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Associates the structure definition with a collection of Data Elements
{ "resourceType": "StructureDefinition", "id": "datadictionary", "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/datadictionary", "name": "Associates the structure definition with a collection of Data Elements", "title": "Data Dictionary", "status": "draft", "publisher": "Health Level Seven, Inc. - FHIR Core WG", "contact": [ { "telecom": [ { "system": "url", "value": "http://hl7.org/special/committees/FHIR" } ] } ], "date": "2014-01-31", "description": "This extension associates a structure definition with a data dictionary - a collection of data elements that any instance of data that conforms to the structure definition must also conform to. The value of the extension is a uri that defines a query that identifies the collection of relevant data elements\n\nThis extension can be used on any structure definition that is a constraint on the resource types Observation and Questionnaire. THe profile specifies which elements are mandatory etc., but any elements in a resource that conforms to the structure definition must also conform to one of the defined data elements.\n\nFor Observation:\n* Observation.code must be associated with a matching Data Element by DataElement.code. \n* The structure definition should bind Observation.code to a value set that has the same codes as the collection of data elements (though it can be narrower)\n* the unit and the quantity value should conform to the rules laid down in the matching Data Element\n\nFor Questionnaire:\n* todo.", "fhirVersion": "1.8.0", "mapping": [ { "identity": "rim", "uri": "http://hl7.org/v3", "name": "RIM Mapping" } ], "kind": "complex-type", "abstract": false, "contextType": "resource", "context": [ "StructureDefinition" ], "type": "Extension", "baseDefinition": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension", "derivation": "constraint", "snapshot": { "element": [ { "id": "Extension:associatesthestructuredefinitionwithacollectionofdataelements", "path": "Extension", "short": "Associates the structure definition with a collection of Data Elements", "definition": "This extension associates a structure definition with a data dictionary - a collection of data elements that any instance of data that conforms to the structure definition must also conform to. The value of the extension is a uri that defines a query that identifies the collection of relevant data elements\n\nThis extension can be used on any structure definition that is a constraint on the resource types Observation and Questionnaire. THe profile specifies which elements are mandatory etc., but any elements in a resource that conforms to the structure definition must also conform to one of the defined data elements.\n\nFor Observation:\n* Observation.code must be associated with a matching Data Element by DataElement.code. \n* The structure definition should bind Observation.code to a value set that has the same codes as the collection of data elements (though it can be narrower)\n* the unit and the quantity value should conform to the rules laid down in the matching Data Element\n\nFor Questionnaire:\n* todo.", "comments": "The query can select a set of data element resources, or identify a bundle that is a collection of data elements.", "min": 0, "max": "1", "base": { "path": "Extension", "min": 0, "max": "*" }, "condition": [ "ele-1" ], "constraint": [ { "key": "ele-1", "severity": "error", "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression": "children().count() > id.count()", "xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div", "source": "Element" }, { "key": "ext-1", "severity": "error", "human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both", "expression": "extension.exists() != value.exists()", "xpath": "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])", "source": "Extension" } ] }, { "id": "Extension:associatesthestructuredefinitionwithacollectionofdataelements.id", "path": "Extension.id", "representation": [ "xmlAttr" ], "short": "xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)", "definition": "unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.", "min": 0, "max": "1", "base": { "path": "Element.id", "min": 0, "max": "1" }, "type": [ { "code": "string" } ], "mapping": [ { "identity": "rim", "map": "n/a" } ] }, { "id": "Extension:associatesthestructuredefinitionwithacollectionofdataelements.extension:extension", "path": "Extension.extension", "sliceName": "extension", "short": "Extension", "definition": "An Extension", "min": 0, "max": "0", "base": { "path": "Element.extension", "min": 0, "max": "*" }, "type": [ { "code": "Extension" } ] }, { "id": "Extension:associatesthestructuredefinitionwithacollectionofdataelements.url", "path": "Extension.url", "representation": [ "xmlAttr" ], "short": "identifies the meaning of the extension", "definition": "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.", "comments": "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": 1, "max": "1", "base": { "path": "Extension.url", "min": 1, "max": "1" }, "type": [ { "code": "uri" } ], "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/datadictionary", "mapping": [ { "identity": "rim", "map": "N/A" } ] }, { "id": "Extension:associatesthestructuredefinitionwithacollectionofdataelements.valueString", "path": "Extension.valueString", "short": "Value of extension", "definition": "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": 1, "max": "1", "base": { "path": "Extension.value[x]", "min": 0, "max": "1" }, "type": [ { "code": "string" } ], "mapping": [ { "identity": "rim", "map": "N/A" } ] } ] }, "differential": { "element": [ { "id": "Extension:associatesthestructuredefinitionwithacollectionofdataelements", "path": "Extension", "short": "Associates the structure definition with a collection of Data Elements", "definition": "This extension associates a structure definition with a data dictionary - a collection of data elements that any instance of data that conforms to the structure definition must also conform to. The value of the extension is a uri that defines a query that identifies the collection of relevant data elements\n\nThis extension can be used on any structure definition that is a constraint on the resource types Observation and Questionnaire. THe profile specifies which elements are mandatory etc., but any elements in a resource that conforms to the structure definition must also conform to one of the defined data elements.\n\nFor Observation:\n* Observation.code must be associated with a matching Data Element by DataElement.code. \n* The structure definition should bind Observation.code to a value set that has the same codes as the collection of data elements (though it can be narrower)\n* the unit and the quantity value should conform to the rules laid down in the matching Data Element\n\nFor Questionnaire:\n* todo.", "comments": "The query can select a set of data element resources, or identify a bundle that is a collection of data elements.", "min": 0, "max": "1" }, { "id": "Extension:associatesthestructuredefinitionwithacollectionofdataelements.extension:extension", "path": "Extension.extension", "sliceName": "extension", "max": "0" }, { "id": "Extension:associatesthestructuredefinitionwithacollectionofdataelements.url", "path": "Extension.url", "type": [ { "code": "uri" } ], "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/datadictionary" }, { "id": "Extension:associatesthestructuredefinitionwithacollectionofdataelements.value[x]", "path": "Extension.value[x]", "min": 1, "type": [ { "code": "string" } ] } ] } }
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