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A definition for this code
{ "resourceType": "StructureDefinition", "id": "valueset-definition", "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-definition", "name": "A definition for this code", "display": "Definition", "status": "draft", "publisher": "HL7", "date": "2015-10-24T07:41:03+11:00", "description": "A display name that describes the meaning of this code when used as part of this value set.", "fhirVersion": "1.0.2", "kind": "datatype", "constrainedType": "Extension", "abstract": false, "contextType": "resource", "context": [ "ValueSet.compose.include.concept", "ValueSet.expansion.contains" ], "base": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension", "snapshot": { "element": [ { "path": "Extension", "short": "A definition for this code", "definition": "A display name that describes the meaning of this code when used as part of this value set.", "comments": "This is provided for when the source code system doesn't actually provide a definition (there are many such). Providing an definition for a code should not be done where the underlying code system provides a definition.", "min": 0, "max": "1", "base": { "path": "Extension", "min": 0, "max": "*" }, "type": [ { "code": "Extension" } ], "isModifier": false }, { "path": "Extension.id", "representation": [ "xmlAttr" ], "short": "xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)", "definition": "unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references).", "min": 0, "max": "1", "base": { "path": "Extension.id", "min": 0, "max": "1" }, "type": [ { "code": "id" } ], "mapping": [ { "identity": "rim", "map": "n/a" } ] }, { "path": "Extension.extension", "name": "extension", "short": "Extension", "definition": "An Extension", "min": 0, "max": "0", "base": { "path": "Extension.extension", "min": 0, "max": "*" }, "type": [ { "code": "Extension" } ] }, { "path": "Extension.url", "representation": [ "xmlAttr" ], "short": "identifies the meaning of the extension", "definition": "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.", "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 #.", "min": 1, "max": "1", "base": { "path": "Extension.url", "min": 1, "max": "1" }, "type": [ { "code": "uri" } ], "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-definition", "mapping": [ { "identity": "rim", "map": "N/A" } ] }, { "path": "Extension.valueString", "short": "Value of extension", "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).", "min": 1, "max": "1", "base": { "path": "Extension.value[x]", "min": 0, "max": "1" }, "type": [ { "code": "string" } ], "mapping": [ { "identity": "rim", "map": "N/A" } ] } ] }, "differential": { "element": [ { "path": "Extension", "short": "A definition for this code", "definition": "A display name that describes the meaning of this code when used as part of this value set.", "comments": "This is provided for when the source code system doesn't actually provide a definition (there are many such). Providing an definition for a code should not be done where the underlying code system provides a definition.", "min": 0, "max": "1", "type": [ { "code": "Extension" } ], "isModifier": false }, { "path": "Extension.extension", "name": "extension", "max": "0" }, { "path": "Extension.url", "type": [ { "code": "uri" } ], "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-definition" }, { "path": "Extension.value[x]", "min": 1, "type": [ { "code": "string" } ] } ] } }
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.