OpenEHR Base package
0.1.0 - First Draft
OpenEHR Base package
0.1.0 - First Draft
OpenEHR Base package, published by openEHR + HL7. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/openehr-fhir/base-spec/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
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JSON representation of the SECTION logical model.
{
"resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
"id" : "SECTION",
"text" : {
"status" : "extensions",
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: StructureDefinition SECTION</b></p><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top;\"><tr style=\"border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top\"><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"The logical name of the element\">Name</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Information about the use of the element\">Flags</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Minimum and Maximum # of times the element can appear in the instance\">Card.</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; width: 100px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Reference to the type of the element\">Type</a></th><th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Additional information about the element\">Description & Constraints</a><span style=\"float: right\"><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,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\" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/></a></span></th></tr><tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck1.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_element.gif\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: white; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Element\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-SECTION-definitions.html#SECTION\" title=\"Represents a heading in a heading structure, or section tree. Created according to archetyped structures for typical headings such as SOAP, physical examination, but also pathology result heading structures. Should not be used instead of `ENTRY` hierarchical structures. \n\">SECTION</a><a name=\"SECTION\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a style=\"padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px maroon solid; font-weight: bold; color: #301212; background-color: #fdf4f4;; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px maroon solid; font-weight: bold; color: #301212; background-color: #fdf4f4;\" href=\"http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/conformance-rules.html#constraints\" title=\"This element has or is affected by constraints ( Items_valid )\">C</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">0..*</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"StructureDefinition-CONTENT-ITEM.html\">CONTENT_ITEM</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Represents a heading in a heading structure, or section tree.<br/><br/>Elements defined in Ancestors:<a href=\"StructureDefinition-LOCATABLE.html\" title=\"Runtime name of this fragment, used to build runtime paths. This is the term provided via a clinical application or batch process to name this EHR construct: its retention in the EHR faithfully preserves the original label by which this entry was known to end users. \n\">name</a>, <a href=\"StructureDefinition-LOCATABLE.html\" title=\"Design-time archetype identifier of this node taken from its generating archetype; used to build archetype paths. Always in the form of an at-code, e.g. `at0005`. This value enables a 'standardised' name for this node to be generated, by referring to the generating archetype local terminology. \n\nAt an archetype root point, the value of this attribute is always the stringified form of the `_archetype_id_` found in the `_archetype_details_` object. \n\">archetype_node_id</a>, <a href=\"StructureDefinition-LOCATABLE.html\" title=\"Optional globally unique object identifier for root points of archetyped structures. \">uid</a>, <a href=\"StructureDefinition-LOCATABLE.html\" title=\"Links to other archetyped structures (data whose root object inherits from `ARCHETYPED`, such as `ENTRY`, `SECTION` and so on). Links may be to structures in other compositions. \">links</a>, <a href=\"StructureDefinition-LOCATABLE.html\" title=\"Details of archetyping used on this node.\">archetype_details</a>, <a href=\"StructureDefinition-LOCATABLE.html\" title=\"Audit trail from non-openEHR system of original commit of information forming the content of this node, or from a conversion gateway which has synthesised this node. \">feeder_audit</a><br class=\"constraint\"/><span title=\"null\" class=\"constraint\">Constraints: </span><span style=\"font-weight:bold\" title=\"Items valid must be present\" class=\"constraint\">Items_valid</span><br/></td></tr>\r\n<tr style=\"border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: #F7F7F7\"><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(tbl_bck00.png)\" class=\"hierarchy\"><img src=\"tbl_spacer.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"tbl_vjoin_end.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: inherit\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><img src=\"icon_resource.png\" alt=\".\" style=\"background-color: #F7F7F7; background-color: inherit\" title=\"Resource\" class=\"hierarchy\"/> <a href=\"StructureDefinition-SECTION-definitions.html#SECTION.items\" title=\"Ordered list of content items under this section, which may include:\n\n* more `SECTIONs`;\n* `ENTRYs`.\">items</a><a name=\"SECTION.items\"> </a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"/><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">0..*</td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\"><a href=\"StructureDefinition-CONTENT-ITEM.html\">CONTENT_ITEM</a></td><td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align : var(--ig-left,left); background-color: #F7F7F7; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px\" class=\"hierarchy\">Ordered list of content items under this section, which may include:\n\n* more `SECTIONs`;\n* `ENTRYs`.<br/></td></tr>\r\n<tr><td colspan=\"5\" class=\"hierarchy\"><br/><a href=\"https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views\" title=\"Legend for this format\"><img src=\"data:image/png;base64,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\" alt=\"doco\" style=\"background-color: inherit\"/> Documentation for this format</a></td></tr></table></div>"
},
"extension" : [
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/web-source",
"valueUrl" : "https://specifications.openehr.org/releases/RM/development/ehr.html#_section_class"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "fhir"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/type-operation",
"valueCanonical" : "#concept"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/view-hint",
"valueCode" : "element-view-replace-cardinality"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger" : 3,
"_valueInteger" : {
"extension" : [
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
"valueCanonical" : "http://openehr.org/fhir/ImplementationGuide/openehr.base"
}
]
}
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
"valueCode" : "informative",
"_valueCode" : {
"extension" : [
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
"valueCanonical" : "http://openehr.org/fhir/ImplementationGuide/openehr.base"
}
]
}
}
],
"url" : "http://openehr.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/SECTION",
"version" : "0.1.0",
"name" : "SECTION",
"title" : "SECTION",
"status" : "active",
"experimental" : false,
"date" : "2025-09-06T15:35:39+10:00",
"publisher" : "openEHR + HL7",
"contact" : [
{
"telecom" : [
{
"system" : "url",
"value" : "http://www.openehr.org"
}
]
}
],
"description" : "Represents a heading in a heading structure, or section tree. Created according to archetyped structures for typical headings such as SOAP, physical examination, but also pathology result heading structures. Should not be used instead of `ENTRY` hierarchical structures. \n",
"jurisdiction" : [
{
"coding" : [
{
"system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
"code" : "001"
}
]
}
],
"fhirVersion" : "5.0.0",
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
"name" : "RIM Mapping"
}
],
"kind" : "logical",
"abstract" : false,
"type" : "http://openehr.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/SECTION",
"baseDefinition" : "http://openehr.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/CONTENT-ITEM",
"derivation" : "specialization",
"snapshot" : {
"extension" : [
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/snapshot-base-version",
"valueString" : "0.1.0"
}
],
"element" : [
{
"id" : "SECTION",
"path" : "SECTION",
"short" : "Represents a heading in a heading structure, or section tree.",
"definition" : "Represents a heading in a heading structure, or section tree. Created according to archetyped structures for typical headings such as SOAP, physical examination, but also pathology result heading structures. Should not be used instead of `ENTRY` hierarchical structures. \n",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*",
"base" : {
"path" : "Base",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*"
},
"constraint" : [
{
"key" : "Links_valid",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "Links valid must be present",
"expression" : "links.exists() implies links.empty().not()",
"source" : "http://openehr.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/LOCATABLE"
},
{
"key" : "Archetyped_valid",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "Archetyped valid must satisfy exclusive conditions",
"expression" : "is_archetype_root() xor archetype_details .empty()",
"source" : "http://openehr.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/LOCATABLE"
},
{
"key" : "Archetype_node_id_valid",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "Archetype node id valid must not be empty",
"expression" : "archetype_node_id.empty().not()",
"source" : "http://openehr.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/LOCATABLE"
},
{
"key" : "Items_valid",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "Items valid must be present",
"expression" : "items.exists() implies items.empty().not()"
}
],
"isModifier" : false,
"mapping" : [
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "n/a"
}
]
},
{
"id" : "SECTION.name",
"path" : "SECTION.name",
"short" : "Runtime name of this fragment, used to build runtime paths.",
"definition" : "Runtime name of this fragment, used to build runtime paths. This is the term provided via a clinical application or batch process to name this EHR construct: its retention in the EHR faithfully preserves the original label by which this entry was known to end users.",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "LOCATABLE.name",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "http://openehr.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DV-TEXT"
}
],
"isModifier" : false
},
{
"id" : "SECTION.archetype-node-id",
"path" : "SECTION.archetype_node_id",
"short" : "Design-time archetype identifier of this node taken from its generating archetype; used to build archetype paths.",
"definition" : "Design-time archetype identifier of this node taken from its generating archetype; used to build archetype paths. Always in the form of an at-code, e.g. `at0005`. This value enables a 'standardised' name for this node to be generated, by referring to the generating archetype local terminology. \n\nAt an archetype root point, the value of this attribute is always the stringified form of the `_archetype_id_` found in the `_archetype_details_` object.",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "LOCATABLE.archetype_node_id",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "string"
}
],
"isModifier" : false
},
{
"id" : "SECTION.uid",
"path" : "SECTION.uid",
"short" : "Optional globally unique object identifier for root points of archetyped structures.",
"definition" : "Optional globally unique object identifier for root points of archetyped structures.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "LOCATABLE.uid",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "http://openehr.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/UID-BASED-ID"
}
],
"isModifier" : false
},
{
"id" : "SECTION.links",
"path" : "SECTION.links",
"short" : "Links to other archetyped structures (data whose root object inherits from `ARCHETYPED`, such as `ENTRY`, `SECTION` and so on).",
"definition" : "Links to other archetyped structures (data whose root object inherits from `ARCHETYPED`, such as `ENTRY`, `SECTION` and so on). Links may be to structures in other compositions.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*",
"base" : {
"path" : "LOCATABLE.links",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "http://openehr.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/LINK"
}
],
"isModifier" : false
},
{
"id" : "SECTION.archetype-details",
"path" : "SECTION.archetype_details",
"short" : "Details of archetyping used on this node.",
"definition" : "Details of archetyping used on this node.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "LOCATABLE.archetype_details",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "http://openehr.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ARCHETYPED"
}
],
"isModifier" : false
},
{
"id" : "SECTION.feeder-audit",
"path" : "SECTION.feeder_audit",
"short" : "Audit trail from non-openEHR system of original commit of information forming the content of this node, or from a conversion gateway which has synthesised this node.",
"definition" : "Audit trail from non-openEHR system of original commit of information forming the content of this node, or from a conversion gateway which has synthesised this node.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "LOCATABLE.feeder_audit",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "http://openehr.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/FEEDER-AUDIT"
}
],
"isModifier" : false
},
{
"id" : "SECTION.items",
"path" : "SECTION.items",
"short" : "Ordered list of content items under this section, which may include:\n\n* more `SECTIONs`;\n* `ENTRYs`.",
"definition" : "Ordered list of content items under this section, which may include:\n\n* more `SECTIONs`;\n* `ENTRYs`.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*",
"base" : {
"path" : "SECTION.items",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "http://openehr.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/CONTENT-ITEM"
}
],
"isModifier" : false
}
]
},
"differential" : {
"element" : [
{
"id" : "SECTION",
"path" : "SECTION",
"short" : "Represents a heading in a heading structure, or section tree.",
"definition" : "Represents a heading in a heading structure, or section tree. Created according to archetyped structures for typical headings such as SOAP, physical examination, but also pathology result heading structures. Should not be used instead of `ENTRY` hierarchical structures. \n",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*",
"constraint" : [
{
"key" : "Items_valid",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "Items valid must be present",
"expression" : "items.exists() implies items.empty().not()"
}
],
"isModifier" : false
},
{
"id" : "SECTION.items",
"path" : "SECTION.items",
"short" : "Ordered list of content items under this section, which may include:\n\n* more `SECTIONs`;\n* `ENTRYs`.",
"definition" : "Ordered list of content items under this section, which may include:\n\n* more `SECTIONs`;\n* `ENTRYs`.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*",
"type" : [
{
"code" : "http://openehr.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/CONTENT-ITEM"
}
],
"isModifier" : false
}
]
}
}