FHIR Extensions Pack
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Extension: StructureDefinition Explicit Type Name

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name Version: 5.1.0
Standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 3 Computable Name: SDExplicitTypeName
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.5.1027

A name to use for the type, in implementations. This is a suggestion; it’s not a normative part of the FHIR specification, but it does appear in the UML diagrams, and is used in generated code, schemas, etc.to identify the type.

Context of Use

This extension may be used on the following element(s):

  • Element ID ElementDefinition

Usage info

Usage:

Changes since version 1.0.0:

  • No changes

    • Formal Views of Extension Content

    Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

    This structure is derived from Extension

    Summary

    Simple Extension of type string: A name to use for the type, in implementations. This is a suggestion; it's not a normative part of the FHIR specification, but it does appear in the UML diagrams, and is used in generated code, schemas, etc.to identify the type.

    Maturity: 3

    This structure is derived from Extension

    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
    .. Extension 0..1 Extension Advisory - name of Type for implementations
    ... extension 0..0
    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name"
    ... value[x] 1..1 string Value of extension

    doco Documentation for this format
    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
    .. Extension 0..1 Extension Advisory - name of Type for implementations
    ... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
    ... extension 0..0
    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name"

    doco Documentation for this format

    This structure is derived from Extension

    Summary

    Simple Extension of type string: A name to use for the type, in implementations. This is a suggestion; it's not a normative part of the FHIR specification, but it does appear in the UML diagrams, and is used in generated code, schemas, etc.to identify the type.

    Maturity: 3

    Differential View

    This structure is derived from Extension

    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
    .. Extension 0..1 Extension Advisory - name of Type for implementations
    ... extension 0..0
    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name"
    ... value[x] 1..1 string Value of extension

    doco Documentation for this format

    Snapshot View

    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
    .. Extension 0..1 Extension Advisory - name of Type for implementations
    ... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
    ... extension 0..0
    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name"

    doco Documentation for this format

     

    Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

    Constraints

    IdGradePath(s)DetailsRequirements
    ele-1error**ALL** elementsAll FHIR elements must have a @value or children
    : hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
    ext-1error**ALL** extensionsMust have either extensions or value[x], not both
    : extension.exists() != value.exists()

    Search Parameters for this Extension

    (none found)