Release 5 Ballot

This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v5.0.0-ballot: R5 Ballot - see ballot notes). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions . Page versions: R4B R4 R3

Example StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-selector (XML)

FHIR Infrastructure Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)

selector

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="elementdefinition-selector"/> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="fhir"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="1"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-selector"/> 
  <version value="5.0.0-ballot"/> 
  <name value="selector"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2015-02-28"/> 
  <publisher value="Health Level Seven, Inc. - FHIR Core WG"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/special/committees/FHIR"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="A FHIRPath statement that defines whether an element is in the slice."/> 
  <fhirVersion value="5.0.0-ballot"/> 
  <mapping> 
    <identity value="rim"/> 
    <uri value="http://hl7.org/v3"/> 
    <name value="RIM Mapping"/> 
  </mapping> 
  <kind value="complex-type"/> 
  <abstract value="false"/> 
  <context> 
    <type value="element"/> 
    <expression value="ElementDefinition"/> 
  </context> 
  <type value="Extension"/> 
  <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"/> 
  <derivation value="constraint"/> 
  <snapshot> 
    <element id="Extension">
      <path value="Extension"/> 
      <short value="FHIRPath that defines the selection criteria for a slice"/> 
      <definition value="A FHIRPath statement that defines whether an element is in the slice."/> 
      <comment value="This extension can only appear on element definitions that are part of a set of
       slices, and not on the slicing definition itself. If the selector appears in the
       presence of nominated slices discriminators, then the slicing defined by the discriminator(s)
       and the selector on each slice must agree. In the absence of any nominated discriminators,
       then an element is allowed to be in multiple slices."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Extension"/> 
        <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="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ext-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="Must have either extensions or value[x], not both"/> 
        <expression value="extension.exists() != value.exists()"/> 
        <xpath value="exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="N/A (MIF territory)"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Extension.id">
      <path value="Extension.id"/> 
      <representation value="xmlAttr"/> 
      <short value="Unique id for inter-element referencing"/> 
      <definition value="Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may
       be any string value that does not contain spaces."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Element.id"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
          <valueUrl value="id"/> 
        </extension> 
        <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/> 
      </type> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Extension.extension">
      <path value="Extension.extension"/> 
      <slicing> 
        <discriminator> 
          <type value="value"/> 
          <path value="url"/> 
        </discriminator> 
        <description value="Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url"/> 
        <rules value="open"/> 
      </slicing> 
      <short value="Extension"/> 
      <definition value="An Extension"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="0"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Element.extension"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Extension"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ext-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="Must have either extensions or value[x], not both"/> 
        <expression value="extension.exists() != value.exists()"/> 
        <xpath value="exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), &quot;value&quot;)])"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Extension.url">
      <path value="Extension.url"/> 
      <representation value="xmlAttr"/> 
      <short value="identifies the meaning of the extension"/> 
      <definition value="Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL."/> 
      <comment value="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."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Extension.url"/> 
        <min value="1"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type">
          <valueUrl value="uri"/> 
        </extension> 
        <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/> 
      </type> 
      <fixedUri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-selector"/> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="N/A"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Extension.value[x]">
      <path value="Extension.value[x]"/> 
      <short value="Value of extension"/> 
      <definition value="Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](
      extensibility.html) for a list)."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Extension.value[x]"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="1"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="string"/> 
      </type> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/> 
        <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <isModifier value="false"/> 
      <isSummary value="false"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="N/A"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
  </snapshot> 
  <differential> 
    <element id="Extension">
      <path value="Extension"/> 
      <short value="FHIRPath that defines the selection criteria for a slice"/> 
      <definition value="A FHIRPath statement that defines whether an element is in the slice."/> 
      <comment value="This extension can only appear on element definitions that are part of a set of
       slices, and not on the slicing definition itself. If the selector appears in the
       presence of nominated slices discriminators, then the slicing defined by the discriminator(s)
       and the selector on each slice must agree. In the absence of any nominated discriminators,
       then an element is allowed to be in multiple slices."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="N/A (MIF territory)"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Extension.extension">
      <path value="Extension.extension"/> 
      <max value="0"/> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Extension.url">
      <path value="Extension.url"/> 
      <fixedUri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-selector"/> 
    </element> 
    <element id="Extension.value[x]">
      <path value="Extension.value[x]"/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="string"/> 
      </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.