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2.26.0 BackboneElement

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group

Maturity Level: N/A

Ballot Status: STU 3

The base definition for elements defined as part of a resource definition. Data Type elements do not use this type. For instance, Patient.contact is an element that is defined as part of the patient resource, so it automatically has the type BackboneElement.

Note that the descendent types of BackboneElement are all declared implicitly as part of the definitions of the resources.

2.26.0.1 Content

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Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
BackboneElement			Element	Base for elements defined inside a resource
modifierExtension	?!Σ	0..*	Extension	Extensions that cannot be ignored
Documentation for this format

UML Diagram (Legend)

XML Template

<[name] xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> 
 <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <modifierExtension><!-- 0..* Extension Extensions that cannot be ignored --></modifierExtension>
</[name]>

JSON Template



{
  // from Element: extension
  (Modifier Extensions - see JSON page)
}

Turtle Template



@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .

[
 # from Element: Element.extension
  fhir:BackboneElement.modifierExtension [ Extension ], ... ; # 0..* Extensions that cannot be ignored
]

Changes since DSTU2



BackboneElement

No Changes

See the Full Difference for further information

Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
BackboneElement			Element	Base for elements defined inside a resource
modifierExtension	?!Σ	0..*	Extension	Extensions that cannot be ignored
Documentation for this format

UML Diagram (Legend)

XML Template

<[name] xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> 
 <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <modifierExtension><!-- 0..* Extension Extensions that cannot be ignored --></modifierExtension>
</[name]>

JSON Template

{
  // from Element: extension
  (Modifier Extensions - see JSON page)
}

Turtle Template

@prefix fhir: <http://hl7.org/fhir/> .

[
 # from Element: Element.extension
  fhir:BackboneElement.modifierExtension [ Extension ], ... ; # 0..* Extensions that cannot be ignored
]

Changes since DSTU2

BackboneElement

No Changes

See the Full Difference for further information

2.26.0.2 Specializations

This table lists all the specializations of BackboneElement that are defined, and the path at which they are defined.