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Extension-capabilitystatement-search-parameter-combination.json

FHIR Infrastructure Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

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search-parameter-combination

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  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/capabilitystatement-search-parameter-combination",
  "version" : "4.0.1",
  "name" : "search-parameter-combination",
  "title" : "Search Parameter Combination",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2014-04-12",
  "publisher" : "Health Level Seven, Inc. - [WG Name] WG",
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        "map" : "N/A"
      },
      {
        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : "N/A"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension:required",
      "path" : "Extension.extension",
      "sliceName" : "required",
      "short" : "A required search parameter name",
      "definition" : "A search parameter name in the combination which is required.",
      "min" : 1,
      "max" : "*",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension"
      }],
      "isModifier" : false,
      "mapping" : [{
        "identity" : "v2",
        "map" : "N/A"
      },
      {
        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : "N/A"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension:required.extension",
      "path" : "Extension.extension.extension",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension:required.url",
      "path" : "Extension.extension.url",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "uri"
      }],
      "fixedUri" : "required"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension:required.value[x]",
      "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]",
      "min" : 1,
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "string"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension:optional",
      "path" : "Extension.extension",
      "sliceName" : "optional",
      "short" : "An optional search parameter name",
      "definition" : "A search parameter name in the combination which is optional.",
      "comment" : "If a defined parameter is not listed as a required or optional parameter, the implication is that the parameter is not supported with this combination. Servers may ignore It, though some may return an error if it is used.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "*",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Extension"
      }],
      "isModifier" : false,
      "mapping" : [{
        "identity" : "v2",
        "map" : "N/A"
      },
      {
        "identity" : "rim",
        "map" : "N/A"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension:optional.extension",
      "path" : "Extension.extension.extension",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension:optional.url",
      "path" : "Extension.extension.url",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "uri"
      }],
      "fixedUri" : "optional"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.extension:optional.value[x]",
      "path" : "Extension.extension.value[x]",
      "min" : 1,
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "string"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.url",
      "path" : "Extension.url",
      "fixedUri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/capabilitystatement-search-parameter-combination"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "0"
    }]
  }
}

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.