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Logical Model V3 Data type REAL (RealNumber)
<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="REAL"/> <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/REAL"/> <name value="V3 Data type REAL (RealNumber)"/> <display value="V3 Data type REAL (RealNumber)"/> <status value="active"/> <experimental value="false"/> <publisher value="HL7"/> <description value="Fractional numbers. Typically used whenever quantities are measured, estimated, or computed from other real numbers. The typical representation is decimal, where the number of significant decimal digits is known as the precision."/> <kind value="logical"/> <abstract value="false"/> <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/QTY"/> <snapshot> <element> <path value="REAL"/> <min value="1"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="Element"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="REAL.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="REAL.value"/> <representation value="xmlAttr"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <type> <code value="decimal"/> </type> </element> </snapshot> <differential> <element> <path value="REAL"/> <min value="1"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="Element"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="REAL.value"/> <representation value="xmlAttr"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <type> <code value="decimal"/> </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.