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/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name | Version: 5.3.0-ballot-tc1 | |||
| Standards status: Trial-use | Maturity Level: 3 | Computable Name: SDExplicitTypeName | ||
| Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.5.1027 | ||||
A name to use for the type, in implementations. This is a suggestion; it's not a normative part of the FHIR specification, but it does appear in the UML diagrams, and is used in generated code, schemas, etc.to identify the type.
Context of Use
This extension may be used on the following element(s)
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 string: A name to use for the type, in implementations. This is a suggestion; it's not a normative part of the FHIR specification, but it does appear in the UML diagrams, and is used in generated code, schemas, etc.to identify the type.
Maturity: 3
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter:   |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  Extension |
0..1 | Extension | Advisory - name of Type for implementations | |
  id |
0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
 extension |
0..0 | |||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name" | |
 value[x] |
1..1 | string | Value of extension | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Simple Extension with the type string: A name to use for the type, in implementations. This is a suggestion; it's not a normative part of the FHIR specification, but it does appear in the UML diagrams, and is used in generated code, schemas, etc.to identify the type.
Maturity: 3
Differential View
This structure is derived from Extension
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..1 | Extension | Advisory - name of Type for implementations | |
| id |
0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
| extension |
0..0 | |||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | string | 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)
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