FHIR Extensions Pack
5.3.0-ballot-tc1 - (September 2025 Ballot)
FHIR Extensions Pack
5.3.0-ballot-tc1 - (September 2025 Ballot)
FHIR Extensions Pack, published by HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 5.3.0-ballot-tc1 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/fhir-extensions/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/questionnaire-supportLink | Version: 5.3.0-ballot-tc1 | |||
| Standards status: Deprecated | Maturity Level: 3 | Computable Name: QSupportLink | ||
| Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.5.1234 | ||||
A URL that resolves to additional supporting information or guidance related to the question. If there's more than one repetition of this extension, all a UI can do to help the user differentiate which to click on is displaying the URI (e.g. as a flyover). If displaying the URI might not be appropriate or helpful, it may be more useful to use a nested 'display' item of type 'helpText' which can then specify multiple hyperlinks with appropriate labels and/or surrounding guidance text. This extension has been deprecated in favor of questionnaire-supportHyperlink, which allows display text to accompany each support link. This extension only conveyed the URI, making it unclear to users what each link referred to.
Context of Use
This extension is deprecated and should no longer be used
This extension has been deprecated in favor of Questionnaire Support Hyperlink , which allows display text to accompany each support link. This extension only conveyed the URI, making it unclear to users what each link referred to.
This extension may be used on the following element(s)
Questionnaire.item
ElementDefinition
Usage info
Usages:
You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics
Changes since version 5.2.0:
Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Simple Extension with the type uri: A URL that resolves to additional supporting information or guidance related to the question. If there's more than one repetition of this extension, all a UI can do to help the user differentiate which to click on is displaying the URI (e.g. as a flyover). If displaying the URI might not be appropriate or helpful, it may be more useful to use a nested 'display' item of type 'helpText' which can then specify multiple hyperlinks with appropriate labels and/or surrounding guidance text. This extension has been deprecated in favor of questionnaire-supportHyperlink, which allows display text to accompany each support link. This extension only conveyed the URI, making it unclear to users what each link referred to.
Maturity: 3
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter:   |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  Extension |
0..* | Extension | Supporting information | |
  id |
0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
 extension |
0..0 | |||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/questionnaire-supportLink" | |
 value[x] |
1..1 | uri | Value of extension | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Simple Extension with the type uri: A URL that resolves to additional supporting information or guidance related to the question. If there's more than one repetition of this extension, all a UI can do to help the user differentiate which to click on is displaying the URI (e.g. as a flyover). If displaying the URI might not be appropriate or helpful, it may be more useful to use a nested 'display' item of type 'helpText' which can then specify multiple hyperlinks with appropriate labels and/or surrounding guidance text. This extension has been deprecated in favor of questionnaire-supportHyperlink, which allows display text to accompany each support link. This extension only conveyed the URI, making it unclear to users what each link referred to.
Maturity: 3
Differential View
This structure is derived from Extension
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..* | Extension | Supporting information | |
| id |
0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
| extension |
0..0 | |||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/questionnaire-supportLink" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | uri | Value of extension | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Details | Requirements |
| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children : hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) | |
| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both : extension.exists() != value.exists() |
The extension is not used in R4B
The extension is not used in R4
The extension is not used in R3
(none found)
IG © 2022+ HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure. Package hl7.fhir.uv.extensions#5.3.0-ballot-tc1 based on FHIR 5.0.0. Generated 2025-08-04
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