DSTU2

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Extension XML (Schema) type of attribute - Detailed Descriptions

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the extension.

Extension
Definition

The XML (schema) type of a property - used for the value attribute of a primitive type (for which there is no type in the FHIR typing system).

Control0..1
TypeExtension
Comments

This is in effect, compiler magic for the typing system.

Extension.id
Definition

unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references).

Control0..1
Typeid
Extension.extension(extension)
Definition

An Extension

Control0..0
TypeExtension
Extension.url
Definition

Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.

Control1..1
Typeuri
Comments

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 should be version specific. This will ideally be the URI for the Resource Profile defining the extension, with the code for the extension after a #.

Fixed Valuehttp://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-xml-type
Extension.valueString
Definition

Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).

Control1..1
Typestring