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StructureDefinition for id
<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="id"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">to do</div> </text> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/id"/> <name value="id"/> <status value="draft"/> <publisher value="HL7 FHIR Standard"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="other"/> <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> </telecom> </contact> <date value="2016-03-31T08:01:25+11:00"/> <description value="Base StructureDefinition for id type: Any combination of letters, numerals, "-" and ".", with a length limit of 64 characters. (This might be an integer, an unprefixed OID, UUID or any other identifier pattern that meets these constraints.) Ids are case-insensitive."/> <fhirVersion value="1.4.0"/> <kind value="datatype"/> <abstract value="false"/> <baseType value="string"/> <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/string"/> <derivation value="specialization"/> <snapshot> <element> <path value="string"/> <short value="Primitive Type id"/> <definition value="Any combination of letters, numerals, "-" and ".", with a length limit of 64 characters. (This might be an integer, an unprefixed OID, UUID or any other identifier pattern that meets these constraints.) Ids are case-insensitive."/> <comments value="RFC 4122"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <base> <path value="string"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="Element"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="string.extension"/> <short value="Additional Content defined by implementations"/> <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension."/> <comments value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/> <alias value="extensions"/> <alias value="user content"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <base> <path value="string.extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="string.value"/> <representation value="xmlAttr"/> <short value="Primitive value for id"/> <definition value="Primitive value for id"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="string.value"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> </base> <!-- Note: primitive values do not have an assigned type e.g. this is compiler magic XML and JSON types provided by extension --> <type> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-regex"> <valueString value="[A-Za-z0-9\-\.]{1,64}"/> </extension> <code> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-json-type"> <valueString value="string"/> </extension> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-xml-type"> <valueString value="xs:string+"/> </extension> </code> </type> </element> </snapshot> <differential> <element> <path value="string"/> <short value="Primitive Type id"/> <definition value="Any combination of letters, numerals, "-" and ".", with a length limit of 64 characters. (This might be an integer, an unprefixed OID, UUID or any other identifier pattern that meets these constraints.) Ids are case-insensitive."/> <comments value="RFC 4122"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <type> <code value="Element"/> </type> </element> <element> <path value="string.value"/> <representation value="xmlAttr"/> <short value="Primitive value for id"/> <definition value="Primitive value for id"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <!-- Note: primitive values do not have an assigned type e.g. this is compiler magic XML and JSON types provided by extension --> <type> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-regex"> <valueString value="[A-Za-z0-9\-\.]{1,64}"/> </extension> <code> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-json-type"> <valueString value="string"/> </extension> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-xml-type"> <valueString value="xs:string+"/> </extension> </code> </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.