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StructureDefinition for uuid
<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="uuid"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">to do</div> </text> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/uuid"/> <name value="uuid"/> <status value="draft"/> <publisher value="HL7 FHIR Standard"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="url"/> <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> </telecom> </contact> <date value="2016-12-06T12:22:34+11:00"/> <description value="Base StructureDefinition for uuid type: A UUID, represented as a URI"/> <fhirVersion value="1.8.0"/> <kind value="primitive-type"/> <abstract value="false"/> <type value="uuid"/> <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/uri"/> <derivation value="specialization"/> <snapshot> <element id="uuid"> <path value="uuid"/> <short value="Primitive Type uuid"/> <definition value="A UUID, represented as a URI"/> <comments value="See The Open Group, CDE 1.1 Remote Procedure Call specification, Appendix A."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <base> <path value="uuid"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <constraint> <key value="ele-1"/> <severity value="error"/> <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> <expression value="children().count() > id.count()"/> <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/> <source value="Element"/> </constraint> </element> <element id="uuid.extension"> <path value="uuid.extension"/> <short value="Additional Content defined by implementations"/> <definition value="May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension."/> <comments value="There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone."/> <alias value="extensions"/> <alias value="user content"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <base> <path value="Element.extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> </element> <element id="uuid.value"> <path value="uuid.value"/> <representation value="xmlAttr"/> <short value="Primitive value for uuid"/> <definition value="Primitive value for uuid"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="uri.value"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> </base> <!-- Note: primitive values do not have an assigned type. e.g. this is compiler magic. XML, JSON and RDF types provided by extension --> <type> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-regex"> <valueString value="urn:uuid:[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}"/> </extension> <code> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-json-type"> <valueString value="string"/> </extension> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-xml-type"> <valueString value="xsd:anyURI"/> </extension> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-rdf-type"> <valueString value="xsd:string"/> </extension> </code> </type> </element> </snapshot> <differential> <element id="uuid"> <path value="uuid"/> <short value="Primitive Type uuid"/> <definition value="A UUID, represented as a URI"/> <comments value="See The Open Group, CDE 1.1 Remote Procedure Call specification, Appendix A."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </element> <element id="uuid.value"> <path value="uuid.value"/> <representation value="xmlAttr"/> <short value="Primitive value for uuid"/> <definition value="Primitive value for uuid"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <!-- Note: primitive values do not have an assigned type. e.g. this is compiler magic. XML, JSON and RDF types provided by extension --> <type> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-regex"> <valueString value="urn:uuid:[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}"/> </extension> <code> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-json-type"> <valueString value="string"/> </extension> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-xml-type"> <valueString value="xsd:anyURI"/> </extension> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-rdf-type"> <valueString value="xsd:string"/> </extension> </code> </type> </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.