Extension: Alternative names

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Extension Alternative names - Detailed Descriptions

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the extension.

Extension
Definition	Human readable names for the valueset.
Control	0..* This element is affected by the following invariants: ele-1
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
Definition	An Extension
Control	0..*
Type	Extension
Slicing	This element introduces a set of slices. The slicing rules are: unordered Open discriminators: url
Extension.extension(name)
Definition	This name is intended to be human readable, short and as specific as possible and to convey the purpose of the value set. It is considered to be the name of the value set.
Control	1..1
Type	Extension
Comments	This need not be unique. However some use cases require uniqueness within a namespace and therefore best practice would be to make the name unique.
Extension.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(extension)
Definition	An Extension
Control	0..0
Type	Extension
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	name
Extension.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
Extension.extension(preferred)
Definition	Flag that this Name in this Name Language is the preferred human-readable signifier in this language.
Control	0..1
Type	Extension
Comments	There may be multiple human readable names in a given language, and this flag indicates which of them is preferred for the given language.
Extension.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(extension)
Definition	An Extension
Control	0..0
Type	Extension
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	preferred
Extension.extension.valueBoolean
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	boolean
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/valueset-otherName
Extension.value[x]
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	0..0
Type	Choice of: base64Binary, boolean, code, date, dateTime, decimal, id, instant, integer, markdown, oid, positiveInt, string, time, unsignedInt, uri, Address, Age, Annotation, Attachment, CodeableConcept, Coding, ContactPoint, Count, Distance, Duration, HumanName, Identifier, Money, Period, Quantity, Range, Ratio, Reference, SampledData, Signature, Timing, Meta
[x] Note	See Choice of Data Types for further information about how to use [x]