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FHIR Infrastructure Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Ballot Status: DSTU 2 |
Extension | |
Definition | Optional Extensions Element - found in all resources. |
Control | 1..1 |
Requirements | The ability to add extensions in a structured way is what keeps FHIR resources simple. |
Extension.url | |
Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL. |
Control | 1..1 |
Type | uri |
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 #. |
Extension.value[x] | |
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). |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | * |
[x] Note | See Choice of Data Types for further information about how to use [x] |