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Example StructureDefinition/Base (XML)
Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)
StructureDefinition for Base
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="Base"/>
<text>
<status value="generated"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align:
top;">
<tr style="border: 1px #F0F0F0 solid; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana; vertical-align:
top">
<th class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
<a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="The logical name of the element">Name</a>
</th>
<th class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
<a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Information about the use of the element">Flags</a>
</th>
<th class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
<a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Minimum and Maximum # of times the the element can appear in the instance">Card.</a>
</th>
<th class="hierarchy" style="width: 100px">
<a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Reference to the type of the element">Type</a>
</th>
<th class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
<a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Additional information about the element">Description & Constraints</a>
<span style="float: right">
<a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Legend for this format">
<img alt="doco" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/>
</a>
</span>
</th>
</tr>
<tr style="border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid; padding:0px; vertical-align: top; background-color:
white">
<td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px; white-space: nowrap; background-image: url(data:image/png;bas
e64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAyAAAAACCAYAAACg/LjIAAAAJUlEQVR4Xu3IIQEAAAgDsHd9/w4EQIOamFnaBgAA4M
MKAACAKwNp30CqZFfFmwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)">
<img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/>
<img alt="." class="hierarchy" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: white; background-color: inherit" title="Choice of Types"/>
<a href="types-definitions.html#Base" title="Base : Base definition for all types defined in FHIR type system.">Base</a>
</td>
<td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">
<a href="uml.html#abstract" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; color: black; null" title="This is an abstract type">«A»</a>
<a href="versions.html#std-process" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px grey solid; font-weight: bold;
color: black; background-color: #e6ffe6" title="Standards Status = Normative">N</a>
</td>
<td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/>
<td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px"/>
<td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0
solid; padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Base for all types and resources
<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="hierarchy" colspan="5">
<br/>
<a href="https://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#table-views" title="Legend for this format">
<img alt="doco" src="data:(snipped in html view)" style="background-color: inherit"/> Documentation for this format
</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</text>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
<valueCode value="normative"/>
</extension>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version">
<valueCode value="4.0.0"/>
</extension>
<url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Base"/>
<version value="5.0.0"/>
<name value="Base"/>
<status value="active"/>
<experimental value="false"/>
<date value="2023-03-26T15:21:02+11:00"/>
<publisher value="HL7 FHIR Standard"/>
<contact>
<telecom>
<system value="url"/>
<value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
</telecom>
</contact>
<description value="Base Type: Base definition for all types defined in FHIR type system."/>
<jurisdiction>
<coding>
<system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
<code value="001"/>
<display value="World"/>
</coding>
</jurisdiction>
<fhirVersion value="5.0.0"/>
<mapping>
<identity value="rim"/>
<uri value="http://hl7.org/v3"/>
<name value="RIM Mapping"/>
</mapping>
<kind value="complex-type"/>
<abstract value="true"/>
<type value="Base"/>
<snapshot>
<element id="Base">
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
<valueCode value="normative"/>
</extension>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version">
<valueCode value="4.0.0"/>
</extension>
<path value="Base"/>
<short value="Base for all types and resources"/>
<definition value="Base definition for all types defined in FHIR type system."/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="*"/>
<base>
<path value="Base"/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="*"/>
</base>
<constraint>
<key value="ele-1"/>
<severity value="error"/>
<human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
<expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())"/>
<source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/>
</constraint>
<isModifier value="false"/>
<mapping>
<identity value="rim"/>
<map value="n/a"/>
</mapping>
</element>
</snapshot>
<differential>
<element id="Base">
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
<valueCode value="normative"/>
</extension>
<extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-normative-version">
<valueCode value="4.0.0"/>
</extension>
<path value="Base"/>
<short value="Base for all types and resources"/>
<definition value="Base definition for all types defined in FHIR type system."/>
<min value="0"/>
<max value="*"/>
<mapping>
<identity value="rim"/>
<map value="n/a"/>
</mapping>
</element>
</differential>
</StructureDefinition>
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.
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