response.">message</span>
            <a name="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.message"> </a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">1..1</td>
          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">
            <a href="datatypes.html#canonical">canonical</a>(
            <a href="messagedefinition.html">MessageDefinition</a>)
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            <span title="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.situation : Provides a description of the circumstances in which this response should be used (as opposed to one of the alternative responses).">situation</span>
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            <a href="datatypes.html#markdown">markdown</a>
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          <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">When should this response be used
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      <path value="MessageDefinition"/>
      <short value="A resource that defines a type of message that can be exchanged between systems"/>
      <definition value="Defines the characteristics of a message that can be shared between systems, including the type of event that initiates the message, the content to be transmitted and what response(s), if any, are permitted."/>
      <comment value="This would be a MIF-level artifact."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <constraint>
        <key value="cnl-0"/>
        <severity value="warning"/>
        <human value="Name should be usable as an identifier for the module by machine processing applications such as code generation"/>
        <expression value="name.exists() implies name.matches('^[A-Z]([A-Za-z0-9_]){1,254}$')"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/MessageDefinition"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="conformance.behavior,infrastructure.exchange"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="v2"/>
        <map value="N/A"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="N/A"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.id">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.id"/>
      <short value="Logical id of this artifact"/>
      <definition value="The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes."/>
      <comment value="Within the context of the FHIR RESTful interactions, the resource has an id except for cases like the create and conditional update. Otherwise, the use of the resource id depends on the given use case."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Resource.id"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <!-- Note: special primitive values have a FHIRPath system type. e.g. this is compiler magic (j) -->
      <type>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
          <valueUrl value="string"/>
        </extension>
        <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.meta">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.meta"/>
      <short value="Metadata about the resource"/>
      <definition value="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."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Resource.meta"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Meta"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.implicitRules">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.implicitRules"/>
      <short value="A set of rules under which this content was created"/>
      <definition value="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."/>
      <comment value="Asserting this rule set restricts the content to be only understood by a limited set of trading partners. This inherently limits the usefulness of the data in the long term. However, the existing health eco-system is highly fractured, and not yet ready to define, collect, and exchange data in a generally computable sense. Wherever possible, implementers and/or specification writers should avoid using this element. Often, when used, the URL is a reference to an implementation guide that defines these special rules as part of its narrative along with other profiles, value sets, etc."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Resource.implicitRules"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="uri"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="true"/>
      <isModifierReason value="This element is labeled as a modifier because the implicit rules may provide additional knowledge about the resource that modifies its meaning or interpretation"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.language">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.language"/>
      <short value="Language of the resource content"/>
      <definition value="The base language in which the resource is written."/>
      <comment value="Language is provided to support indexing and accessibility (typically, services such as text to speech use the language tag). The html language tag in the narrative applies  to the narrative. The language tag on the resource may be used to specify the language of other presentations generated from the data in the resource. Not all the content has to be in the base language. The Resource.language should not be assumed to apply to the narrative automatically. If a language is specified, it should it also be specified on the div element in the html (see rules in HTML5 for information about the relationship between xml:lang and the html lang attribute)."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Resource.language"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="code"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
      <binding>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="Language"/>
        </extension>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/>
        </extension>
        <strength value="required"/>
        <description value="IETF language tag for a human language"/>
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/all-languages|6.0.0-ballot4"/>
        <additional>
          <purpose value="starter"/>
          <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/languages"/>
        </additional>
      </binding>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.text">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.text"/>
      <short value="Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation"/>
      <definition value="A human-readable narrative that contains a summary of the resource and can be used to represent the content of the resource to a human. The narrative need not encode all the structured data, but is required to contain sufficient detail to make it &quot;clinically safe&quot; for a human to just read the narrative. Resource definitions may define what content should be represented in the narrative to ensure clinical safety."/>
      <comment value="Contained resources do not have a narrative. Resources that are not contained SHOULD have a narrative. In some cases, a resource may only have text with little or no additional discrete data (as long as all minOccurs=1 elements are satisfied).  This may be necessary for data from legacy systems where information is captured as a &quot;text blob&quot; or where text is additionally entered raw or narrated and encoded information is added later."/>
      <alias value="narrative"/>
      <alias value="html"/>
      <alias value="xhtml"/>
      <alias value="display"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="DomainResource.text"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Narrative"/>
      </type>
      <condition value="dom-6"/>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="Act.text?"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.contained">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.contained"/>
      <short value="Contained, inline Resources"/>
      <definition value="These resources do not have an independent existence apart from the resource that contains them - they cannot be identified independently, nor can they have their own independent transaction scope. This is allowed to be a Parameters resource if and only if it is referenced by a resource that provides context/meaning."/>
      <comment value="This should never be done when the content can be identified properly, as once identification is lost, it is extremely difficult (and context dependent) to restore it again. Contained resources may have profiles and tags in their meta elements, but SHALL NOT have security labels. Contained resources may be a resource type defined in the FHIR specification, or an [additional resource](resource.html#additional)."/>
      <alias value="inline resources"/>
      <alias value="anonymous resources"/>
      <alias value="contained resources"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="DomainResource.contained"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Resource"/>
      </type>
      <condition value="dom-2"/>
      <condition value="dom-4"/>
      <condition value="dom-3"/>
      <condition value="dom-5"/>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="N/A"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.extension">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.extension"/>
      <slicing>
        <discriminator>
          <type value="value"/>
          <path value="url"/>
        </discriminator>
        <description value="Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url"/>
        <rules value="open"/>
      </slicing>
      <short value="Additional content defined by implementations"/>
      <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, 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 value="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 value="extensions"/>
      <alias value="user content"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="DomainResource.extension"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Extension"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="N/A"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.modifierExtension">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.modifierExtension"/>
      <slicing>
        <discriminator>
          <type value="value"/>
          <path value="url"/>
        </discriminator>
        <description value="Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url"/>
        <rules value="open"/>
      </slicing>
      <short value="Extensions that cannot be ignored"/>
      <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource and that modifies the understanding of the element that contains it and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, 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. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.&#xA;&#xA;Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself)."/>
      <comment value="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."/>
      <requirements value="Modifier extensions allow for extensions that *cannot* be safely ignored to be clearly distinguished from the vast majority of extensions which can be safely ignored.  This promotes interoperability by eliminating the need for implementers to prohibit the presence of extensions. For further information, see the [definition of modifier extensions](extensibility.html#modifierExtension)."/>
      <alias value="extensions"/>
      <alias value="user content"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="DomainResource.modifierExtension"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Extension"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="true"/>
      <isModifierReason value="Modifier extensions are expected to modify the meaning or interpretation of the resource that contains them"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="N/A"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.url">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.url"/>
      <short value="The cannonical URL for a given MessageDefinition"/>
      <definition value="The business identifier that is used to reference the MessageDefinition and *is* expected to be consistent from server to server."/>
      <comment value="Can be a urn:uuid: or a urn:oid: but real http: addresses are preferred.  Multiple instances may share the same URL if they have a distinct version.&#xA;&#xA;The determination of when to create a new version of a resource (same url, new version) vs. defining a new artifact is up to the author.  Considerations for making this decision are found in [Technical and Business Versions](resource.html#versions). &#xA;&#xA;In some cases, the resource can no longer be found at the stated url, but the url itself cannot change. Implementations can use the [meta.source](resource.html#meta) element to indicate where the current master source of the resource can be found."/>
      <requirements value="Allows the message definition to be referenced by a single globally unique identifier."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.url"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="uri"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="cnl-1"/>
        <severity value="warning"/>
        <human value="URL should not contain | or # - these characters make processing canonical references problematic"/>
        <expression value="exists() implies matches('^[^|# ]+$')"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/MessageDefinition"/>
      </constraint>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.url"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="FiveWs.identifier"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.identifier">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.identifier"/>
      <short value="Business Identifier for a given MessageDefinition"/>
      <definition value="A formal identifier that is used to identify this message definition when it is represented in other formats, or referenced in a specification, model, design or an instance."/>
      <requirements value="Allows externally provided and/or usable business identifiers to be easily associated with the module."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.identifier"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Identifier"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.identifier"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="FiveWs.identifier"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="objimpl"/>
        <map value="no-gen-base"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.version">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.version"/>
      <short value="Business version of the message definition"/>
      <definition value="The identifier that is used to identify this version of the message definition when it is referenced in a specification, model, design or instance. This is an arbitrary value managed by the message definition author and is not expected to be globally unique. For example, it might be a timestamp (e.g. yyyymmdd) if a managed version is not available. There is also no expectation that versions can be placed in a lexicographical sequence."/>
      <comment value="There may be different message definition instances that have the same identifier but different versions.  The version can be appended to the url in a reference to allow a reference to a particular business version of the message definition with the format [url]|[version]. The version SHOULD NOT contain a '#' - see [Business Version](resource.html#bv-format)."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.version"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.version"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="FiveWs.version"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.versionAlgorithm[x]">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.versionAlgorithm[x]"/>
      <short value="How to compare versions"/>
      <definition value="Indicates the mechanism used to compare versions to determine which is more current."/>
      <comment value="If set as a string, this is a FHIRPath expression that has two additional context variables passed in - %version1 and %version2 and will return a negative number if version1 is newer, a positive number if version2 and a 0 if the version ordering can't be successfully be determined."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.versionAlgorithm[x]"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Coding"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <strength value="extensible"/>
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/version-algorithm"/>
      </binding>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.name">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.name"/>
      <short value="Name for this message definition (computer friendly)"/>
      <definition value="A natural language name identifying the message definition. This name should be usable as an identifier for the module by machine processing applications such as code generation."/>
      <comment value="The name is not expected to be globally unique. The name should be a simple alphanumeric type name to ensure that it is machine-processing friendly."/>
      <requirements value="Support human navigation and code generation."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.name"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <condition value="cnl-0"/>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.name"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.title">
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable">
        <valueBoolean value="true"/>
      </extension>
      <path value="MessageDefinition.title"/>
      <short value="Name for this message definition (human friendly)"/>
      <definition value="A short, descriptive, user-friendly title for the message definition."/>
      <comment value="This name does not need to be machine-processing friendly and may contain punctuation, white-space, etc."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.title"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.title"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.replaces">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.replaces"/>
      <short value="Takes the place of"/>
      <definition value="A MessageDefinition that is superseded by this definition."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.replaces"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="canonical"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/MessageDefinition"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.status">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.status"/>
      <short value="draft | active | retired | unknown"/>
      <definition value="The status of this message definition. Enables tracking the life-cycle of the content."/>
      <comment value="Allows filtering of message definitions that are appropriate for use versus not.&#xA;&#xA;See guidance around (not) making local changes to elements [here](canonicalresource.html#localization)."/>
      <min value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.status"/>
        <min value="1"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="code"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="true"/>
      <isModifierReason value="This is labeled as &quot;Is Modifier&quot; because applications should not use a retired {{title}} without due consideration"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="PublicationStatus"/>
        </extension>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/>
        </extension>
        <strength value="required"/>
        <description value="The lifecycle status of an artifact."/>
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/publication-status|6.0.0-ballot4"/>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.status"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="FiveWs.status"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.experimental">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.experimental"/>
      <short value="For testing only - never for real usage"/>
      <definition value="A Boolean value to indicate that this message definition is authored for testing purposes (or education/evaluation/marketing) and no version of this resource will ever be intended for genuine usage."/>
      <comment value="Allows filtering of message definitions that are appropriate for use versus not. Experimental resources might include example instances in implementation guides, instances created solely for testing purposes, etc. If experimental is 'true' for any version of a resource, it should be true for all versions of the resource.  (If experimental changes, then it is being misused or a resource that was never intended for real-world use has unexpectedly changed its purpose.).&#xA;&#xA;Experimental resources are not expected to be stable and may well have breaking changes without a corresponding change to the 'version' element."/>
      <requirements value="Enables experimental content to be developed following the same lifecycle that would be used for a production-level message definition."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.experimental"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="boolean"/>
      </type>
      <meaningWhenMissing value="If absent, this resource is treated as though it is not experimental."/>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.experimental"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="FiveWs.class"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.date">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.date"/>
      <short value="Date last changed"/>
      <definition value="The date  (and optionally time) when the message definition was last significantly changed. The date must change when the business version changes and it must change if the status code changes. In addition, it should change when the substantive content of the message definition changes."/>
      <comment value="The date is often not tracked until the resource is published, but may be present on draft content. Note that this is not the same as the resource last-modified-date, since the resource may be a secondary representation of the message definition. Additional specific dates may be added as extensions or be found by consulting Provenances associated with past versions of the resource.&#xA;&#xA;See guidance around (not) making local changes to elements [here](canonicalresource.html#localization)."/>
      <alias value="Revision Date"/>
      <min value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.date"/>
        <min value="1"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="dateTime"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.date"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="FiveWs.recorded"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.publisher">
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable">
        <valueBoolean value="true"/>
      </extension>
      <path value="MessageDefinition.publisher"/>
      <short value="Name of the publisher/steward (organization or individual)"/>
      <definition value="The name of the organization or individual responsible for the release and ongoing maintenance of the message definition."/>
      <comment value="Usually an organization but may be an individual. The publisher (or steward) of the message definition is the organization or individual primarily responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the message definition. This is not necessarily the same individual or organization that developed and initially authored the content. The publisher is the primary point of contact for questions or issues with the message definition. This item SHOULD be populated unless the information is available from context."/>
      <requirements value="Helps establish the &quot;authority/credibility&quot; of the message definition.  May also allow for contact."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.publisher"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.publisher"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="FiveWs.witness"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.contact">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.contact"/>
      <short value="Contact details for the publisher"/>
      <definition value="Contact details to assist a user in finding and communicating with the publisher."/>
      <comment value="May be a web site, an email address, a telephone number, etc.&#xA;&#xA;See guidance around (not) making local changes to elements [here](canonicalresource.html#localization)."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.contact"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="ContactDetail"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.contact"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.description">
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable">
        <valueBoolean value="true"/>
      </extension>
      <path value="MessageDefinition.description"/>
      <short value="Natural language description of the message definition"/>
      <definition value="A free text natural language description of the message definition from a consumer's perspective."/>
      <comment value="This description can be used to capture details such as comments about misuse, instructions for clinical use and interpretation, literature references, examples from the paper world, etc. It is not a rendering of the message definition as conveyed in the 'text' field of the resource itself. This item SHOULD be populated unless the information is available from context (e.g. the language of the message definition is presumed to be the predominant language in the place the message definition was created)."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.description"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="markdown"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.description"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.useContext">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.useContext"/>
      <short value="The context that the content is intended to support"/>
      <definition value="The content was developed with a focus and intent of supporting the contexts that are listed. These contexts may be general categories (gender, age, ...) or may be references to specific programs (insurance plans, studies, ...) and may be used to assist with indexing and searching for appropriate message definition instances."/>
      <comment value="When multiple useContexts are specified, there is no expectation that all or any of the contexts apply."/>
      <requirements value="Assist in searching for appropriate content."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.useContext"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="UsageContext"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.useContext"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.jurisdiction">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.jurisdiction"/>
      <short value="Jurisdiction of the authority that maintains the message definition (if applicable)"/>
      <definition value="A legal or geographic region in which the authority that maintains the resource is operating.  In general, the jurisdiction is also found in the useContext.  The useContext may reference additional jurisdictions because the defining jurisdiction does not necessarily limit the jurisdictions of use."/>
      <comment value="It may be possible for the message definition to be used in jurisdictions other than those for which it was originally designed or intended."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.jurisdiction"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="Jurisdiction"/>
        </extension>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/>
        </extension>
        <strength value="extensible"/>
        <description value="Countries and regions within which this artifact is targeted for use."/>
        <valueSet value="http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/jurisdiction"/>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.jurisdiction"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.purpose">
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable">
        <valueBoolean value="true"/>
      </extension>
      <path value="MessageDefinition.purpose"/>
      <short value="Why this message definition is defined"/>
      <definition value="Explanation of why this message definition is needed and why it has been designed as it has."/>
      <comment value="This element does not describe the usage of the message definition. Instead, it provides traceability of ''why'' the resource is either needed or ''why'' it is defined as it is.  This may be used to point to source materials or specifications that drove the structure of this message definition."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.purpose"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="markdown"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.purpose"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="FiveWs.why[x]"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="objimpl"/>
        <map value="no-gen-base"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.copyright">
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable">
        <valueBoolean value="true"/>
      </extension>
      <path value="MessageDefinition.copyright"/>
      <short value="Notice about intellectual property ownership, can include restrictions on use"/>
      <definition value="A copyright statement relating to the message definition and/or its contents. Copyright statements are notices of intellectual property ownership and can include restrictions on the use and publishing of the message definition."/>
      <requirements value="Consumers must be able to determine any legal restrictions on the use of the message definition and/or its content."/>
      <alias value="License"/>
      <alias value="Restrictions"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.copyright"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="markdown"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.copyright"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="objimpl"/>
        <map value="no-gen-base"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.copyrightLabel">
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable">
        <valueBoolean value="true"/>
      </extension>
      <path value="MessageDefinition.copyrightLabel"/>
      <short value="Copyright holder and year(s)"/>
      <definition value="A short string (&lt;50 characters), suitable for inclusion in a page footer that identifies the copyright holder, effective period, and optionally whether rights are restricted. (e.g. 'All rights reserved', 'Some rights reserved')."/>
      <comment value="The copyright symbol and the '(c)' textual representation SHOULD NOT be included in this string. It will be added by software when rendering the notation. Full details about licensing, restrictions, warrantees, etc. goes in the more general 'copyright' element."/>
      <requirements value="Defines the content expected to be rendered in all representations of the artifact."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.copyrightLabel"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.base">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.base"/>
      <short value="Definition this one is based on"/>
      <definition value="The MessageDefinition that is the basis for the contents of this resource."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.base"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="canonical"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/MessageDefinition"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.parent">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.parent"/>
      <short value="Protocol/workflow this is part of"/>
      <definition value="Identifies a protocol or workflow that this MessageDefinition represents a step in."/>
      <comment value="It should be possible to use MessageDefinition to describe a message to be used by certain steps in a particular protocol as part of a PlanDefinition or ActivityDefinition."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.parent"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="canonical"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ActivityDefinition"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/PlanDefinition"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.event[x]">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.event[x]"/>
      <short value="Event code  or link to the EventDefinition"/>
      <definition value="Event code or link to the EventDefinition."/>
      <min value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.event[x]"/>
        <min value="1"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Coding"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="uri"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="MessageEvent"/>
        </extension>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/>
        </extension>
        <strength value="example"/>
        <description value="One of the message events defined as part of this version of FHIR."/>
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/message-events"/>
      </binding>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.category">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.category"/>
      <short value="consequence | currency | notification"/>
      <definition value="The impact of the content of the message."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.category"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="code"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="MessageSignificanceCategory"/>
        </extension>
        <strength value="required"/>
        <description value="The impact of the content of a message."/>
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/message-significance-category|6.0.0-ballot4"/>
      </binding>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.focus">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.focus"/>
      <short value="Resource(s) that are the subject of the event"/>
      <definition value="Identifies the resource (or resources) that are being addressed by the event.  For example, the Encounter for an admit message or two Account records for a merge."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.focus"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="BackboneElement"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children or both"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <constraint>
        <key value="md-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="Max must be postive int or *"/>
        <expression value="max='*' or (max.toInteger() &gt; 0)"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/MessageDefinition"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.focus.id">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.focus.id"/>
      <representation value="xmlAttr"/>
      <short value="Unique id for inter-element referencing"/>
      <definition value="Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Element.id"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <!-- Note: special primitive values have a FHIRPath system type. e.g. this is compiler magic (j) -->
      <type>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
          <valueUrl value="string"/>
        </extension>
        <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/>
      </type>
      <condition value="ele-1"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="n/a"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.focus.extension">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.focus.extension"/>
      <slicing>
        <discriminator>
          <type value="value"/>
          <path value="url"/>
        </discriminator>
        <description value="Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url"/>
        <rules value="open"/>
      </slicing>
      <short value="Additional content defined by implementations"/>
      <definition value="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 managable, 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 value="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 value="extensions"/>
      <alias value="user content"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Element.extension"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Extension"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="n/a"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.focus.modifierExtension">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.focus.modifierExtension"/>
      <slicing>
        <discriminator>
          <type value="value"/>
          <path value="url"/>
        </discriminator>
        <description value="Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url"/>
        <rules value="open"/>
      </slicing>
      <short value="Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized"/>
      <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element and that modifies the understanding of the element in which it is contained and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, 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. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.&#xA;&#xA;Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself)."/>
      <comment value="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."/>
      <requirements value="Modifier extensions allow for extensions that *cannot* be safely ignored to be clearly distinguished from the vast majority of extensions which can be safely ignored.  This promotes interoperability by eliminating the need for implementers to prohibit the presence of extensions. For further information, see the [definition of modifier extensions](extensibility.html#modifierExtension)."/>
      <alias value="extensions"/>
      <alias value="user content"/>
      <alias value="modifiers"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="BackboneElement.modifierExtension"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Extension"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <isModifier value="true"/>
      <isModifierReason value="Modifier extensions are expected to modify the meaning or interpretation of the element that contains them"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="N/A"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.focus.code">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.focus.code"/>
      <short value="Type of resource"/>
      <definition value="The kind of resource that must be the focus for this message. This must be a resource, or a type with a [Structure Type Characterstics (Constraint Control)](https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/StructureDefinition-structuredefinition-type-characteristics.html) of [can-be-target (Can Be Target)](https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/CodeSystem-type-characteristics-code.html#type-characteristics-code-can-be-target)."/>
      <comment value="Multiple focuses addressing different resources may occasionally occur.  E.g. to link or unlink a resource from a particular account or encounter, etc."/>
      <min value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.focus.code"/>
        <min value="1"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="uri"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="FHIRTypes"/>
        </extension>
        <strength value="extensible"/>
        <description value="Either a resource or a data type, including logical model types."/>
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/version-independent-resource-types"/>
      </binding>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.focus.profile">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.focus.profile"/>
      <short value="Profile that must be adhered to by focus"/>
      <definition value="A profile that reflects constraints for the focal resource (and potentially for related resources)."/>
      <comment value="This should be present for most message definitions.  However, if the message focus is only a single resource and there is no need to include referenced resources or otherwise enforce the presence of particular elements, it can be omitted."/>
      <requirements value="This profile allows setting boundaries for what content must appear within the message bundle vs. outside based on the declared aggregation constraints on referenced resources on this and related profiles."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.focus.profile"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="canonical"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/StructureDefinition"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.focus.min">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.focus.min"/>
      <short value="Minimum number of focuses of this type"/>
      <definition value="Identifies the minimum number of resources of this type that must be pointed to by a message in order for it to be valid against this MessageDefinition."/>
      <min value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.focus.min"/>
        <min value="1"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="unsignedInt"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.focus.max">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.focus.max"/>
      <short value="Maximum number of focuses of this type"/>
      <definition value="Identifies the maximum number of resources of this type that must be pointed to by a message in order for it to be valid against this MessageDefinition."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.focus.max"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <condition value="md-1"/>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.responseRequired">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.responseRequired"/>
      <short value="always | on-error | never | on-success"/>
      <definition value="Declare at a message definition level whether a response is required or only upon error or success, or never."/>
      <comment value="This enables the capability currently available through MSH-16 (Application Level acknowledgement) in HL7 Version 2 to declare at a message instance level whether a response is required or only upon error or success, or never."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.responseRequired"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="code"/>
      </type>
      <example>
        <label value="General"/>
        <valueCode value="always"/>
      </example>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
      <binding>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/binding-definition">
          <valueMarkdown value="HL7-defined table of codes which identify conditions under which acknowledgments are required to be returned in response to a message."/>
        </extension>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="messageheader-response-request"/>
        </extension>
        <strength value="required"/>
        <description value="This enables the capability currently available through MSH-16 (Application Level acknowledgement) in HL7 Version 2 to declare at a message definition level whether a response is required or only upon error or success, or never."/>
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/messageheader-response-request|6.0.0-ballot4"/>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="v2"/>
        <map value="MSH-16"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse"/>
      <short value="Responses to this message"/>
      <definition value="Indicates what types of messages may be sent as an application-level response to this message."/>
      <comment value="This indicates an application level response to &quot;close&quot; a transaction implicit in a particular request message.  To define a complete workflow scenario, look to the [[PlanDefinition]] resource which allows the definition of complex orchestrations, conditionality, etc."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="BackboneElement"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children or both"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.id">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.id"/>
      <representation value="xmlAttr"/>
      <short value="Unique id for inter-element referencing"/>
      <definition value="Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Element.id"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <!-- Note: special primitive values have a FHIRPath system type. e.g. this is compiler magic (j) -->
      <type>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
          <valueUrl value="string"/>
        </extension>
        <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/>
      </type>
      <condition value="ele-1"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="n/a"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.extension">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.extension"/>
      <slicing>
        <discriminator>
          <type value="value"/>
          <path value="url"/>
        </discriminator>
        <description value="Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url"/>
        <rules value="open"/>
      </slicing>
      <short value="Additional content defined by implementations"/>
      <definition value="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 managable, 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 value="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 value="extensions"/>
      <alias value="user content"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Element.extension"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Extension"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="n/a"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.modifierExtension">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.modifierExtension"/>
      <slicing>
        <discriminator>
          <type value="value"/>
          <path value="url"/>
        </discriminator>
        <description value="Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url"/>
        <rules value="open"/>
      </slicing>
      <short value="Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized"/>
      <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element and that modifies the understanding of the element in which it is contained and/or the understanding of the containing element's descendants. Usually modifier elements provide negation or qualification. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, 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. Applications processing a resource are required to check for modifier extensions.&#xA;&#xA;Modifier extensions SHALL NOT change the meaning of any elements on Resource or DomainResource (including cannot change the meaning of modifierExtension itself)."/>
      <comment value="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."/>
      <requirements value="Modifier extensions allow for extensions that *cannot* be safely ignored to be clearly distinguished from the vast majority of extensions which can be safely ignored.  This promotes interoperability by eliminating the need for implementers to prohibit the presence of extensions. For further information, see the [definition of modifier extensions](extensibility.html#modifierExtension)."/>
      <alias value="extensions"/>
      <alias value="user content"/>
      <alias value="modifiers"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="BackboneElement.modifierExtension"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Extension"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <isModifier value="true"/>
      <isModifierReason value="Modifier extensions are expected to modify the meaning or interpretation of the element that contains them"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="N/A"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.message">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.message"/>
      <short value="Reference to allowed message definition response"/>
      <definition value="A reference to the message definition that must be adhered to by this supported response."/>
      <min value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.message"/>
        <min value="1"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="canonical"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/MessageDefinition"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.situation">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.situation"/>
      <short value="When should this response be used"/>
      <definition value="Provides a description of the circumstances in which this response should be used (as opposed to one of the alternative responses)."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.situation"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="markdown"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
    </element>
  </snapshot>
  <differential>
    <element id="MessageDefinition">
      <path value="MessageDefinition"/>
      <short value="A resource that defines a type of message that can be exchanged between systems"/>
      <definition value="Defines the characteristics of a message that can be shared between systems, including the type of event that initiates the message, the content to be transmitted and what response(s), if any, are permitted."/>
      <comment value="This would be a MIF-level artifact."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <constraint>
        <key value="cnl-0"/>
        <severity value="warning"/>
        <human value="Name should be usable as an identifier for the module by machine processing applications such as code generation"/>
        <expression value="name.exists() implies name.matches('^[A-Z]([A-Za-z0-9_]){1,254}$')"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/MessageDefinition"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="infrastructure.exchange"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="v2"/>
        <map value="N/A"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="N/A"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.url">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.url"/>
      <short value="The cannonical URL for a given MessageDefinition"/>
      <definition value="The business identifier that is used to reference the MessageDefinition and *is* expected to be consistent from server to server."/>
      <comment value="Can be a urn:uuid: or a urn:oid: but real http: addresses are preferred.  Multiple instances may share the same URL if they have a distinct version.&#xA;&#xA;The determination of when to create a new version of a resource (same url, new version) vs. defining a new artifact is up to the author.  Considerations for making this decision are found in [Technical and Business Versions](resource.html#versions). &#xA;&#xA;In some cases, the resource can no longer be found at the stated url, but the url itself cannot change. Implementations can use the [meta.source](resource.html#meta) element to indicate where the current master source of the resource can be found."/>
      <requirements value="Allows the message definition to be referenced by a single globally unique identifier."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="uri"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="cnl-1"/>
        <severity value="warning"/>
        <human value="URL should not contain | or # - these characters make processing canonical references problematic"/>
        <expression value="exists() implies matches('^[^|# ]+$')"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/MessageDefinition"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.url"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="FiveWs.identifier"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.identifier">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.identifier"/>
      <short value="Business Identifier for a given MessageDefinition"/>
      <definition value="A formal identifier that is used to identify this message definition when it is represented in other formats, or referenced in a specification, model, design or an instance."/>
      <requirements value="Allows externally provided and/or usable business identifiers to be easily associated with the module."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <type>
        <code value="Identifier"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.identifier"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="FiveWs.identifier"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="objimpl"/>
        <map value="no-gen-base"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.version">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.version"/>
      <short value="Business version of the message definition"/>
      <definition value="The identifier that is used to identify this version of the message definition when it is referenced in a specification, model, design or instance. This is an arbitrary value managed by the message definition author and is not expected to be globally unique. For example, it might be a timestamp (e.g. yyyymmdd) if a managed version is not available. There is also no expectation that versions can be placed in a lexicographical sequence."/>
      <comment value="There may be different message definition instances that have the same identifier but different versions.  The version can be appended to the url in a reference to allow a reference to a particular business version of the message definition with the format [url]|[version]. The version SHOULD NOT contain a '#' - see [Business Version](resource.html#bv-format)."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.version"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="FiveWs.version"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.versionAlgorithm[x]">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.versionAlgorithm[x]"/>
      <short value="How to compare versions"/>
      <definition value="Indicates the mechanism used to compare versions to determine which is more current."/>
      <comment value="If set as a string, this is a FHIRPath expression that has two additional context variables passed in - %version1 and %version2 and will return a negative number if version1 is newer, a positive number if version2 and a 0 if the version ordering can't be successfully be determined."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="Coding"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <strength value="extensible"/>
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/version-algorithm"/>
      </binding>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.name">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.name"/>
      <short value="Name for this message definition (computer friendly)"/>
      <definition value="A natural language name identifying the message definition. This name should be usable as an identifier for the module by machine processing applications such as code generation."/>
      <comment value="The name is not expected to be globally unique. The name should be a simple alphanumeric type name to ensure that it is machine-processing friendly."/>
      <requirements value="Support human navigation and code generation."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <condition value="cnl-0"/>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.name"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.title">
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable">
        <valueBoolean value="true"/>
      </extension>
      <path value="MessageDefinition.title"/>
      <short value="Name for this message definition (human friendly)"/>
      <definition value="A short, descriptive, user-friendly title for the message definition."/>
      <comment value="This name does not need to be machine-processing friendly and may contain punctuation, white-space, etc."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.title"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.replaces">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.replaces"/>
      <short value="Takes the place of"/>
      <definition value="A MessageDefinition that is superseded by this definition."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <type>
        <code value="canonical"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/MessageDefinition"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.status">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.status"/>
      <short value="draft | active | retired | unknown"/>
      <definition value="The status of this message definition. Enables tracking the life-cycle of the content."/>
      <comment value="Allows filtering of message definitions that are appropriate for use versus not.&#xA;&#xA;See guidance around (not) making local changes to elements [here](canonicalresource.html#localization)."/>
      <min value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="code"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="true"/>
      <isModifierReason value="This is labeled as &quot;Is Modifier&quot; because applications should not use a retired {{title}} without due consideration"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="PublicationStatus"/>
        </extension>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/>
        </extension>
        <strength value="required"/>
        <description value="The lifecycle status of an artifact."/>
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/publication-status|6.0.0-ballot4"/>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.status"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="FiveWs.status"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.experimental">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.experimental"/>
      <short value="For testing only - never for real usage"/>
      <definition value="A Boolean value to indicate that this message definition is authored for testing purposes (or education/evaluation/marketing) and no version of this resource will ever be intended for genuine usage."/>
      <comment value="Allows filtering of message definitions that are appropriate for use versus not. Experimental resources might include example instances in implementation guides, instances created solely for testing purposes, etc. If experimental is 'true' for any version of a resource, it should be true for all versions of the resource.  (If experimental changes, then it is being misused or a resource that was never intended for real-world use has unexpectedly changed its purpose.).&#xA;&#xA;Experimental resources are not expected to be stable and may well have breaking changes without a corresponding change to the 'version' element."/>
      <requirements value="Enables experimental content to be developed following the same lifecycle that would be used for a production-level message definition."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="boolean"/>
      </type>
      <meaningWhenMissing value="If absent, this resource is treated as though it is not experimental."/>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.experimental"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="FiveWs.class"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.date">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.date"/>
      <short value="Date last changed"/>
      <definition value="The date  (and optionally time) when the message definition was last significantly changed. The date must change when the business version changes and it must change if the status code changes. In addition, it should change when the substantive content of the message definition changes."/>
      <comment value="The date is often not tracked until the resource is published, but may be present on draft content. Note that this is not the same as the resource last-modified-date, since the resource may be a secondary representation of the message definition. Additional specific dates may be added as extensions or be found by consulting Provenances associated with past versions of the resource.&#xA;&#xA;See guidance around (not) making local changes to elements [here](canonicalresource.html#localization)."/>
      <alias value="Revision Date"/>
      <min value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="dateTime"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.date"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="FiveWs.recorded"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.publisher">
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable">
        <valueBoolean value="true"/>
      </extension>
      <path value="MessageDefinition.publisher"/>
      <short value="Name of the publisher/steward (organization or individual)"/>
      <definition value="The name of the organization or individual responsible for the release and ongoing maintenance of the message definition."/>
      <comment value="Usually an organization but may be an individual. The publisher (or steward) of the message definition is the organization or individual primarily responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the message definition. This is not necessarily the same individual or organization that developed and initially authored the content. The publisher is the primary point of contact for questions or issues with the message definition. This item SHOULD be populated unless the information is available from context."/>
      <requirements value="Helps establish the &quot;authority/credibility&quot; of the message definition.  May also allow for contact."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.publisher"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="FiveWs.witness"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.contact">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.contact"/>
      <short value="Contact details for the publisher"/>
      <definition value="Contact details to assist a user in finding and communicating with the publisher."/>
      <comment value="May be a web site, an email address, a telephone number, etc.&#xA;&#xA;See guidance around (not) making local changes to elements [here](canonicalresource.html#localization)."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <type>
        <code value="ContactDetail"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.contact"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.description">
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable">
        <valueBoolean value="true"/>
      </extension>
      <path value="MessageDefinition.description"/>
      <short value="Natural language description of the message definition"/>
      <definition value="A free text natural language description of the message definition from a consumer's perspective."/>
      <comment value="This description can be used to capture details such as comments about misuse, instructions for clinical use and interpretation, literature references, examples from the paper world, etc. It is not a rendering of the message definition as conveyed in the 'text' field of the resource itself. This item SHOULD be populated unless the information is available from context (e.g. the language of the message definition is presumed to be the predominant language in the place the message definition was created)."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="markdown"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.description"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.useContext">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.useContext"/>
      <short value="The context that the content is intended to support"/>
      <definition value="The content was developed with a focus and intent of supporting the contexts that are listed. These contexts may be general categories (gender, age, ...) or may be references to specific programs (insurance plans, studies, ...) and may be used to assist with indexing and searching for appropriate message definition instances."/>
      <comment value="When multiple useContexts are specified, there is no expectation that all or any of the contexts apply."/>
      <requirements value="Assist in searching for appropriate content."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <type>
        <code value="UsageContext"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.useContext"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.jurisdiction">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.jurisdiction"/>
      <short value="Jurisdiction of the authority that maintains the message definition (if applicable)"/>
      <definition value="A legal or geographic region in which the authority that maintains the resource is operating.  In general, the jurisdiction is also found in the useContext.  The useContext may reference additional jurisdictions because the defining jurisdiction does not necessarily limit the jurisdictions of use."/>
      <comment value="It may be possible for the message definition to be used in jurisdictions other than those for which it was originally designed or intended."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <type>
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="Jurisdiction"/>
        </extension>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/>
        </extension>
        <strength value="extensible"/>
        <description value="Countries and regions within which this artifact is targeted for use."/>
        <valueSet value="http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/jurisdiction"/>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.jurisdiction"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.purpose">
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable">
        <valueBoolean value="true"/>
      </extension>
      <path value="MessageDefinition.purpose"/>
      <short value="Why this message definition is defined"/>
      <definition value="Explanation of why this message definition is needed and why it has been designed as it has."/>
      <comment value="This element does not describe the usage of the message definition. Instead, it provides traceability of ''why'' the resource is either needed or ''why'' it is defined as it is.  This may be used to point to source materials or specifications that drove the structure of this message definition."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="markdown"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.purpose"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="w5"/>
        <map value="FiveWs.why[x]"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="objimpl"/>
        <map value="no-gen-base"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.copyright">
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable">
        <valueBoolean value="true"/>
      </extension>
      <path value="MessageDefinition.copyright"/>
      <short value="Notice about intellectual property ownership, can include restrictions on use"/>
      <definition value="A copyright statement relating to the message definition and/or its contents. Copyright statements are notices of intellectual property ownership and can include restrictions on the use and publishing of the message definition."/>
      <requirements value="Consumers must be able to determine any legal restrictions on the use of the message definition and/or its content."/>
      <alias value="License"/>
      <alias value="Restrictions"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="markdown"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="workflow"/>
        <map value="Definition.copyright"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="objimpl"/>
        <map value="no-gen-base"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.copyrightLabel">
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-translatable">
        <valueBoolean value="true"/>
      </extension>
      <path value="MessageDefinition.copyrightLabel"/>
      <short value="Copyright holder and year(s)"/>
      <definition value="A short string (&lt;50 characters), suitable for inclusion in a page footer that identifies the copyright holder, effective period, and optionally whether rights are restricted. (e.g. 'All rights reserved', 'Some rights reserved')."/>
      <comment value="The copyright symbol and the '(c)' textual representation SHOULD NOT be included in this string. It will be added by software when rendering the notation. Full details about licensing, restrictions, warrantees, etc. goes in the more general 'copyright' element."/>
      <requirements value="Defines the content expected to be rendered in all representations of the artifact."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.base">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.base"/>
      <short value="Definition this one is based on"/>
      <definition value="The MessageDefinition that is the basis for the contents of this resource."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="canonical"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/MessageDefinition"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.parent">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.parent"/>
      <short value="Protocol/workflow this is part of"/>
      <definition value="Identifies a protocol or workflow that this MessageDefinition represents a step in."/>
      <comment value="It should be possible to use MessageDefinition to describe a message to be used by certain steps in a particular protocol as part of a PlanDefinition or ActivityDefinition."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <type>
        <code value="canonical"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ActivityDefinition"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/PlanDefinition"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.event[x]">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.event[x]"/>
      <short value="Event code  or link to the EventDefinition"/>
      <definition value="Event code or link to the EventDefinition."/>
      <min value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="Coding"/>
      </type>
      <type>
        <code value="uri"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="MessageEvent"/>
        </extension>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-isCommonBinding">
          <valueBoolean value="true"/>
        </extension>
        <strength value="example"/>
        <description value="One of the message events defined as part of this version of FHIR."/>
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/message-events"/>
      </binding>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.category">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.category"/>
      <short value="consequence | currency | notification"/>
      <definition value="The impact of the content of the message."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="code"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="MessageSignificanceCategory"/>
        </extension>
        <strength value="required"/>
        <description value="The impact of the content of a message."/>
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/message-significance-category|6.0.0-ballot4"/>
      </binding>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.focus">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.focus"/>
      <short value="Resource(s) that are the subject of the event"/>
      <definition value="Identifies the resource (or resources) that are being addressed by the event.  For example, the Encounter for an admit message or two Account records for a merge."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <type>
        <code value="BackboneElement"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="md-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="Max must be postive int or *"/>
        <expression value="max='*' or (max.toInteger() &gt; 0)"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/MessageDefinition"/>
      </constraint>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.focus.code">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.focus.code"/>
      <short value="Type of resource"/>
      <definition value="The kind of resource that must be the focus for this message. This must be a resource, or a type with a [Structure Type Characterstics (Constraint Control)](https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/StructureDefinition-structuredefinition-type-characteristics.html) of [can-be-target (Can Be Target)](https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/CodeSystem-type-characteristics-code.html#type-characteristics-code-can-be-target)."/>
      <comment value="Multiple focuses addressing different resources may occasionally occur.  E.g. to link or unlink a resource from a particular account or encounter, etc."/>
      <min value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="uri"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="FHIRTypes"/>
        </extension>
        <strength value="extensible"/>
        <description value="Either a resource or a data type, including logical model types."/>
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/version-independent-resource-types"/>
      </binding>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.focus.profile">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.focus.profile"/>
      <short value="Profile that must be adhered to by focus"/>
      <definition value="A profile that reflects constraints for the focal resource (and potentially for related resources)."/>
      <comment value="This should be present for most message definitions.  However, if the message focus is only a single resource and there is no need to include referenced resources or otherwise enforce the presence of particular elements, it can be omitted."/>
      <requirements value="This profile allows setting boundaries for what content must appear within the message bundle vs. outside based on the declared aggregation constraints on referenced resources on this and related profiles."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="canonical"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/StructureDefinition"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.focus.min">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.focus.min"/>
      <short value="Minimum number of focuses of this type"/>
      <definition value="Identifies the minimum number of resources of this type that must be pointed to by a message in order for it to be valid against this MessageDefinition."/>
      <min value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="unsignedInt"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.focus.max">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.focus.max"/>
      <short value="Maximum number of focuses of this type"/>
      <definition value="Identifies the maximum number of resources of this type that must be pointed to by a message in order for it to be valid against this MessageDefinition."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <condition value="md-1"/>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.responseRequired">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.responseRequired"/>
      <short value="always | on-error | never | on-success"/>
      <definition value="Declare at a message definition level whether a response is required or only upon error or success, or never."/>
      <comment value="This enables the capability currently available through MSH-16 (Application Level acknowledgement) in HL7 Version 2 to declare at a message instance level whether a response is required or only upon error or success, or never."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="code"/>
      </type>
      <example>
        <label value="General"/>
        <valueCode value="always"/>
      </example>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
      <binding>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/binding-definition">
          <valueMarkdown value="HL7-defined table of codes which identify conditions under which acknowledgments are required to be returned in response to a message."/>
        </extension>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="messageheader-response-request"/>
        </extension>
        <strength value="required"/>
        <description value="This enables the capability currently available through MSH-16 (Application Level acknowledgement) in HL7 Version 2 to declare at a message definition level whether a response is required or only upon error or success, or never."/>
        <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/messageheader-response-request|6.0.0-ballot4"/>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="v2"/>
        <map value="MSH-16"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse"/>
      <short value="Responses to this message"/>
      <definition value="Indicates what types of messages may be sent as an application-level response to this message."/>
      <comment value="This indicates an application level response to &quot;close&quot; a transaction implicit in a particular request message.  To define a complete workflow scenario, look to the [[PlanDefinition]] resource which allows the definition of complex orchestrations, conditionality, etc."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <type>
        <code value="BackboneElement"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.message">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.message"/>
      <short value="Reference to allowed message definition response"/>
      <definition value="A reference to the message definition that must be adhered to by this supported response."/>
      <min value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="canonical"/>
        <targetProfile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/MessageDefinition"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.situation">
      <path value="MessageDefinition.allowedResponse.situation"/>
      <short value="When should this response be used"/>
      <definition value="Provides a description of the circumstances in which this response should be used (as opposed to one of the alternative responses)."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="markdown"/>
      </type>
      <mustSupport value="false"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
    </element>
  </differential>
</StructureDefinition>