STU 3 Ballot

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Extension-iso21090-nullflavor.xml

Raw XML (canonical form)

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<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 &quot;proper value&quot; as opposed to any other value
       in FHIR. a NullFlavor should be understood to mean, &quot;why information is missing&quot;,
       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() &gt; 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 &quot;proper value&quot; as opposed to any other value
       in FHIR. a NullFlavor should be understood to mean, &quot;why information is missing&quot;,
       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.