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| FHIR Infrastructure Work Group | Maturity Level: 1 | Informative | Use Context: Any | 
URL for this extension:
http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/minLength
Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven International (FHIR Infrastructure)
The minimum number of characters that must be present in the simple data type to be considered a "valid" instance.
Context of Use: Use on element: Questionnaire.item, ElementDefinition
usage info: insert a list of places where this extension is used
Summary
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   extension | 0..1 | integer | URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/minLength minLength: The minimum number of characters that must be present in the simple data type to be considered a "valid" instance. Use on element: Questionnaire.item, ElementDefinition | |
|  Documentation for this format | ||||
Full Structure
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   extension | 0..1 | Extension | URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/minLength minLength: The minimum number of characters that must be present in the simple data type to be considered a "valid" instance. Use on element: Questionnaire.item, ElementDefinition | |
|    url | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/minLength" | |
|    valueInteger | 0..1 | integer | Value of extension | |
|  Documentation for this format | ||||
XML Template
<!-- minLength --><extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/minLength" > <!-- from Element: extension --> <valueInteger value="[integer]"/><!-- 0..1 Value of extension --> </extension>
JSON Template
{ // minLength
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified orderOpen
    ],
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/minLength", // R! 
    "valueInteger" : <integer> //Value of extension
  }
 Summary
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   extension | 0..1 | integer | URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/minLength minLength: The minimum number of characters that must be present in the simple data type to be considered a "valid" instance. Use on element: Questionnaire.item, ElementDefinition | |
|  Documentation for this format | ||||
Full Structure
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints  | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
|   extension | 0..1 | Extension | URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/minLength minLength: The minimum number of characters that must be present in the simple data type to be considered a "valid" instance. Use on element: Questionnaire.item, ElementDefinition | |
|    url | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/minLength" | |
|    valueInteger | 0..1 | integer | Value of extension | |
|  Documentation for this format | ||||
XML Template
<!-- minLength --><extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/minLength" > <!-- from Element: extension --> <valueInteger value="[integer]"/><!-- 0..1 Value of extension --> </extension>
JSON Template
{ // minLength
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified orderOpen
    ],
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/minLength", // R! 
    "valueInteger" : <integer> //Value of extension
  }
 
Constraints