view-hint
type: StructureDefinition
node role: treeRoot
id:
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language:
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text:
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    v: extensions
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    v: Spanish Generated Narrative: StructureDefinition view-hint Language: en Name Flags Card. Type Description & Constraints<img src="[binary]" alt="doco" style="background-color: inherit"/> Extension 0..1 Extension no-binding #xD; extension 0..2 Extension Extension #xD; Slices for extension Content/Rules for all slices #xD; extension:name 0..1 Extension The name of a view hint with a property value #xD; extension 0..0 Extension #xD; url 1..1 uri "name" #xD; value[x] 0..1 code Value of extension Binding: Viewing Hints for Rendering Engines (ValueSet) (required) #xD; Slices for extension Content/Rules for all slices #xD; extension:value 0..1 Extension The value of a view hint with a property value #xD; extension 0..0 Extension #xD; url 1..1 uri "value" #xD; value[x] 0..1 Value of extension #xD; valueString string #xD; valueInteger integer #xD; valueCode code #xD; url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/view-hint" #xD; value[x] 1..1 code Value of extension Binding: Viewing Hints for Rendering Engines (ValueSet) (required) #xD; <img src="[binary]" alt="doco" style="background-color: inherit"/> Documentation for this format
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version:
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name:
  v: RenderingEngineViewHintsExt
title:
  v: Viewing Hints for Rendering Engines (Extension)
status:
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experimental:
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date:
  v: 2026-03-04T04:33:34+00:00
publisher:
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Url
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