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# DocumentConformance

A conformance statement about how one or more FHIR documents.

The relative url is /documentconformances

## Content

    <DocumentConformance xmlns="http://www.hl7.org/fhir">
      <id> mand id ConformanceStatement Id (UUID)</id>
      <date> mand dateTime Publication Date</date>
      <publisher> mand
       <name> mand string Publishing Organization</name>
       <address> opt Zero+ Address Address of Organization</address>
       <contact> opt Zero+ Contact Contacts for Organization</contact>
      </publisher>
      <software> opt  <!-- If this is for an application -->
       <name> mand string Name software is known by</name>
       <version> mand string Version covered by this statement</version>
       <releaseDate> opt dateTime Date this version released</releaseDate>
      </software>
      <profile> opt Zero+ uri other profiles that apply (i.e. code binding rules)</profile>
      <document> mand  <!-- One+ document definition -->
       <name> mand string Name for this particular document profile</name>
       <purpose> opt string Human description of this particular profile</purpose>
       <resource> mand One+ Constraint Constraint on a resource used in the document</resource>
      </document>
      <extensions> opt See Extensions   See Extensions </extensions>
      <text> mand Narrative Text summary of conformance profile for human interpretation</text>
    </DocumentConformance>

Schema for DocumentConformance and an example (or formatted for browser)

Notes:

- Document profile names are not used elsewhere in this specification - they are for human consumption
- For each document profile, multiple resources will need to be profiled. The document resource must always come first
- Ideally, the criteria in different document profile should be able to distinguish between multiple document profiles, so that there is no ambiguity concerning which profile any given document conforms to. However this is not always possible

## Formal Definitions

The formal definitions for the elements above. Also available as an XML file.

DocumentConformance
Definition | A conformance statement about how one or more FHIR documents
Control | Mandatory, 1..1
DocumentConformance.id
Definition | Globally unique Conformance Statement Id (Must be a UUID)
Control | Mandatory, 1..1
Type | id
DocumentConformance.date
Definition | Date that this conformance statement is published
Control | Mandatory, 1..1
Type | dateTime
DocumentConformance.publisher
Definition | The organization that publishes this conformance statement
Control | Mandatory, 1..1
DocumentConformance.publisher.name
Definition | Name of Organization
Control | Mandatory, 1..1
Type | string
DocumentConformance.publisher.address
Definition | Address of Organization
Control | Optional, 0..*
Type | Address
DocumentConformance.publisher.contact
Definition | Contacts for Organization
Control | Optional, 0..*
Type | Contact
DocumentConformance.software
Definition | The software that is covered by this conformance statement
Control | Optional, 0..1
DocumentConformance.software.name
Definition | Name software is known by
Control | Mandatory, 1..1
Type | string
DocumentConformance.software.version
Definition | Version covered by this statement
Control | Mandatory, 1..1
Type | string
DocumentConformance.software.releaseDate
Definition | Date this version released
Control | Optional, 0..1
Type | dateTime
DocumentConformance.profile
Definition | Additional other profiles that apply to this conformance statement.
Control | Optional, 0..*
Type | uri
Comments | Generally these profiles make constraints on the bindings of concept domains / value sets
DocumentConformance.document
Definition | A document definition
Control | Mandatory, 1..*
DocumentConformance.document.name
Definition | Name for this particular document profile
Control | Mandatory, 1..1
Type | string
DocumentConformance.document.purpose
Definition | Human description of this particular profile
Control | Optional, 0..1
Type | string
DocumentConformance.document.resource
Definition | Constraint on a resource used in the document
Control | Mandatory, 1..*
Type | Constraint
Comments | The first resource is the document resource
DocumentConformance.extensions
Definition | See Extensions
Control | Optional, 0..1
DocumentConformance.text
Definition | Text summary of conformance profile for human interpretation
Control | Mandatory, 1..1
Type | Narrative

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