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Extension-valueset-usage.json

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Who has used and how?

{
  "resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
  "id": "valueset-usage",
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-usage",
  "name": "Who has used and how?",
  "publisher": "HL7",
  "description": "Consumers of the value set and the implementations, projects or standards that the author has utilized the value set in.",
  "status": "draft",
  "date": "2015-04-03T14:24:32+11:00",
  "type": "extension",
  "abstract": false,
  "contextType": "resource",
  "context": [
    "ValueSet"
  ],
  "base": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
  "snapshot": {
    "element": [
      {
        "path": "Extension",
        "short": "Who has used and how?",
        "definition": "Consumers of the value set and the implementations, projects or standards that the author has utilized the value set in.",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "*",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ],
        "isModifier": false
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.id",
        "representation": [
          "xmlAttr"
        ],
        "short": "xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)",
        "definition": "unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references).",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "id"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "n/a"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension",
        "slicing": {
          "discriminator": [
            "url"
          ],
          "ordered": true,
          "rules": "openAtEnd"
        },
        "short": "Additional Content defined by implementations",
        "definition": "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": "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": [
          "extensions",
          "user content"
        ],
        "min": 0,
        "max": "*",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "n/a"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension",
        "name": "user",
        "short": "A consumer of or client for the value set",
        "definition": "This is most likely to be an organization but can be an individual. It would not be a program, that information should be recorded in the usage.use.",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ],
        "isModifier": false
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension.id",
        "representation": [
          "xmlAttr"
        ],
        "short": "xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)",
        "definition": "unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references).",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "id"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "n/a"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension.extension",
        "short": "Additional Content defined by implementations",
        "definition": "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": "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": [
          "extensions",
          "user content"
        ],
        "min": 0,
        "max": "*",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "n/a"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension.url",
        "representation": [
          "xmlAttr"
        ],
        "short": "identifies the meaning of the extension",
        "definition": "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
        "comments": "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition should be version specific.  This will ideally be the URI for the Resource Profile defining the extension, with the code for the extension after a #.",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          }
        ],
        "fixedUri": "user",
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension.valueString",
        "short": "Value of extension",
        "definition": "Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension",
        "name": "use",
        "short": "Implementation/project/standard that uses value set",
        "definition": "A descriptive name of the project or standard in which the value set is used.",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ],
        "isModifier": false
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension.id",
        "representation": [
          "xmlAttr"
        ],
        "short": "xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)",
        "definition": "unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references).",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "id"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "n/a"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension.extension",
        "short": "Additional Content defined by implementations",
        "definition": "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": "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": [
          "extensions",
          "user content"
        ],
        "min": 0,
        "max": "*",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "n/a"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension.url",
        "representation": [
          "xmlAttr"
        ],
        "short": "identifies the meaning of the extension",
        "definition": "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
        "comments": "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition should be version specific.  This will ideally be the URI for the Resource Profile defining the extension, with the code for the extension after a #.",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          }
        ],
        "fixedUri": "use",
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension.valueString",
        "short": "Value of extension",
        "definition": "Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.url",
        "representation": [
          "xmlAttr"
        ],
        "short": "identifies the meaning of the extension",
        "definition": "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
        "comments": "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition should be version specific.  This will ideally be the URI for the Resource Profile defining the extension, with the code for the extension after a #.",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          }
        ],
        "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-usage",
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.value[x]",
        "short": "Value of extension",
        "definition": "Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "0",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "*"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "differential": {
    "element": [
      {
        "path": "Extension",
        "short": "Who has used and how?",
        "definition": "Consumers of the value set and the implementations, projects or standards that the author has utilized the value set in.",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "*",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ],
        "isModifier": false
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension",
        "name": "user",
        "short": "A consumer of or client for the value set",
        "definition": "This is most likely to be an organization but can be an individual. It would not be a program, that information should be recorded in the usage.use.",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ],
        "isModifier": false
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension.url",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          }
        ],
        "fixedUri": "user"
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension.value[x]",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension",
        "name": "use",
        "short": "Implementation/project/standard that uses value set",
        "definition": "A descriptive name of the project or standard in which the value set is used.",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ],
        "isModifier": false
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension.url",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          }
        ],
        "fixedUri": "use"
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension.value[x]",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.url",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          }
        ],
        "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-usage"
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.value[x]",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "0"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.