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2.33 JSON Schema for Binary

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group

Maturity Level: N/A

Ballot Status: Informative

Compartments: Not linked to any defined compartments

This is a representation of the json schema for Binary, which is just a part of the full JSON Schema.

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-06/schema#",
  "id": "http://hl7.org/fhir/json-schema/Binary",
  "$ref": "#/definitions/Binary",
  "description": "see http://hl7.org/fhir/json.html#schema for information about the FHIR Json Schemas",
  "definitions": {
    "Binary": {
      "description": "A binary resource can contain any content, whether text, image, pdf, zip archive, etc.",
      "properties": {
        "resourceType": {
          "description": "This is a Binary resource",
          "const": "Binary"
        },
        "id": {
          "description": "The logical id of the resource, as used in the URL for the resource. Once assigned, this value never changes.",
          "$ref": "id.schema.json#/definitions/id"
        },
        "meta": {
          "description": "The metadata about the resource. This is content that is maintained by the infrastructure. Changes to the content might not always be associated with version changes to the resource.",
          "$ref": "Meta.schema.json#/definitions/Meta"
        },
        "implicitRules": {
          "description": "A reference to a set of rules that were followed when the resource was constructed, and which must be understood when processing the content. Often, this is a reference to an implementation guide that defines the special rules along with other profiles etc.",
          "$ref": "#/definitions/uri"
        },
        "_implicitRules": {
          "description": "Extensions for implicitRules",
          "$ref": "Element.schema.json#/definitions/Element"
        },
        "language": {
          "description": "The base language in which the resource is written.",
          "$ref": "#/definitions/code"
        },
        "_language": {
          "description": "Extensions for language",
          "$ref": "Element.schema.json#/definitions/Element"
        },
        "contentType": {
          "description": "MimeType of the binary content represented as a standard MimeType (BCP 13).",
          "$ref": "#/definitions/code"
        },
        "_contentType": {
          "description": "Extensions for contentType",
          "$ref": "Element.schema.json#/definitions/Element"
        },
        "securityContext": {
          "description": "Treat this binary as if it was this other resource for access control purposes.",
          "$ref": "Reference.schema.json#/definitions/Reference"
        },
        "content": {
          "description": "The actual content, base64 encoded.",
          "$ref": "#/definitions/base64Binary"
        },
        "_content": {
          "description": "Extensions for content",
          "$ref": "Element.schema.json#/definitions/Element"
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "required": [
        "resourceType"
      ]
    }
  }
}