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Human-specified notes and other documentation
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This may be any string value that does not contain spaces."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Element.id"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="string"/> </type> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="n/a"/> </mapping> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension"> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <slicing id="83"> <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="Element.extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:content"> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <name value="content"/> <short value="Remarks or other text"/> <definition value="Comments created about the value set."/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Element.extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> <isModifier value="false"/> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:content.id"> <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). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Element.id"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="string"/> </type> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="n/a"/> </mapping> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:content.extension:extension"> <path value="Extension.extension.extension"/> <name value="extension"/> <short value="Extension"/> <definition value="An Extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="0"/> <base> <path value="Element.extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:content.url"> <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 SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension."/> <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="content"/> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A"/> </mapping> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:content.valueString"> <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 id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:timestamp"> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <name value="timestamp"/> <short value="When the comment was created"/> <definition value="Time the comment was recorded."/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Element.extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> <isModifier value="false"/> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:timestamp.id"> <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). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Element.id"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="string"/> </type> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="n/a"/> </mapping> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:timestamp.extension:extension"> <path value="Extension.extension.extension"/> <name value="extension"/> <short value="Extension"/> <definition value="An Extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="0"/> <base> <path value="Element.extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:timestamp.url"> <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 SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension."/> <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="timestamp"/> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A"/> </mapping> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:timestamp.valueInstant"> <path value="Extension.extension.valueInstant"/> <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="instant"/> </type> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A"/> </mapping> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.url"> <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 SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension."/> <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/codesystem-comment"/> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A"/> </mapping> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.value[x]"> <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="base64Binary"/> </type> <type> <code value="boolean"/> </type> <type> <code value="code"/> </type> <type> <code value="date"/> </type> <type> <code value="dateTime"/> </type> <type> <code value="decimal"/> </type> <type> <code value="id"/> </type> <type> <code value="instant"/> </type> <type> <code value="integer"/> </type> <type> <code value="markdown"/> </type> <type> <code value="oid"/> </type> <type> <code value="positiveInt"/> </type> <type> <code value="string"/> </type> <type> <code value="time"/> </type> <type> <code value="unsignedInt"/> </type> <type> <code value="uri"/> </type> <type> <code value="Address"/> </type> <type> <code value="Age"/> </type> <type> <code value="Annotation"/> </type> <type> <code value="Attachment"/> </type> <type> <code value="CodeableConcept"/> </type> <type> <code value="Coding"/> </type> <type> <code value="ContactPoint"/> </type> <type> <code value="Count"/> </type> <type> <code value="Distance"/> </type> <type> <code value="Duration"/> </type> <type> <code value="HumanName"/> </type> <type> <code value="Identifier"/> </type> <type> <code value="Money"/> </type> <type> <code value="Period"/> </type> <type> <code value="Quantity"/> </type> <type> <code value="Range"/> </type> <type> <code value="Ratio"/> </type> <type> <code value="Reference"/> </type> <type> <code value="SampledData"/> </type> <type> <code value="Signature"/> </type> <type> <code value="Timing"/> </type> <type> <code value="Meta"/> </type> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A"/> </mapping> </element> </snapshot> <differential> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation"> <path value="Extension"/> <short value="Human-specified notes and other documentation"/> <definition value="Each comment is a time-stamped entry of arbitrary length that is not editable except by anyone in the author group."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <isModifier value="false"/> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:content"> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <name value="content"/> <short value="Remarks or other text"/> <definition value="Comments created about the value set."/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> <isModifier value="false"/> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:content.extension:extension"> <path value="Extension.extension.extension"/> <name value="extension"/> <max value="0"/> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:content.url"> <path value="Extension.extension.url"/> <type> <code value="uri"/> </type> <fixedUri value="content"/> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:content.value[x]"> <path value="Extension.extension.value[x]"/> <min value="1"/> <type> <code value="string"/> </type> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:timestamp"> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <name value="timestamp"/> <short value="When the comment was created"/> <definition value="Time the comment was recorded."/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> <isModifier value="false"/> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:timestamp.extension:extension"> <path value="Extension.extension.extension"/> <name value="extension"/> <max value="0"/> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:timestamp.url"> <path value="Extension.extension.url"/> <type> <code value="uri"/> </type> <fixedUri value="timestamp"/> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.extension:timestamp.value[x]"> <path value="Extension.extension.value[x]"/> <min value="1"/> <type> <code value="instant"/> </type> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.url"> <path value="Extension.url"/> <type> <code value="uri"/> </type> <fixedUri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/codesystem-comment"/> </element> <element id="Extension:human-specifiednotesandotherdocumentation.value[x]"> <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.