# NL Generic Functions Localization DocumentReference Profile - Netherlands - Generic Functions for data exchange Implementation Guide v0.3.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **NL Generic Functions Localization DocumentReference Profile**

## Resource Profile: NL Generic Functions Localization DocumentReference Profile 

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| *Official URL*:http://nuts-foundation.github.io/nl-generic-functions-ig/StructureDefinition/nl-gf-localization-documentreference | *Version*:0.3.0 |
| Draft as of 2026-03-12 | *Computable Name*:NlGfLocalizationDocumentReference |

 
A DocumentReference profile for registering the availability of patient data at healthcare organizations for localization services. This profile is used to indicate that certain patient data is available at a specific organization and can be accessed for localization purposes. 

**Usages:**

* Examples for this Profile: [DocumentReference/52b792ba-11ae-42f3-bcc1-231f333f2317](DocumentReference-52b792ba-11ae-42f3-bcc1-231f333f2317.md)
* CapabilityStatements using this Profile: [Localization Service](CapabilityStatement-nl-gf-localization-repository.md)

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

### 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-nl-gf-localization-documentreference.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-nl-gf-localization-documentreference.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-nl-gf-localization-documentreference.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "nl-gf-localization-documentreference",
  "url" : "http://nuts-foundation.github.io/nl-generic-functions-ig/StructureDefinition/nl-gf-localization-documentreference",
  "version" : "0.3.0",
  "name" : "NlGfLocalizationDocumentReference",
  "title" : "NL Generic Functions Localization DocumentReference Profile",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2026-03-12T11:05:27+00:00",
  "publisher" : "Stichting Nuts",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "Stichting Nuts",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "https://www.nuts.nl"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "A DocumentReference profile for registering the availability of patient data at healthcare organizations for localization services. This profile is used to indicate that certain patient data is available at a specific organization and can be accessed for localization purposes.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "NL",
      "display" : "Netherlands"
    }]
  }],
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "workflow",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/workflow",
    "name" : "Workflow Pattern"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "fhircomposition",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/composition",
    "name" : "FHIR Composition"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "cda",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3/cda",
    "name" : "CDA (R2)"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "xds",
    "uri" : "http://ihe.net/xds",
    "name" : "XDS metadata equivalent"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "DocumentReference",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DocumentReference",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "DocumentReference",
      "path" : "DocumentReference"
    },
    {
      "id" : "DocumentReference.type",
      "path" : "DocumentReference.type",
      "min" : 1
    },
    {
      "id" : "DocumentReference.subject",
      "path" : "DocumentReference.subject",
      "min" : 1
    },
    {
      "id" : "DocumentReference.subject.reference",
      "path" : "DocumentReference.subject.reference",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "DocumentReference.subject.identifier.system",
      "path" : "DocumentReference.subject.identifier.system",
      "patternUri" : "http://fhir.nl/fhir/NamingSystem/pseudo-bsn"
    },
    {
      "id" : "DocumentReference.custodian",
      "path" : "DocumentReference.custodian",
      "min" : 1
    },
    {
      "id" : "DocumentReference.custodian.reference",
      "path" : "DocumentReference.custodian.reference",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "DocumentReference.custodian.identifier.system",
      "path" : "DocumentReference.custodian.identifier.system",
      "patternUri" : "http://fhir.nl/fhir/NamingSystem/ura"
    },
    {
      "id" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.contentType",
      "path" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.contentType",
      "min" : 1
    },
    {
      "id" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.url",
      "path" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.url",
      "min" : 1
    }]
  }
}

```
