# Location model - EHDS Logical Information Models v0.2.1

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Location model**

## Logical Model: Location model 

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| *Official URL*:http://www.xt-ehr.eu/fhir/models/StructureDefinition/EHDSLocation | *Version*:0.2.1 |
| Draft as of 2026-02-05 | *Computable Name*:EHDSLocation |

 
EHDS refined base model for Details and position information for a place where services are provided and resources and participants may be stored, found, contained, or accommodated. 

**Usages:**

* Use this Logical Model: [Encounter model](StructureDefinition-EHDSEncounter.md), [Medication dispense model](StructureDefinition-EHDSMedicationDispense.md), [Observation model](StructureDefinition-EHDSObservation.md) and [Specimen model](StructureDefinition-EHDSSpecimen.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/xtehr.eu.ehds.models|current/StructureDefinition/EHDSLocation)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-EHDSLocation.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-EHDSLocation.xlsx) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "EHDSLocation",
  "extension" : [
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-type-characteristics",
      "valueCode" : "can-be-target"
    }
  ],
  "url" : "http://www.xt-ehr.eu/fhir/models/StructureDefinition/EHDSLocation",
  "version" : "0.2.1",
  "name" : "EHDSLocation",
  "title" : "Location model",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2026-02-05T13:46:24+00:00",
  "publisher" : "Xt-EHR",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "name" : "Xt-EHR",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "http://www.xt-ehr.eu/"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "EHDS refined base model for Details and position information for a place where services are provided and resources and participants may be stored, found, contained, or accommodated.",
  "fhirVersion" : "5.0.0",
  "mapping" : [
    {
      "identity" : "rim",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name" : "RIM Mapping"
    }
  ],
  "kind" : "logical",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "http://www.xt-ehr.eu/fhir/models/StructureDefinition/EHDSLocation",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Base",
  "derivation" : "specialization",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [
      {
        "id" : "EHDSLocation",
        "path" : "EHDSLocation",
        "short" : "Location model",
        "definition" : "EHDS refined base model for Details and position information for a place where services are provided and resources and participants may be stored, found, contained, or accommodated."
      },
      {
        "id" : "EHDSLocation.identifier",
        "path" : "EHDSLocation.identifier",
        "short" : "Identifier",
        "definition" : "Location identifier",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "*",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Identifier"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "EHDSLocation.name",
        "path" : "EHDSLocation.name",
        "short" : "Name",
        "definition" : "Name of the location as used by humans",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "string"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "EHDSLocation.description",
        "path" : "EHDSLocation.description",
        "short" : "Description",
        "definition" : "Additional details about the location that could be displayed as further information to identify the location beyond its name",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "string"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "EHDSLocation.type",
        "path" : "EHDSLocation.type",
        "short" : "Type",
        "definition" : "Type of function performed at the location",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "*",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "CodeableConcept"
          }
        ],
        "binding" : {
          "strength" : "preferred",
          "description" : "HL7 ServiceDeliveryLocationRoleType"
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "EHDSLocation.address",
        "path" : "EHDSLocation.address",
        "short" : "Address",
        "definition" : "Physical location address",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "http://www.xt-ehr.eu/fhir/models/StructureDefinition/EHDSAddress"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "EHDSLocation.managingOrganisation",
        "path" : "EHDSLocation.managingOrganisation",
        "short" : "Managing organisation",
        "definition" : "The organisation responsible for the provisioning and upkeep of the location",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Reference",
            "targetProfile" : [
              "http://www.xt-ehr.eu/fhir/models/StructureDefinition/EHDSOrganisation"
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "EHDSLocation.partOf",
        "path" : "EHDSLocation.partOf",
        "short" : "Part of",
        "definition" : "Another Location of which this Location is physically a part of",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Reference",
            "targetProfile" : [
              "http://www.xt-ehr.eu/fhir/models/StructureDefinition/EHDSOrganisation"
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

```
