Extension: What should be displayed to human (if default is not appropriate)

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Extension What should be displayed to human (if default is not appropriate) - Detailed Descriptions

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the extension.

Extension
Definition	Provides a rendered version of the value intended for human display. For example, a sensitive identifier (e.g. social security number) partially obscured by asterisks; a drivers licence number with dashes inserted; a date formatted as MMM dd, yyyy; etc.
Control	0..1 This element is affected by the following invariants: ele-1
Comments	In some cases, this extension may be present and the value won't be present. For example if the recipient only has permission to see a partially masked view of a value. The rendering may be realm-specific. (E.g. the use of ',' vs. '.' when rendering numbers.).
Invariants	Defined on this element 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')]))
Extension.id
Definition	unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.
Control	0..1
Type	string
Extension.extension(extension)
Definition	An Extension
Control	0..0
Type	Extension
Extension.url
Definition	Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.
Control	1..1
Type	uri
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.
Fixed Value	http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/rendered-value
Extension.valueString
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).
Control	1..1
Type	string