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Alternative names
<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="valueset-otherName"/> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-otherName"/> <name value="Alternative names"/> <status value="draft"/> <publisher value="HL7"/> <date value="2015-12-11T17:38:40+11:00"/> <description value="Human readable names for the valueset."/> <fhirVersion value="1.2.0"/> <kind value="datatype"/> <constrainedType value="Extension"/> <abstract value="false"/> <contextType value="resource"/> <context value="ValueSet"/> <base value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"/> <snapshot> <element> <path value="Extension"/> <short value="Alternative names"/> <definition value="Human readable names for the valueset."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <base> <path value="Extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> <isModifier value="false"/> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.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"/> <base> <path value="Extension.id"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> </base> <type> <code value="id"/> </type> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="n/a"/> </mapping> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <slicing> <discriminator value="url"/> <ordered value="false"/> <rules value="open"/> </slicing> <short value="Extension"/> <definition value="An Extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <base> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <name value="name"/> <short value="Human readable, short and specific"/> <definition value="This name is intended to be human readable, short and as specific as possible and to convey the purpose of the value set. It is considered to be the name of the value set."/> <comments value="This need not be unique. However some use cases require uniqueness within a namespace and therefore best practice would be to make the name unique."/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> <isModifier value="false"/> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension.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"/> <base> <path value="Extension.id"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> </base> <type> <code value="id"/> </type> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="n/a"/> </mapping> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension.extension"/> <name value="extension"/> <short value="Extension"/> <definition value="An Extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="0"/> <base> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension.url"/> <representation value="xmlAttr"/> <short value="identifies the meaning of the extension"/> <definition value="Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL."/> <comments value="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 value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Extension.url"/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> </base> <type> <code value="uri"/> </type> <fixedUri value="name"/> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A"/> </mapping> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension.valueString"/> <short value="Value of extension"/> <definition value="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 value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Extension.value[x]"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> </base> <type> <code value="string"/> </type> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A"/> </mapping> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <name value="preferred"/> <short value="Which name is preferred for this language"/> <definition value="Flag that this Name in this Name Language is the preferred human-readable signifier in this language."/> <comments value="There may be multiple human readable names in a given language, and this flag indicates which of them is preferred for the given language."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> <isModifier value="false"/> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension.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"/> <base> <path value="Extension.id"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> </base> <type> <code value="id"/> </type> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="n/a"/> </mapping> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension.extension"/> <name value="extension"/> <short value="Extension"/> <definition value="An Extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="0"/> <base> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension.url"/> <representation value="xmlAttr"/> <short value="identifies the meaning of the extension"/> <definition value="Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL."/> <comments value="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 value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Extension.url"/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> </base> <type> <code value="uri"/> </type> <fixedUri value="preferred"/> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A"/> </mapping> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension.valueBoolean"/> <short value="Value of extension"/> <definition value="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 value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Extension.value[x]"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> </base> <type> <code value="boolean"/> </type> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A"/> </mapping> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.url"/> <representation value="xmlAttr"/> <short value="identifies the meaning of the extension"/> <definition value="Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL."/> <comments value="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 value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Extension.url"/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> </base> <type> <code value="uri"/> </type> <fixedUri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-otherName"/> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A"/> </mapping> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.value[x]"/> <short value="Value of extension"/> <definition value="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 value="0"/> <max value="0"/> <base> <path value="Extension.value[x]"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> </base> <type> <code value="boolean"/> </type> <type> <code value="integer"/> </type> <type> <code value="decimal"/> </type> <type> <code value="base64Binary"/> </type> <type> <code value="instant"/> </type> <type> <code value="string"/> </type> <type> <code value="uri"/> </type> <type> <code value="date"/> </type> <type> <code value="dateTime"/> </type> <type> <code value="time"/> </type> <type> <code value="code"/> </type> <type> <code value="oid"/> </type> <type> <code value="id"/> </type> <type> <code value="unsignedInt"/> </type> <type> <code value="positiveInt"/> </type> <type> <code value="markdown"/> </type> <type> <code value="Annotation"/> </type> <type> <code value="Attachment"/> </type> <type> <code value="Identifier"/> </type> <type> <code value="CodeableConcept"/> </type> <type> <code value="Coding"/> </type> <type> <code value="Quantity"/> </type> <type> <code value="Range"/> </type> <type> <code value="Period"/> </type> <type> <code value="Ratio"/> </type> <type> <code value="SampledData"/> </type> <type> <code value="Signature"/> </type> <type> <code value="HumanName"/> </type> <type> <code value="Address"/> </type> <type> <code value="ContactPoint"/> </type> <type> <code value="Timing"/> </type> <type> <code value="Reference"/> </type> <type> <code value="Meta"/> </type> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A"/> </mapping> </element> </snapshot> <differential> <element> <path value="Extension"/> <short value="Alternative names"/> <definition value="Human readable names for the valueset."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> <isModifier value="false"/> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <name value="name"/> <short value="Human readable, short and specific"/> <definition value="This name is intended to be human readable, short and as specific as possible and to convey the purpose of the value set. It is considered to be the name of the value set."/> <comments value="This need not be unique. However some use cases require uniqueness within a namespace and therefore best practice would be to make the name unique."/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> <isModifier value="false"/> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension.extension"/> <name value="extension"/> <max value="0"/> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension.url"/> <type> <code value="uri"/> </type> <fixedUri value="name"/> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension.value[x]"/> <min value="1"/> <type> <code value="string"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <name value="preferred"/> <short value="Which name is preferred for this language"/> <definition value="Flag that this Name in this Name Language is the preferred human-readable signifier in this language."/> <comments value="There may be multiple human readable names in a given language, and this flag indicates which of them is preferred for the given language."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> <isModifier value="false"/> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension.extension"/> <name value="extension"/> <max value="0"/> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension.url"/> <type> <code value="uri"/> </type> <fixedUri value="preferred"/> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.extension.value[x]"/> <min value="1"/> <type> <code value="boolean"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.url"/> <type> <code value="uri"/> </type> <fixedUri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-otherName"/> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.value[x]"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="0"/> </element> </differential> </StructureDefinition>
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.