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Active as of 2024-05-17 |
JSON representation of the Entity logical model.
{
"resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
"id" : "Entity",
"text" : {
"status" : "generated",
"div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">\n <p>A physical thing, group of physical things or an organization capable of participating in Acts while in a role.</p>\n <p>An entity is a physical object that has, had or will have existence. The only exception to this is Organization, which while not having a physical presence, fulfills the other characteristics of an Entity. Entity stipulates the thing itself, not the Roles it may play: the Role of Patient, e.g., is played by the Person Entity.</p>\n <p>Living subjects (including human beings), organizations, materials, places and their specializations.</p>\n </div>"
},
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}
]
}
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},
{
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"valueString" : "entity"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/logical-container",
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},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/type-profile-style",
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}
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"version" : "2.0.0-sd",
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"title" : "Entity (CDA Class)",
"status" : "active",
"experimental" : false,
"date" : "2024-05-17T05:57:28+10:00",
"publisher" : "Health Level 7",
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{
"name" : "HL7 International - Structured Documents",
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},
{
"system" : "email",
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}
]
}
],
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"name" : "RIM Mapping"
}
],
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},
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},
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"xmlAttr"
],
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},
"type" : [
{
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🔗 "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/cs-simple"
]
}
],
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}
},
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},
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}
]
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}
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"xmlAttr"
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},
"type" : [
{
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]
}
],
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}
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{
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"xmlAttr"
],
"label" : "Assigning Authority Name",
"definition" : "A human readable name or mnemonic for the assigning authority. The Assigning Authority Name has no computational value. The purpose of a Assigning Authority Name is to assist an unaided human interpreter of an II value to interpret the authority. Note: no automated processing must depend on the assigning authority name to be present in any form.",
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{
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🔗 "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/st-simple"
]
}
]
},
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"xmlAttr"
],
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"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
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🔗 "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/bl-simple"
]
}
]
},
{
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"xmlAttr"
],
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"max" : "1",
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"min" : 0,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "string",
"profile" : [
🔗 "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/oid"🔗 ,
"http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/uuid"🔗 ,
"http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/ruid"
]
}
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},
{
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"path" : "Entity.typeId.extension",
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"xmlAttr"
],
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"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "string",
"profile" : [
🔗 "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/st-simple"
]
}
]
},
{
"id" : "Entity.templateId",
"path" : "Entity.templateId",
"definition" : "When valued in an instance, this attribute signals the imposition of a set of template-defined constraints. The value of this attribute provides a unique identifier for the templates in question",
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"max" : "*"
},
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}
]
},
{
"id" : "Entity.classCode",
"path" : "Entity.classCode",
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"xmlAttr"
],
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"max" : "1",
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"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
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"profile" : [
🔗 "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/cs-simple"
]
}
],
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"valueSet" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-EntityClassRoot"
}
},
{
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"path" : "Entity.determinerCode",
"representation" : [
"xmlAttr"
],
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"max" : "1",
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"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [
{
"code" : "code",
"profile" : [
🔗 "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/cs-simple"
]
}
],
"fixedCode" : "INSTANCE",
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"valueSet" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-EntityDeterminer"
}
},
{
"id" : "Entity.id",
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"max" : "*",
"base" : {
"path" : "Entity.id",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*"
},
"type" : [
{
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}
]
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"max" : "1"
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}
],
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}
},
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"path" : "Entity.desc",
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"max" : "1"
},
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}
]
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{
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}
],
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},
{
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]
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],
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}
},
{
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}
}