Clinical Document Architecture
2.0.1-sd - release

Clinical Document Architecture, published by Health Level 7. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 2.0.1-sd built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/CDA-core-sd/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Logical Model: TN: TrivialName (V3 Data Type)

Official URL: http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/TN Version: 2.0.1-sd
Active as of 2025-10-02 Computable Name: TN

A restriction of entity name that is effectively a simple string used for a simple name for things and places.

Usages:

You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics

Formal Views of Template Content

Description of Template, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work.

This structure is derived from EN

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. TN 1..* EN XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3
Base for all types and resources

Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor, @use, item, validTime
Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)
... @use 0..* cs Binding: CDAEntityNameUse (required)
... item
.... delimiter 0..0
.... family 0..0
.... given 0..0
.... prefix 0..0
.... suffix 0..0

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings (Differential)

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
TN.use Base required CDAEntityNameUse 📦2.0.1-sd This IG
NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. TN 1..* EN XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3
Base for all types and resources

Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor, @use, item, validTime
Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)
... @nullFlavor 0..1 cs Binding: CDANullFlavor (required)
... @use 0..* cs Binding: CDAEntityNameUse (required)
... item C 0..* Base Choice Group: This is a repeating choice group that does not appear directly in the instance
Constraints: EN-1
.... xmlText 0..1 st Allows for mixed text content

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
TN.nullFlavor Base required CDANullFlavor 📦2.0.1-sd This IG
TN.use Base required CDAEntityNameUse 📦2.0.1-sd This IG

Constraints

Id Grade Path(s) Description Expression
EN-1 error TN.item Can only have only one of the possible item elements in each choice (delimiter | family | given | prefix | suffix | xmlText).count() = 1
NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. TN 1..* EN XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3
Base for all types and resources

Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor, @use, item, validTime
Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)
... @nullFlavor 0..1 cs Binding: CDANullFlavor (required)
... @use 0..* cs Binding: CDAEntityNameUse (required)
... item C 0..* Base Choice Group: This is a repeating choice group that does not appear directly in the instance
Constraints: EN-1
.... xmlText 0..1 st Allows for mixed text content

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
TN.nullFlavor Base required CDANullFlavor 📦2.0.1-sd This IG
TN.use Base required CDAEntityNameUse 📦2.0.1-sd This IG

Constraints

Id Grade Path(s) Description Expression
EN-1 error TN.item Can only have only one of the possible item elements in each choice (delimiter | family | given | prefix | suffix | xmlText).count() = 1

This structure is derived from EN

Summary

Prohibited: 5 elements

Differential View

This structure is derived from EN

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. TN 1..* EN XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3
Base for all types and resources

Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor, @use, item, validTime
Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)
... @use 0..* cs Binding: CDAEntityNameUse (required)
... item
.... delimiter 0..0
.... family 0..0
.... given 0..0
.... prefix 0..0
.... suffix 0..0

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings (Differential)

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
TN.use Base required CDAEntityNameUse 📦2.0.1-sd This IG

Key Elements View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. TN 1..* EN XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3
Base for all types and resources

Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor, @use, item, validTime
Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)
... @nullFlavor 0..1 cs Binding: CDANullFlavor (required)
... @use 0..* cs Binding: CDAEntityNameUse (required)
... item C 0..* Base Choice Group: This is a repeating choice group that does not appear directly in the instance
Constraints: EN-1
.... xmlText 0..1 st Allows for mixed text content

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
TN.nullFlavor Base required CDANullFlavor 📦2.0.1-sd This IG
TN.use Base required CDAEntityNameUse 📦2.0.1-sd This IG

Constraints

Id Grade Path(s) Description Expression
EN-1 error TN.item Can only have only one of the possible item elements in each choice (delimiter | family | given | prefix | suffix | xmlText).count() = 1

Snapshot View

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraints    Filter: Filtersdoco
.. TN 1..* EN XML Namespace: urn:hl7-org:v3
Base for all types and resources

Elements defined in Ancestors:@nullFlavor, @use, item, validTime
Logical Container: ClinicalDocument (CDA Class)
... @nullFlavor 0..1 cs Binding: CDANullFlavor (required)
... @use 0..* cs Binding: CDAEntityNameUse (required)
... item C 0..* Base Choice Group: This is a repeating choice group that does not appear directly in the instance
Constraints: EN-1
.... xmlText 0..1 st Allows for mixed text content

doco Documentation for this format

Terminology Bindings

Path Status Usage ValueSet Version Source
TN.nullFlavor Base required CDANullFlavor 📦2.0.1-sd This IG
TN.use Base required CDAEntityNameUse 📦2.0.1-sd This IG

Constraints

Id Grade Path(s) Description Expression
EN-1 error TN.item Can only have only one of the possible item elements in each choice (delimiter | family | given | prefix | suffix | xmlText).count() = 1

This structure is derived from EN

Summary

Prohibited: 5 elements

 

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