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nullFlavor
{
"resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
"id" : "iso21090-nullFlavor",
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode" : "fhir"
},
{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger" : 1
}],
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/iso21090-nullFlavor",
"version" : "4.0.1",
"name" : "nullFlavor",
"status" : "draft",
"date" : "2012-06-24",
"publisher" : "Health Level Seven International (Modeling and Methodology)",
"contact" : [{
"telecom" : [{
"system" : "url",
"value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/mnm"
}]
}],
"description" : "If the value is not a proper value, indicates the reason.",
"fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "v2",
"uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
"name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
},
{
"identity" : "rim",
"uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
"name" : "RIM Mapping"
}],
"kind" : "complex-type",
"abstract" : false,
"context" : [{
"type" : "element",
"expression" : "Element"
}],
"type" : "Extension",
"baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
"derivation" : "constraint",
"snapshot" : {
"element" : [{
"id" : "Extension",
"path" : "Extension",
"short" : "NI | OTH | NINF | PINF | UNK | ASKU | NAV | NASK | TRC | MSK | NA | QS",
"definition" : "If the value is not a proper value, indicates the reason.",
"comment" : "Considerable care must be used when using nullFlavor in this context of FHIR - more than any other concept, this is tied to the way v3 works, and FHIR is quite different. For instance, there is no notion of a \"proper value\" as opposed to any other value in FHIR. a NullFlavor should be understood to mean, \"why information is missing\", and the nulFlavors OTH, NINF, PINF, and TRC should not be used.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Extension",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*"
},
"condition" : ["ele-1"],
"constraint" : [{
"key" : "ele-1",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
},
{
"key" : "ext-1",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
"expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
"xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])",
"source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
}],
"isModifier" : false,
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "v2",
"map" : "n/a"
},
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "ANY.nullFlavor"
}]
},
{
"id" : "Extension.id",
"path" : "Extension.id",
"representation" : ["xmlAttr"],
"short" : "Unique id for inter-element referencing",
"definition" : "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Element.id",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [{
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
"valueUrl" : "string"
}],
"code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
}],
"isModifier" : false,
"isSummary" : false,
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "n/a"
}]
},
{
"id" : "Extension.extension",
"path" : "Extension.extension",
"slicing" : {
"discriminator" : [{
"type" : "value",
"path" : "url"
}],
"description" : "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
"rules" : "open"
},
"short" : "Extension",
"definition" : "An Extension",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "0",
"base" : {
"path" : "Element.extension",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "*"
},
"type" : [{
"code" : "Extension"
}],
"constraint" : [{
"key" : "ele-1",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
},
{
"key" : "ext-1",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
"expression" : "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
"xpath" : "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])",
"source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
}],
"isModifier" : false,
"isSummary" : false
},
{
"id" : "Extension.url",
"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.",
"comment" : "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" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Extension.url",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [{
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
"valueUrl" : "uri"
}],
"code" : "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
}],
"fixedUri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/iso21090-nullFlavor",
"isModifier" : false,
"isSummary" : false,
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "N/A"
}]
},
{
"id" : "Extension.value[x]",
"path" : "Extension.value[x]",
"short" : "Value of extension",
"definition" : "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/extensibility.html) for a list).",
"min" : 1,
"max" : "1",
"base" : {
"path" : "Extension.value[x]",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1"
},
"type" : [{
"code" : "code"
}],
"constraint" : [{
"key" : "ele-1",
"severity" : "error",
"human" : "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression" : "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath" : "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
}],
"isModifier" : false,
"isSummary" : false,
"binding" : {
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
"valueString" : "NullFlavor"
}],
"strength" : "required",
"description" : "A collection of codes specifying why a valid value is not present.",
"valueSet" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-NullFlavor|4.0.1"
},
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "N/A"
}]
}]
},
"differential" : {
"element" : [{
"id" : "Extension",
"path" : "Extension",
"short" : "NI | OTH | NINF | PINF | UNK | ASKU | NAV | NASK | TRC | MSK | NA | QS",
"definition" : "If the value is not a proper value, indicates the reason.",
"comment" : "Considerable care must be used when using nullFlavor in this context of FHIR - more than any other concept, this is tied to the way v3 works, and FHIR is quite different. For instance, there is no notion of a \"proper value\" as opposed to any other value in FHIR. a NullFlavor should be understood to mean, \"why information is missing\", and the nulFlavors OTH, NINF, PINF, and TRC should not be used.",
"min" : 0,
"max" : "1",
"mapping" : [{
"identity" : "v2",
"map" : "n/a"
},
{
"identity" : "rim",
"map" : "ANY.nullFlavor"
}]
},
{
"id" : "Extension.extension",
"path" : "Extension.extension",
"max" : "0"
},
{
"id" : "Extension.url",
"path" : "Extension.url",
"fixedUri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/iso21090-nullFlavor"
},
{
"id" : "Extension.value[x]",
"path" : "Extension.value[x]",
"min" : 1,
"type" : [{
"code" : "code"
}],
"binding" : {
"extension" : [{
"url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
"valueString" : "NullFlavor"
}],
"strength" : "required",
"description" : "A collection of codes specifying why a valid value is not present.",
"valueSet" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-NullFlavor|4.0.1"
}
}]
}
}
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.