DSTU2

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Instant.profile.json

Raw JSON (canonical form)

StructureDefinition for instant

{
  "resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
  "id": "instant",
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2015-10-24T07:41:03.495+11:00"
  },
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/instant",
  "name": "instant",
  "status": "draft",
  "publisher": "HL7 FHIR Standard",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "other",
          "value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "date": "2015-10-24T07:41:03+11:00",
  "description": "Base StructureDefinition for instant Type: An instant in time - known at least to the second",
  "fhirVersion": "1.0.2",
  "kind": "datatype",
  "abstract": false,
  "base": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element",
  "snapshot": {
    "element": [
      {
        "path": "instant",
        "short": "Primitive Type instant",
        "definition": "An instant in time - known at least to the second",
        "comments": "Note: This is intended for precisely observed times, typically system logs etc., and not human-reported times - for them, see date and dateTime below. Time zone is always required",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "*",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Element"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "instant.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",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "id"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "instant.extension",
        "short": "Additional Content defined by implementations",
        "definition": "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the resource. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance  applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.",
        "comments": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
        "alias": [
          "extensions",
          "user content"
        ],
        "min": 0,
        "max": "*",
        "base": {
          "path": "instant.extension",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "*"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "instant.value",
        "representation": [
          "xmlAttr"
        ],
        "short": "Primitive value for instant",
        "definition": "The actual value",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "fhir_comments": [
              "Note: primitive values do not have an assigned type\r\n      e.g. this is compiler magic\r\n      XML and JSON types provided by extension"
            ],
            "_code": {
              "extension": [
                {
                  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-json-type",
                  "valueString": "string"
                },
                {
                  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-xml-type",
                  "valueString": "dateTime"
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "differential": {
    "element": [
      {
        "path": "instant",
        "short": "Primitive Type instant",
        "definition": "An instant in time - known at least to the second",
        "comments": "Note: This is intended for precisely observed times, typically system logs etc., and not human-reported times - for them, see date and dateTime below. Time zone is always required",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "*",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Element"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "instant.value",
        "representation": [
          "xmlAttr"
        ],
        "short": "Primitive value for instant",
        "definition": "Primitive value for instant",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "fhir_comments": [
              "Note: primitive values do not have an assigned type\r\n      e.g. this is compiler magic\r\n      XML and JSON types provided by extension"
            ],
            "_code": {
              "extension": [
                {
                  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-json-type",
                  "valueString": "string"
                },
                {
                  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-xml-type",
                  "valueString": "dateTime"
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

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.