FHIR Extensions Pack
5.3.0-ballot - (September 2025 Ballot)
FHIR Extensions Pack
5.3.0-ballot - (September 2025 Ballot)
This page is part of the FHIR Core Extensions Registry (v5.3.0-ballot: Release 5.3) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) v5.0.0. This version is a pre-release. The current official version is 5.2.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementSource | Version: 5.3.0-ballot | |||
| Standards status: Trial-use | Maturity Level: 1 | Computable Name: ElementSource | ||
A uri that identifies the source for this element.
This extension functions for an element in the same manner as meta.source functions for an resource. The source of an element may be finer-grained than the source declared on a resource. Like meta.source, if more detail is needed, Provenance should be used.
Context of Use
This extension may be used on the following element(s)
Element
Usage info
Usages:
You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics
Changes since version 5.2.0:
Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Simple Extension with the type uri: A uri that identifies the source for this element.
This extension functions for an element in the same manner as meta.source functions for an resource. The source of an element may be finer-grained than the source declared on a resource. Like meta.source, if more detail is needed, Provenance should be used.
Maturity: 1
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter:   |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  Extension |
0..1 | Extension | A uri that identifies the source for this element | |
  id |
0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
 extension |
0..0 | |||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementSource" | |
 value[x] |
1..1 | uri | Value of extension | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Simple Extension with the type uri: A uri that identifies the source for this element.
This extension functions for an element in the same manner as meta.source functions for an resource. The source of an element may be finer-grained than the source declared on a resource. Like meta.source, if more detail is needed, Provenance should be used.
Maturity: 1
Differential View
This structure is derived from Extension
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..1 | Extension | A uri that identifies the source for this element | |
| id |
0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
| extension |
0..0 | |||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementSource" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | uri | Value of extension | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Details | Requirements |
| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children : hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) | |
| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both : extension.exists() != value.exists() |
The extension is unchanged in R4B
The extension is unchanged in R4
The extension is unchanged in R3
(none found)
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