<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"><id value="Element"/><text><status value="generated"/><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><table style="border: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top;" cellpadding="0" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align: top;"><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a title="The logical name of the element" href="formats.html#table">Name</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a title="Information about the use of the element" href="formats.html#table">Flags</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a title="Minimum and Maximum # of times the the element can appear in the instance" href="formats.html#table">Card.</a></th><th style="width: 100px" class="hierarchy"><a title="Reference to the type of the element" href="formats.html#table">Type</a></th><th style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a title="Additional information about the element" href="formats.html#table">Description &amp; Constraints</a><span style="float: right"><a title="Legend for this format" href="formats.html#table"><img style="background-color: inherit" alt="doco" src="help16.png"/></a></span></th></tr><tr style="border: 0px; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data: image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAL0lEQVR42u3XsQ0AQAgCQHdl/xn8jxvYWB3JlTR0VJLa+OltBwAAYP6EEQAAgCsPVYVAgIJrA/sAAAAASUVORK5CYII=)" class="hierarchy"><img style="background-color: inherit" alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data: image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAAWCAYAAAABxvaqAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzIs1vtcMQAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAAE0lEQVQI12P4//8/AxMDAwNdCABMPwMo2ctnoQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=="/><img title="Element" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data: image/png;base64,R0lGODlhEAAQAMQfAOvGUf7ztuvPMf/78/fkl/Pbg+u8Rvjqteu2Pf3zxPz36Pz0z+vTmPzurPvuw/npofbjquvNefHVduuyN+uuMu3Oafbgjfnqvf/3zv/3xevPi+vRjP/20/bmsP///////yH5BAEAAB8ALAAAAAAQABAAAAV24CeOZGmepqeqqOgxjBZFa+19r4ftWQUAgqDgltthMshMIJAZ4jYDHsBARSAmFOJvq+g6HIdEFgcYmBWNxoNAsDjGHgBnmV5bCoUDHLBIq9sFEhIdcAYJdYASFRUQhQkLCwkOFwcdEBAXhVabE52ecDahKy0oIQA7"/> <a title="Element : Base definition for all elements in a resource." href="element-definitions.html#Element">Element</a><a name="Element"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><span title="This element has or is affected by some invariants">I</span></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="element.html">Element</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Base for all elements<br/><span title="ele-1" style="font-style: italic">All FHIR elements must have a @value or children</span></td></tr>
<tr style="border: 0px; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data: image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAL0lEQVR42u3XsQ0AQAgCQHdl/xn8jxvYWB3JlTR0VJLa+OltBwAAYP6EEQAAgCsPVYVAgIJrA/sAAAAASUVORK5CYII=)" class="hierarchy"><img style="background-color: inherit" alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data: image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAAWCAYAAAABxvaqAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzIs1vtcMQAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAAE0lEQVQI12P4//8/AxMDAwNdCABMPwMo2ctnoQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=="/><img style="background-color: inherit" alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data: image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAWCAYAAADJqhx8AAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzI3XJ6V3QAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAANklEQVQ4y+2RsQ0AIAzDav7/2VzQwoCY4iWbZSmo1QGoUgNMghvWaIejPQW/CrrNCylIwcOCDYfLNRcNer4SAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"/><img title="Primitive Data Type" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data: image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAABmJLR0QA/wD/AP+gvaeTAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3gYBFzI0BrFQCwAAAERJREFUOMtj/P//PwMlgImBQjDwBrCcOnWKokBgYWBgYDCU+06W5i8MUggvnH/EOVJjAW4AuQHJ+O75LYqikXE0LzAAALePEntTkEoSAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"/> <a title="Element.id : unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references)." href="element-definitions.html#Element.id">id</a><a name="Element.id"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..1</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="datatypes.html#id">id</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)</td></tr>
<tr style="border: 0px; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color: white;"><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data: image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAI0lEQVR42u3QIQEAAAACIL/6/4MvTAQOkLYBAAB4kAAAANwMad9AqkRjgNAAAAAASUVORK5CYII=)" class="hierarchy"><img style="background-color: inherit" alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data: image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAAWCAYAAAABxvaqAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzIs1vtcMQAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAAE0lEQVQI12P4//8/AxMDAwNdCABMPwMo2ctnoQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=="/><img style="background-color: inherit" alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data: image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAWCAYAAADJqhx8AAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH3wYeFzME+lXFigAAAB1pVFh0Q29tbWVudAAAAAAAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIEdJTVBkLmUHAAAANklEQVQ4y+3OsRUAIAjEUOL+O8cJABttJM11/x1qZAGqRBEVcNIqdWj1efDqQbb3HwwwwEfABmQUHSPM9dtDAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"/><img title="Extension" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data: image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAABGdBTUEAAK/INwWK6QAAABl0RVh0U29mdHdhcmUAQWRvYmUgSW1hZ2VSZWFkeXHJZTwAAADdSURBVDjLY/j//z8DJZhhmBvw41KQ07dzbk5kG/Dtgu/Jb2fsT5JkwI+bqZw/rsfYA21v+XE97f+PS5H/vx5Ra/98QN7+824ZTiIMSJr580bW/x+3iv//etD9/+fdpv/fzwX+/3LY6P/n7TIzCRtwPYYZaPvGH7dKgAb0AA1o/v/tQsh/oO0bP26TZiYqDIB+1/1+wef/z3vN/3/erPr/5aAOyHZdogMRGPIe38/7gvz+Gej3z18OG/8H2u5BvAFn7GO/Htdv/3pAQejzXjkhoO3tH7dIxY7EpEwMBgAr6O5Q8udliwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=="/> <a title="Element.extension : May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance  applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension." href="element-definitions.html#Element.extension">extension</a><a name="Element.extension"> </a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"/><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">0..*</td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy"><a href="extensibility.html#Extension">Extension</a></td><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px" class="hierarchy">Additional Content defined by implementations</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="5" class="hierarchy"><br/><a title="Legend for this format" href="formats.html#table"><img style="background-color: inherit" alt="doco" src="help16.png"/> Documentation for this format</a></td></tr></table></div></text><url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/><name value="Element"/><status value="draft"/><publisher value="HL7 FHIR Standard"/><contact><telecom><system value="other"/><value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/></telecom></contact><date value="2015-12-03T09:57:31+11:00"/><description value="Base StructureDefinition for Element Type"/><fhirVersion value="1.1.0"/><mapping><identity value="rim"/><uri value="http://hl7.org/v3"/><name value="RIM"/></mapping><kind value="datatype"/><abstract value="true"/><snapshot><element><path value="Element"/><short value="Base for all elements"/><definition value="Base definition for all elements in a resource."/><min value="0"/><max value="*"/><condition value="ele-1"/><constraint><extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-expression"><valueString value="*"/></extension><key value="ele-1"/><severity value="error"/><human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/><xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/></constraint><mapping><identity value="rim"/><map value="n/a"/></mapping></element><element><path value="Element.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="1"/><type><code value="id"/></type><mapping><identity value="rim"/><map value="n/a"/></mapping></element><element><path value="Element.extension"/><short value="Additional Content defined by implementations"/><definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance  applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension."/><comments value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/><alias value="extensions"/><alias value="user content"/><min value="0"/><max value="*"/><type><code value="Extension"/></type><mapping><identity value="rim"/><map value="n/a"/></mapping></element></snapshot><differential><element><path value="Element"/><short value="Base for all elements"/><definition value="Base definition for all elements in a resource."/><min value="0"/><max value="*"/><condition value="ele-1"/><constraint><extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-expression"><valueString value="*"/></extension><key value="ele-1"/><severity value="error"/><human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/><xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/></constraint><mapping><identity value="rim"/><map value="n/a"/></mapping></element><element><path value="Element.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="1"/><type><code value="id"/></type><mapping><identity value="rim"/><map value="n/a"/></mapping></element><element><path value="Element.extension"/><short value="Additional Content defined by implementations"/><definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance  applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension."/><comments value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/><alias value="extensions"/><alias value="user content"/><min value="0"/><max value="*"/><type><code value="Extension"/></type><mapping><identity value="rim"/><map value="n/a"/></mapping></element></differential></StructureDefinition>