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 ST (CharacterString)
<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="ST"/> <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/ST"/> <name value="V3 Data type ST (CharacterString)"/> <display value="V3 Data type ST (CharacterString)"/> <status value="active"/> <experimental value="false"/> <publisher value="HL7"/> <description value="The character string data type stands for text data, primarily intended for machine processing (e.g., sorting, querying, indexing, etc.) Used for names, symbols, and formal expressions."/> <kind value="logical"/> <abstract value="false"/> <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ANY"/> <snapshot> <element> <path value="ST"/> <min value="1"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="Element"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="ST.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="ST.value"/> <representation value="xmlText"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <type> <code value="string"/> </type> </element> </snapshot> <differential> <element> <path value="ST"/> <min value="1"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="Element"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="ST.value"/> <representation value="xmlText"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <type> <code value="string"/> </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.