STU 3 Candidate

This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v1.4.0: STU 3 Ballot 3). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions . Page versions: R3 R2

Extension-valueset-comments.json

Raw JSON (canonical form)

Comment about the use of this code in this context

{
  "resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
  "id": "valueset-comments",
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments",
  "name": "Comment about the use of this code in this context",
  "display": "Comment",
  "status": "draft",
  "publisher": "HL7",
  "date": "2016-03-31T08:01:25+11:00",
  "description": "A comment that explains how this code is used in this context (where the value set is expected to be used).",
  "fhirVersion": "1.4.0",
  "kind": "datatype",
  "abstract": false,
  "contextType": "resource",
  "context": [
    "ValueSet.compose.include.concept"
  ],
  "baseType": "Extension",
  "baseDefinition": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
  "derivation": "constraint",
  "snapshot": {
    "element": [
      {
        "path": "Extension",
        "short": "Comment about the use of this code in this context",
        "definition": "A comment that explains how this code is used in this context (where the value set is expected to be used).",
        "comments": "This is used in various FHIR value sets to make comments on how particular codes are used when the formal definition is a little abstract or vague, but it's not clear whether it belongs in the actual value set resource.",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension",
          "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",
        "base": {
          "path": "Element.id",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "*"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "id"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "n/a"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension",
        "name": "extension",
        "short": "Extension",
        "definition": "An Extension",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "0",
        "base": {
          "path": "Element.extension",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "*"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "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",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension.url",
          "min": 1,
          "max": "1"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          }
        ],
        "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments",
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "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": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension.value[x]",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "1"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "differential": {
    "element": [
      {
        "path": "Extension",
        "short": "Comment about the use of this code in this context",
        "definition": "A comment that explains how this code is used in this context (where the value set is expected to be used).",
        "comments": "This is used in various FHIR value sets to make comments on how particular codes are used when the formal definition is a little abstract or vague, but it's not clear whether it belongs in the actual value set resource.",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ],
        "isModifier": false
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension",
        "name": "extension",
        "max": "0"
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.url",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          }
        ],
        "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-comments"
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.value[x]",
        "min": 1,
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

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.