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Extension: HumanLanguage - Detailed Descriptions

Page standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 3

Definitions for the language extension.

Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be found here.

1. Extension
Definition

The Human Language of the item.

Optional Extension Element - found in all resources.

Control0..1*
Comments

This is used where an item may repeat to indicate the language of each repeat.

2. Extension.extension
Control0..0*
3. Extension.url
Fixed Valuehttp://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language
4. Extension.value[x]
Control10..1
BindingThe codes SHOULD be taken from CommonLanguagesFor codes, see (unbound) IETF language ta
Additional BindingsPurpose
AllLanguagesMax Binding
TypeChoice of: , date, Meta, Address, Attachment, integer, Count, DataRequirement, Dosage, uuid, Identifier, RatioRange, Coding, SampledData, id, positiveInt, Distance, Availability, integer64, Period, Duration, canonical, Range, RelatedArtifact, base64Binary, UsageContext, Timing, decimal, ExtendedContactDetail, CodeableConcept, ParameterDefinition, dateTime, string, oid, instant, ContactPoint, HumanName, Money, markdown, Ratio, Age, Reference, TriggerDefinition, Quantity, uri, url, Annotation, ContactDetail, boolean, Expression, CodeableReference, Signature, unsignedInt, time
[x] NoteSee Choice of Data Types for further information about how to use [x]

Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be found here.

1. Extension
Definition

The Human Language of the item.

Optional Extension Element - found in all resources.

Control0..1*
Comments

This is used where an item may repeat to indicate the language of each repeat.

InvariantsDefined on this element
ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (: extension.exists() != value.exists())
2. Extension.extension
Definition

An Extension

May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. To make the use of extensions safe and managable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.

Control0..0*
TypeExtension
Summaryfalse
Alternate Namesextensions, user content
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.

InvariantsDefined on this element
ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (: extension.exists() != value.exists())
SlicingThis element introduces a set of slices on Extension.extension. The slices are unordered and Open, and can be differentiated using the following discriminators:
  • value @ url
3. Extension.url
Definition

Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.

Control1..1
Typeuri
XML RepresentationIn the XML format, this property is represented as an attribute.
Summaryfalse
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 SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.

Fixed Valuehttp://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language
4. Extension.value[x]
Definition

Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility for a list).

Control10..1 This element is affected by the following invariants: ext-1
BindingThe codes SHOULD be taken from CommonLanguagesFor codes, see (unbound) IETF language ta
Additional BindingsPurpose
AllLanguagesMax Binding
TypeChoice of: code, date, Meta, Address, Attachment, integer, Count, DataRequirement, Dosage, uuid, Identifier, RatioRange, Coding, SampledData, id, positiveInt, Distance, Availability, integer64, Period, Duration, canonical, Range, RelatedArtifact, base64Binary, UsageContext, Timing, decimal, ExtendedContactDetail, CodeableConcept, ParameterDefinition, dateTime, string, oid, instant, ContactPoint, HumanName, Money, markdown, Ratio, Age, Reference, TriggerDefinition, Quantity, uri, url, Annotation, ContactDetail, boolean, Expression, CodeableReference, Signature, unsignedInt, time
[x] NoteSee Choice of Data Types for further information about how to use [x]
Summaryfalse
InvariantsDefined on this element
ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))

Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be found here.

1. Extension
Definition

The Human Language of the item.

Control0..1
Comments

This is used where an item may repeat to indicate the language of each repeat.

2. Extension.id
Definition

Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.

Control0..1 This element is affected by the following invariants: ele-1
Typeid
XML RepresentationIn the XML format, this property is represented as an attribute.
Summaryfalse
3. Extension.extension
Definition

An Extension

Control0..0
TypeExtension
Summaryfalse
InvariantsDefined on this element
ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (: extension.exists() != value.exists())
SlicingThis element introduces a set of slices on Extension.extension. The slices are unordered and Open, and can be differentiated using the following discriminators:
  • value @ url
4. Extension.url
Definition

Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.

Control1..1
Typeuri
XML RepresentationIn the XML format, this property is represented as an attribute.
Summaryfalse
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 SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.

Fixed Valuehttp://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language
5. Extension.value[x]
Definition

Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility for a list).

Control1..1 This element is affected by the following invariants: ext-1
BindingThe codes SHOULD be taken from CommonLanguages IETF language ta
Additional BindingsPurpose
AllLanguagesMax Binding
Typecode
[x] NoteSee Choice of Data Types for further information about how to use [x]
Summaryfalse
InvariantsDefined on this element
ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (: hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()))