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Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the Schedule resource.
| Schedule | |
| Definition | A container for slot(s) of time that may be available for booking appointments. | 
| Control | 1..1 | 
| Alternate Names | Availability | 
| Schedule.identifier | |
| Definition | External Ids for this item. | 
| Note | This is a business identifer, not a resource identifier (see discussion) | 
| Control | 0..* | 
| Type | Identifier | 
| Summary | true | 
| Schedule.type | |
| Definition | The schedule type can be used for the categorization of healthcare services or other appointment types. | 
| Control | 0..* | 
| Binding | DocumentC80PracticeSetting: Preferred: See http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/c80-practice-codes (Additional details about where the content was created (e.g. clinical specialty)) | 
| Type | CodeableConcept | 
| Schedule.actor | |
| Definition | The resource this Schedule resource is providing availability information for. These are expected to usually be one of HealthcareService, Location, Practitioner, Device, Patient or RelatedPerson. | 
| Control | 1..1 | 
| Type | Reference(Any) | 
| Summary | true | 
| Schedule.planningHorizon | |
| Definition | The period of time that the slots that are attached to this Schedule resource cover (even if none exist). These cover the amount of time that an organization's planning horizon; the interval for which they are currently accepting appointments. This does not define a "template" for planning outside these dates. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | Period | 
| Summary | true | 
| Schedule.comment | |
| Definition | Comments on the availability to describe any extended information. Such as custom constraints on the slot(s) that may be associated. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | string |