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Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)
An example bundle that demonstrates various reference resolution paths
{ "resourceType": "Bundle", "id": "bundle-references", "type": "collection", "entry": [ { "fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Patient/23", "resource": { "resourceType": "Patient", "id": "23", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>id</b>: 23</p><p><b>identifier</b>: id: 1234567</p></div>" }, "identifier": [ { "system": "http://example.org/ids", "value": "1234567" } ] } }, { "fullUrl": "urn:uuid:04121321-4af5-424c-a0e1-ed3aab1c349d", "resource": { "resourceType": "Patient", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p></div>" } } }, { "fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Observation/123", "resource": { "resourceType": "Observation", "id": "123", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>id</b>: 123</p><p/><p><b>code</b>: <span>Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/23</a></p></div>" }, "status": "final", "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "15074-8", "display": "Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood" } ] }, "subject": { "reference": "Patient/23" } } }, { "fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Observation/124", "resource": { "resourceType": "Observation", "id": "124", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>id</b>: 124</p><p/><p><b>code</b>: <span>Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>http://example.org/fhir/Patient/23</a></p></div>" }, "status": "final", "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "15074-8", "display": "Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood" } ] }, "subject": { "reference": "http://example.org/fhir/Patient/23" } } }, { "fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Observation/12", "resource": { "resourceType": "Observation", "id": "12", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>id</b>: 12</p><p/><p><b>code</b>: <span>Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>urn:uuid:04121321-4af5-424c-a0e1-ed3aab1c349d</a></p></div>" }, "status": "final", "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "15074-8", "display": "Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood" } ] }, "subject": { "reference": "urn:uuid:04121321-4af5-424c-a0e1-ed3aab1c349d" } } }, { "fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Observation/14", "resource": { "resourceType": "Observation", "id": "14", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>id</b>: 14</p><p/><p><b>code</b>: <span>Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>http://example.org/fhir-2/Patient/1</a></p></div>" }, "status": "final", "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "15074-8", "display": "Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood" } ] }, "subject": { "reference": "http://example.org/fhir-2/Patient/1" } } }, { "fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir-2/Observation/14", "resource": { "resourceType": "Observation", "id": "14", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>id</b>: 14</p><p/><p><b>code</b>: <span>Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/23</a></p></div>" }, "status": "final", "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "15074-8", "display": "Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood" } ] }, "subject": { "reference": "Patient/23" } } }, { "fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Patient/45", "resource": { "resourceType": "Patient", "id": "45", "meta": { "versionId": "1" }, "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>id</b>: 45</p><p><b>meta</b>: </p><p><b>name</b>: Name 1</p></div>" }, "name": [ { "text": "Name 1" } ] } }, { "fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Patient/45", "resource": { "resourceType": "Patient", "id": "45", "meta": { "versionId": "2" }, "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>id</b>: 45</p><p><b>meta</b>: </p><p><b>name</b>: Name 2</p></div>" }, "name": [ { "text": "Name 2" } ] } }, { "fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Observation/47", "resource": { "resourceType": "Observation", "id": "47", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>id</b>: 47</p><p/><p><b>code</b>: <span>Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/45/_history/2</a></p></div>" }, "status": "final", "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "15074-8", "display": "Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood" } ] }, "subject": { "reference": "Patient/45/_history/2" } } }, { "fullUrl": "http://example.org/fhir/Observation/48", "resource": { "resourceType": "Observation", "id": "48", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>id</b>: 48</p><p/><p><b>code</b>: <span>Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <span/></p></div>" }, "status": "final", "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://loinc.org", "code": "15074-8", "display": "Glucose [Moles/volume] in Blood" } ] }, "subject": { "identifier": { "system": "http://example.org/ids", "value": "1234567" } } } } ] }
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.