STU 3 Candidate

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Ccda/ST.xml

Raw XML (canonical form)

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.