HL7 v2+ Specification, published by HL7 International. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.0.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/v2ig/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

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Data Type Profile: HL7 v2 String Primitive Type

FIXME add from v2

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• Derived from this PrimitiveType Constraint: HL7 v2 GTS Data Type and HL7 v2 SNM Data Type
• Use this PrimitiveType Constraint: HL7 v2 AD Data Type, HL7 v2 AUI Data Type, HL7 v2 CF Data Type, HL7 v2 CNE Data Type... Show 33 more, HL7 v2 CNN Data Type, HL7 v2 CSU Data Type, HL7 v2 CWE Data Type, HL7 v2 CX Data Type, HL7 v2 DLN Data Type, HL7 v2 EI Data Type, HL7 v2 ERL Data Type, HL7 v2 FN Data Type, HL7 v2 HD Data Type, HL7 v2 OG Data Type, HL7 v2 PL Data Type, HL7 v2 PLN Data Type, HL7 v2 PPN Data Type, HL7 v2 PRL Data Type, HL7 v2 QIP Data Type, HL7 v2 QSC Data Type, HL7 v2 RCD Data Type, HL7 v2 RFR Data Type, HL7 v2 RI Data Type, HL7 v2 RP Data Type, HL7 v2 SAD Data Type, HL7 v2 SCV Data Type, HL7 v2 SN Data Type, HL7 v2 SPD Data Type, HL7 v2 SRT Data Type, HL7 v2 VR Data Type, HL7 v2 WVI Data Type, HL7 v2 WVS Data Type, HL7 v2 XAD Data Type, HL7 v2 XCN Data Type, HL7 v2 XON Data Type, HL7 v2 XPN Data Type and HL7 v2 XTN Data Type

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Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
string	C	0..*	string	Primitive Type string ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children st-1:
value		0..1	string	Primitive value for string Max Length:1048576
Documentation for this format

Constraints

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())
st-1	error	string	: string.value.matches('^\S.*')

This structure is derived from string

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
string	C	0..*	string	Primitive Type string st-1:
id		0..0
extension		0..0
value		0..1	string	Primitive value for string
Documentation for this format

Constraints

Id	Grade	Path(s)	Details	Requirements
st-1	error	string	: string.value.matches('^\S.*')

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
string	C	0..*	string	Primitive Type string st-1:
value		0..1	string	Primitive value for string Max Length:1048576
Documentation for this format

Constraints

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())
st-1	error	string	: string.value.matches('^\S.*')

This structure is derived from string

Summary

Prohibited: 2 elements

Key Elements View

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
string	C	0..*	string	Primitive Type string ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children st-1:
value		0..1	string	Primitive value for string Max Length:1048576
Documentation for this format

Constraints

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())
st-1	error	string	: string.value.matches('^\S.*')

Differential View

This structure is derived from string

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
string	C	0..*	string	Primitive Type string st-1:
id		0..0
extension		0..0
value		0..1	string	Primitive value for string
Documentation for this format

Constraints

Id	Grade	Path(s)	Details	Requirements
st-1	error	string	: string.value.matches('^\S.*')

Snapshot View

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
string	C	0..*	string	Primitive Type string st-1:
value		0..1	string	Primitive value for string Max Length:1048576
Documentation for this format

Constraints

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())
st-1	error	string	: string.value.matches('^\S.*')

This structure is derived from string

Summary

Prohibited: 2 elements

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron