# NL Generic Functions Device Identifier - Netherlands - Generic Functions for data exchange Implementation Guide v0.9.0-ballot

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **NL Generic Functions Device Identifier**

## Extension: NL Generic Functions Device Identifier 

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| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://minvws.github.io/generiekefuncties-docs/StructureDefinition/nl-gf-device-identifier | *Version*:0.9.0-ballot |
| Active as of 2026-04-02 | *Computable Name*:NlGfDeviceIdentifier |

An identifier for a device, such as a software application.

**Context of Use**

**Usage info**

**Usages:**

* Use this Extension: [NL Generic Functions OrganizationAffiliation Profile](StructureDefinition-nl-gf-organizationaffiliation.md)
* Examples for this Extension: [OrganizationAffiliation/8ee51b54-bafb-562d-87d1-9429f8bbfc1b](OrganizationAffiliation-8ee51b54-bafb-562d-87d1-9429f8bbfc1b.md), [OrganizationAffiliation/c5d6c9d6-7562-589e-9b34-c20a3488daa1](OrganizationAffiliation-c5d6c9d6-7562-589e-9b34-c20a3488daa1.md) and [OrganizationAffiliation/fe43d49a-4748-5c42-a731-e40d614be8f9](OrganizationAffiliation-fe43d49a-4748-5c42-a731-e40d614be8f9.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/hl7.fhir.nl.gf|current/StructureDefinition/nl-gf-device-identifier)

### Formal Views of Extension Content

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

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-nl-gf-device-identifier.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-nl-gf-device-identifier.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-nl-gf-device-identifier.sch) 

#### Terminology Bindings

#### Constraints



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "nl-gf-device-identifier",
  "url" : "http://minvws.github.io/generiekefuncties-docs/StructureDefinition/nl-gf-device-identifier",
  "version" : "0.9.0-ballot",
  "name" : "NlGfDeviceIdentifier",
  "title" : "NL Generic Functions Device Identifier",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-04-02T08:44:12+00:00",
  "publisher" : "Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "https://www.minvws.nl"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "An identifier for a device, such as a software application.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "NL",
      "display" : "Netherlands"
    }]
  }],
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "context" : [{
    "type" : "element",
    "expression" : "OrganizationAffiliation"
  }],
  "type" : "Extension",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Extension",
      "path" : "Extension",
      "short" : "NL Generic Functions Device Identifier",
      "definition" : "An identifier for a device, such as a software application."
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension",
      "path" : "Extension.extension",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.url",
      "path" : "Extension.url",
      "fixedUri" : "http://minvws.github.io/generiekefuncties-docs/StructureDefinition/nl-gf-device-identifier"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://minvws.github.io/generiekefuncties-docs/StructureDefinition/nl-gf-device"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x].identifier",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x].identifier",
      "min" : 1
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x].identifier.system",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x].identifier.system",
      "patternUri" : "urn:ietf:rfc:3986"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x].identifier.value",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x].identifier.value",
      "min" : 1,
      "constraint" : [{
        "key" : "identifier-is-a-urn",
        "severity" : "error",
        "human" : "The identifier must be a URN with a valid UUID or OID.",
        "expression" : "startsWith('urn:uuid:') or startsWith('urn:oid:')",
        "source" : "http://minvws.github.io/generiekefuncties-docs/StructureDefinition/nl-gf-device-identifier"
      }]
    }]
  }
}

```
