Release 5 Snapshot #1

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Extension: Human Language

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group

Maturity Level: 1

Informative

Use Context: Any

URL for this extension:

http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven International (FHIR Infrastructure)

The Human Language of the item.

Comment:

This is used where an item may repeat to indicate the language of each repeat.

Context of Use: Use on Element ID HumanName, Element ID Address, Element ID Annotation, Element ID string or Element ID markdown

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
Human Language		1..1	code	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language Human Language: The Human Language of the item. Binding: Common Languages (preferred): IETF language tag Use on Element ID HumanName, Element ID Address, Element ID Annotation, Element ID string or Element ID markdown
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension	1..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language Human Language: The Human Language of the item. Use on Element ID HumanName, Element ID Address, Element ID Annotation, Element ID string or Element ID markdown
Slices for extension	0..0
url	1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language"
value[x]	1..1	code	Value of extension Binding: Common Languages (preferred) Max Binding: All Languages: IETF language tag
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- Human Language -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueCode value="[code]"/><!--  1..1 Value of extension -->
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // Human Language
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language", // R! 
    "valueCode" : "<code>" // C? R! Value of extension
  }

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
Human Language		1..1	code	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language Human Language: The Human Language of the item. Binding: Common Languages (preferred): IETF language tag Use on Element ID HumanName, Element ID Address, Element ID Annotation, Element ID string or Element ID markdown
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension	1..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language Human Language: The Human Language of the item. Use on Element ID HumanName, Element ID Address, Element ID Annotation, Element ID string or Element ID markdown
Slices for extension	0..0
url	1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language"
value[x]	1..1	code	Value of extension Binding: Common Languages (preferred) Max Binding: All Languages: IETF language tag
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- Human Language -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueCode value="[code]"/><!--  1..1 Value of extension -->
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // Human Language
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language", // R! 
    "valueCode" : "<code>" // C? R! Value of extension
  }

Constraints

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')]))
ele-1: On Extension.extension: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.extension: @value|f:*|h:div)
ext-1: On Extension.extension: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath on Extension.extension: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), "value")]))
ele-1: On Extension.value[x]: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.value[x]: @value|f:*|h:div)