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
Logical Model V3 Data type EN (EntityName)
<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="EN"/> <extension url="http://www.healthintersections.com.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/extension-namespace"> <valueUri value="urn:hl7-org:v3"/> </extension> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/EN"/> <name value="V3 Data type EN (EntityName)"/> <display value="V3 Data type EN (EntityName)"/> <status value="active"/> <experimental value="false"/> <publisher value="HL7"/> <description value="A name for a person, organization, place or thing. A sequence of name parts, such as given name or family name, prefix, suffix, etc. Examples for entity name values are "Jim Bob Walton, Jr.", "Health Level Seven, Inc.", "Lake Tahoe", etc. An entity name may be as simple as a character string or may consist of several entity name parts, such as, "Jim", "Bob", "Walton", and "Jr.", "Health Level Seven" and "Inc.", "Lake" and "Tahoe"."/> <kind value="logical"/> <abstract value="false"/> <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ANY"/> <snapshot> <element> <path value="EN"/> <min value="1"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="Element"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="EN.nullFlavor"/> <representation value="xmlAttr"/> <label value="Exceptional Value Detail"/> <definition value="If a value is an exceptional value (NULL-value), this specifies in what way and why proper information is missing."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <type> <code value="code"/> </type> <binding> <strength value="required"/> <valueSetReference> <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-NullFlavor"/> </valueSetReference> </binding> </element> <element> <path value="EN.delimiter"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="ST"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="EN.family"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="ST"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="EN.given"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="ST"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="EN.prefix"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="ST"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="EN.suffix"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="ST"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="EN.other"/> <representation value="xmlText"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <type> <code value="string"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="EN.use"/> <representation value="xmlAttr"/> <label value="Use Code"/> <definition value="A set of codes advising a system or user which name in a set of names to select for a given purpose."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="code"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="EN.validTime"/> <label value="Valid Time"/> <definition value="An interval of time specifying the time during which the name is or was used for the entity. This accomodates the fact that people change names for people, places and things."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <type> <code value="IVL_TS"/> </type> </element> </snapshot> <differential> <element> <path value="EN"/> <min value="1"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="Element"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="EN.delimiter"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="ST"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="EN.family"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="ST"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="EN.given"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="ST"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="EN.prefix"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="ST"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="EN.suffix"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="ST"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="EN.other"/> <representation value="xmlText"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <type> <code value="string"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="EN.use"/> <representation value="xmlAttr"/> <label value="Use Code"/> <definition value="A set of codes advising a system or user which name in a set of names to select for a given purpose."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="code"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="EN.validTime"/> <label value="Valid Time"/> <definition value="An interval of time specifying the time during which the name is or was used for the entity. This accomodates the fact that people change names for people, places and things."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <type> <code value="IVL_TS"/> </type> </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.