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Clinical Decision Support Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Ballot Status: STU 3 |

| RelatedResource | |
| Definition | Related resources such as additional documentation, justification, or bibliographic references. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Requirements | Modules must be able to provide enough information for consumers of the content (and/or interventions or results produced by the content) to be able to determine and understand the justification for and evidence in support of the content. |
| Summary | true |
| Comments | Each related resource is either an attachment, or a reference to another resource, but not both. |
| RelatedResource.type | |
| Definition | The type of related resource. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Binding | RelatedResourceType: The type of related resource for the module (Required) |
| Type | code |
| Summary | true |
| RelatedResource.display | |
| Definition | A brief description of the document or resource being referenced, suitable for display to a consumer. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | string |
| Summary | true |
| RelatedResource.citation | |
| Definition | A bibliographic citation for the related resource. This text SHOULD be formatted according to an accepted citation format. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | string |
| Summary | true |
| Comments | Additional structured information about citations should be captured as extensions. |
| RelatedResource.url | |
| Definition | A url for the resource that can be followed to access the actual content. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | uri |
| Summary | true |
| Comments | If a document or resource element is present, this element SHALL NOT be provided (use the url or reference in the Attachment or resource reference). |
| RelatedResource.document | |
| Definition | The document being referenced, represented as an attachment. This is exclusive with the resource element. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Attachment |
| Summary | true |
| RelatedResource.resource | |
| Definition | The related resource, such as a library, value set, profile, or other module. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Reference(Any) |
| Summary | true |
| Comments | If the type is predecessor, this is a reference to the succeeding module. If the type is successor, this is a reference to the prior module. |