Clinical Document Architecture
2.0.0-sd - release

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Data Type Profile: st - XML Profile

Active as of 2024-05-17

XML representation of the st-simple data type profile.

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<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="st-simple"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p>Primitive type 'st'</p>
    </div>
  </text>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/xml-namespace">
    <valueUri value="urn:hl7-org:v3"/>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/logical-container">
    <valueUri
              value="http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/ClinicalDocument"/>
  </extension>
  <extension
             url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-type-characteristics">
    <valueCode value="can-bind"/>
  </extension>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/st-simple"/>
  <version value="2.0.0-sd"/>
  <name value="st"/>
  <title value="st: Character String"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2024-05-17T05:57:28+10:00"/>
  <publisher value="Health Level 7"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="HL7 International - Structured Documents"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/structure"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="structdog@lists.HL7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="The character string data type stands for text data, primarily intended for machine processing (e.g. sorting, querying, indexing, etc.) Used for names, symbols, and formal expressions."/>
  <fhirVersion value="5.0.0"/>
  <kind value="primitive-type"/>
  <abstract value="false"/>
  <type value="string"/>
  <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/string"/>
  <derivation value="constraint"/>
  <snapshot>
    <element id="string">
      <path value="string"/>
      <short value="Primitive Type string"/>
      <definition value="A sequence of Unicode characters"/>
      <comment
               value="Note that FHIR strings SHALL NOT exceed 1,048,576 (1024*1024) characters in size"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="string"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression
                    value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="string.id">
      <path value="string.id"/>
      <representation value="xmlAttr"/>
      <short value="xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)"/>
      <definition
                  value="unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references)"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="0"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Element.id"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <extension
                   url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
          <valueUrl value="string"/>
        </extension>
        <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/>
      </type>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="string.extension">
      <path value="string.extension"/>
      <short value="Extension"/>
      <definition value="An Extension"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="0"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Element.extension"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Extension"/>
      </type>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression
                    value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ext-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="Must have either extensions or value[x], not both"/>
        <expression value="extension.exists() != value.exists()"/>
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"/>
      </constraint>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
    </element>
    <element id="string.value">
      <path value="string.value"/>
      <representation value="xmlAttr"/>
      <short value="Primitive value for string"/>
      <definition value="The actual value"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="string.value"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <extension
                   url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
          <valueUrl value="string"/>
        </extension>
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/regex">
          <valueString value="^[\s\S]+$"/>
        </extension>
        <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/>
      </type>
      <maxLength value="1048576"/>
      <isModifier value="false"/>
      <isSummary value="false"/>
    </element>
  </snapshot>
  <differential>
    <element id="string.id">
      <path value="string.id"/>
      <max value="0"/>
    </element>
    <element id="string.extension">
      <path value="string.extension"/>
      <max value="0"/>
    </element>
  </differential>
</StructureDefinition>