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Extension: Minimum Value Set (what system must support)

URL for this extension:

http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven, Inc. - FHIR Core WG

The minimum allowable value set, for use when the binding strength is 'required' or 'extensible'. This value set is the minimum value set that any conformant system SHALL support.

Context of Use: Use on data type: ElementDefinition.binding

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Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..1	Reference(ValueSet)	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet Minimum Value Set (what system must support): The minimum allowable value set, for use when the binding strength is 'required' or 'extensible'. This value set is the minimum value set that any conformant system SHALL support. Use on data type: ElementDefinition.binding
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Fulle Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet Minimum Value Set (what system must support): The minimum allowable value set, for use when the binding strength is 'required' or 'extensible'. This value set is the minimum value set that any conformant system SHALL support. Use on data type: ElementDefinition.binding
extension		0..0
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet"
valueReference		1..1	Reference(ValueSet)	Value of extension
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XML Template

<!-- Minimum Value Set (what system must support) -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueReference><!-- 1..1 Reference(ValueSet) Value of extension --></valueReference>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // Minimum Value Set (what system must support)
  // from Element: extension
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet", // R! 
    "valueReference" : { Reference(ValueSet) } // R! Value of extension
  }

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..1	Reference(ValueSet)	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet Minimum Value Set (what system must support): The minimum allowable value set, for use when the binding strength is 'required' or 'extensible'. This value set is the minimum value set that any conformant system SHALL support. Use on data type: ElementDefinition.binding
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet Minimum Value Set (what system must support): The minimum allowable value set, for use when the binding strength is 'required' or 'extensible'. This value set is the minimum value set that any conformant system SHALL support. Use on data type: ElementDefinition.binding
extension		0..0
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet"
valueReference		1..1	Reference(ValueSet)	Value of extension
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- Minimum Value Set (what system must support) -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueReference><!-- 1..1 Reference(ValueSet) Value of extension --></valueReference>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // Minimum Value Set (what system must support)
  // from Element: extension
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet", // R! 
    "valueReference" : { Reference(ValueSet) } // R! Value of extension
  }

Constraints

• ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath: @value|f:*|h:div)
• ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')]))