# AU Vendor Directory Identifier - AU Provider Directory Implementation Guide v2.1.0-ci-build

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **AU Vendor Directory Identifier**

## Data Type Profile: AU Vendor Directory Identifier 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.org.au/fhir/pd/StructureDefinition/au-pd-vdi | *Version*:2.1.0-ci-build | |
| * Standards status: *[Draft](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](http://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#maturity): 0 | *Computable Name*:AUVendorDirectoryIdentifier |
| **Copyright/Legal**: HL7 Australia© 2018+; Licensed Under Creative Commons No Rights Reserved. | | |

 
This identifier profile defines a vendor directory identifier allocated to a provider directory entry, in an Australian provider directory context. 

### Usage Notes

**Usages:**

* Use this DataType Profile: [AU PD Healthcare Service](StructureDefinition-au-pd-healthcareservice.md) and [AU PD Practitioner Role](StructureDefinition-au-pd-practitionerrole.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/resource/hl7.fhir.au.pd|current/StructureDefinition/StructureDefinition-au-pd-vdi.json)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-au-pd-vdi.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-au-pd-vdi.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-au-pd-vdi.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "au-pd-vdi",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 0
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "draft",
    "_valueCode" : {
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
        "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/pd/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.au.pd"
      }]
    }
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/pd/StructureDefinition/au-pd-vdi",
  "version" : "2.1.0-ci-build",
  "name" : "AUVendorDirectoryIdentifier",
  "title" : "AU Vendor Directory Identifier",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2026-06-23T04:50:00+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Australia",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 Australia FHIR Working Group",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "https://confluence.hl7.org/display/HAFWG",
      "use" : "work"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This identifier profile defines a vendor directory identifier allocated to a provider directory entry, in an Australian provider directory context.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "AU"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "HL7 Australia© 2018+; Licensed Under Creative Commons No Rights Reserved.",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "servd",
    "uri" : "http://www.omg.org/spec/ServD/1.0/",
    "name" : "ServD"
  }],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Identifier",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Identifier",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Identifier",
      "path" : "Identifier",
      "short" : "Vendor Directory Identifier",
      "definition" : "Vendor Directory Identifiers typically assigned by a vendor that can be used to search for specific healthcare service directory entries and/or for routing of messages."
    },
    {
      "id" : "Identifier.type",
      "path" : "Identifier.type",
      "short" : "Coded identifier type for vendor directory identifier",
      "min" : 1,
      "patternCodeableConcept" : {
        "coding" : [{
          "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org.au/CodeSystem/v2-0203",
          "code" : "VDI"
        }]
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "Identifier.system",
      "path" : "Identifier.system",
      "short" : "Vendor allocated URL",
      "definition" : "Unique namespace for the assigning vendor's identifier value",
      "min" : 1
    },
    {
      "id" : "Identifier.value",
      "path" : "Identifier.value",
      "short" : "Vendor Identifier Value",
      "definition" : "Assigning vendor's identifier value.",
      "min" : 1
    },
    {
      "id" : "Identifier.assigner",
      "path" : "Identifier.assigner",
      "short" : "Secure messaging vendor organisation",
      "min" : 1
    },
    {
      "id" : "Identifier.assigner.display",
      "path" : "Identifier.assigner.display",
      "short" : "Secure messaging vendor organisation name",
      "min" : 1
    }]
  }
}

```
