FHIR Release 3 (STU) 5 Preview #3
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Extension: identifier

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group   Maturity Level : 1 Informative Use Context : Any

URL for this extension: 


http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-identifier

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven, Inc. - FHIR Core WG

External Identifiers associated with this element - these are identifiers that are associated with the concept this element represents.

Context of Use: Use on data type: Element ID ElementDefinition

usage info: insert a list of places where this extension is used

Extension Content

Summary

Name Flags Card. Type Description & Constraints doco
. . extension identifier 0..* Identifier URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-identifier
identifier: External Identifiers associated with this element - these are identifiers that are associated with the concept this element represents.


Use on data type: Element ID ElementDefinition

doco Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name Flags Card. Type Description & Constraints doco
. . extension 0..* Extension URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-identifier
identifier: External Identifiers associated with this element - these are identifiers that are associated with the concept this element represents.


Use on data type: Element ID ElementDefinition
. . . extension 0..0
. . . url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-identifier"
. . valueIdentifier . value[x] 0..1 1..1 Identifier Value of extension

doco Documentation for this format

XML Template 

<!-- identifier -->doco
<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-identifier" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <</valueIdentifier>

 <valueIdentifier><!-- ?? 1..1 Identifier Value of extension --></valueIdentifier>

</extension>

JSON Template 

{ // identifier
  // from Element: extension
    "
    ],

    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]

    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-identifier", // R! 
    "

    "valueIdentifier" : { Identifier } // C? R! Value of extension

  }

Summary

Name Flags Card. Type Description & Constraints doco
. . extension identifier 0..* Identifier URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-identifier
identifier: External Identifiers associated with this element - these are identifiers that are associated with the concept this element represents.


Use on data type: Element ID ElementDefinition

doco Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name Flags Card. Type Description & Constraints doco
. . extension 0..* Extension URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-identifier
identifier: External Identifiers associated with this element - these are identifiers that are associated with the concept this element represents.


Use on data type: Element ID ElementDefinition
. . . extension 0..0
. . . url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-identifier"
. . valueIdentifier . value[x] 0..1 1..1 Identifier Value of extension

doco Documentation for this format

XML Template 

<!-- identifier -->doco
<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-identifier" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <</valueIdentifier>

 <valueIdentifier><!-- ?? 1..1 Identifier Value of extension --></valueIdentifier>

</extension>

JSON Template 

{ // identifier
  // from Element: extension
    "
    ],

    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]

    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-identifier", // R! 
    "

    "valueIdentifier" : { Identifier } // C? R! Value of extension

  }

 

Constraints

  • ele-1 : All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath: @value|f:*|h:div )
  • ext-1 : Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')]) )
  • ele-1 : On Extension.extension: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.extension: @value|f:*|h:div )
  • ext-1 : On Extension.extension: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath on Extension.extension: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), "value")]) )
  • ele-1 : On Extension.value[x]: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.value[x]: @value|f:*|h:div )