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NI | OTH | NINF | PINF | UNK | ASKU | NAV | NASK | TRC | MSK | NA | QS
<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="iso21090-nullFlavor"/> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/iso21090-nullFlavor"/> <name value="NI | OTH | NINF | PINF | UNK | ASKU | NAV | NASK | TRC | MSK | NA | QS"/> <status value="draft"/> <publisher value="Health Level Seven International (Modeling and Methodology)"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="other"/> <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/mnm"/> </telecom> </contact> <date value="2012-06-24"/> <description value="If the value is not a proper value, indicates the reason."/> <fhirVersion value="1.6.0"/> <mapping> <identity value="v2"/> <uri value="http://hl7.org/v2"/> <name value="HL7 v2 Mapping"/> </mapping> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <uri value="http://hl7.org/v3"/> <name value="RIM Mapping"/> </mapping> <kind value="complex-type"/> <abstract value="false"/> <contextType value="datatype"/> <context value="Any"/> <type value="Extension"/> <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"/> <derivation value="constraint"/> <snapshot> <element id="Extension:ni|oth|ninf|pinf|unk|asku|nav|nask|trc|msk|na|qs"> <path value="Extension"/> <short value="NI | OTH | NINF | PINF | UNK | ASKU | NAV | NASK | TRC | MSK | NA | QS"/> <definition value="If the value is not a proper value, indicates the reason."/> <comments value="Considerable care must be used when using nullFlavor in this context of FHIR - more than any other concept, this is tied to the way v3 works, and FHIR is quite different. For instance, there is no notion of a "proper value" as opposed to any other value in FHIR. a NullFlavor should be understood to mean, "why information is missing", and the nulFlavors OTH, NINF, PINF, and TRC should not be used."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <condition value="ele-1"/> <constraint> <key value="ele-1"/> <severity value="error"/> <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> <expression value="children().count() > id.count()"/> <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/> </constraint> <constraint> <key value="ext-1"/> <severity value="error"/> <human value="Must have either extensions or value[x], not both"/> <expression value="extension.exists() != value.exists()"/> <xpath value="exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])"/> </constraint> <mapping> <identity value="v2"/> <map value="n/a"/> </mapping> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="ANY.nullFlavor"/> </mapping> </element> <element id="Extension:ni|oth|ninf|pinf|unk|asku|nav|nask|trc|msk|na|qs.id"> <path value="Extension.id"/> <representation value="xmlAttr"/> <short value="xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)"/> <definition value="unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Element.id"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="string"/> </type> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="n/a"/> </mapping> </element> <element id="Extension:ni|oth|ninf|pinf|unk|asku|nav|nask|trc|msk|na|qs.extension:extension"> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <name value="extension"/> <short value="Extension"/> <definition value="An Extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="0"/> <base> <path value="Element.extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> </element> <element id="Extension:ni|oth|ninf|pinf|unk|asku|nav|nask|trc|msk|na|qs.url"> <path value="Extension.url"/> <representation value="xmlAttr"/> <short value="identifies the meaning of the extension"/> <definition value="Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL."/> <comments value="The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension."/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Extension.url"/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> </base> <type> <code value="uri"/> </type> <fixedUri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/iso21090-nullFlavor"/> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A"/> </mapping> </element> <element id="Extension:ni|oth|ninf|pinf|unk|asku|nav|nask|trc|msk|na|qs.valueCode"> <path value="Extension.valueCode"/> <short value="Value of extension"/> <definition value="Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list)."/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Extension.value[x]"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> </base> <type> <code value="code"/> </type> <binding> <strength value="required"/> <description value="A collection of codes specifying why a valid value is not present"/> <valueSetReference> <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-NullFlavor"/> </valueSetReference> </binding> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A"/> </mapping> </element> </snapshot> <differential> <element id="Extension:ni|oth|ninf|pinf|unk|asku|nav|nask|trc|msk|na|qs"> <path value="Extension"/> <short value="NI | OTH | NINF | PINF | UNK | ASKU | NAV | NASK | TRC | MSK | NA | QS"/> <definition value="If the value is not a proper value, indicates the reason."/> <comments value="Considerable care must be used when using nullFlavor in this context of FHIR - more than any other concept, this is tied to the way v3 works, and FHIR is quite different. For instance, there is no notion of a "proper value" as opposed to any other value in FHIR. a NullFlavor should be understood to mean, "why information is missing", and the nulFlavors OTH, NINF, PINF, and TRC should not be used."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <mapping> <identity value="v2"/> <map value="n/a"/> </mapping> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="ANY.nullFlavor"/> </mapping> </element> <element id="Extension:ni|oth|ninf|pinf|unk|asku|nav|nask|trc|msk|na|qs.extension:extension"> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <name value="extension"/> <max value="0"/> </element> <element id="Extension:ni|oth|ninf|pinf|unk|asku|nav|nask|trc|msk|na|qs.url"> <path value="Extension.url"/> <type> <code value="uri"/> </type> <fixedUri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/iso21090-nullFlavor"/> </element> <element id="Extension:ni|oth|ninf|pinf|unk|asku|nav|nask|trc|msk|na|qs.value[x]"> <path value="Extension.value[x]"/> <min value="1"/> <type> <code value="code"/> </type> <binding> <strength value="required"/> <description value="A collection of codes specifying why a valid value is not present"/> <valueSetReference> <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-NullFlavor"/> </valueSetReference> </binding> </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.