FHIR Release 3 (STU)

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Extension: definition

Patient Care Work Group

Maturity Level: 1

Informative

Use Context: Any

URL for this extension:

http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/communicationrequest-definition

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven, Inc. - FHIR WG

A protocol, guideline, or other definition that is adhered to in whole or in part by this request.

Context of Use: Use on element: CommunicationRequest

usage info: insert a list of places where this extension is used

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..*	Reference(PlanDefinition), Reference(ActivityDefinition)	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/communicationrequest-definition definition: A protocol, guideline, or other definition that is adhered to in whole or in part by this request. Use on element: CommunicationRequest
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension	0..*	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/communicationrequest-definition definition: A protocol, guideline, or other definition that is adhered to in whole or in part by this request. Use on element: CommunicationRequest
url	1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/communicationrequest-definition"
value[x]	1..1	Reference(PlanDefinition), Reference(ActivityDefinition)	Value of extension
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- definition -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/communicationrequest-definition" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <value[x]><!-- 1..1 Reference(PlanDefinition)|Reference(ActivityDefinition) Value of extension --></value[x]>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // definition
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified orderOpen
    ],
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/communicationrequest-definition", // R! 
// value[x]: Value of extension. One of these 2:
    "valueReference" : { Reference(PlanDefinition) } // R! Value of extension
    "valueReference" : { Reference(ActivityDefinition) }, // R! Value of extension
  }

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..*	Reference(PlanDefinition), Reference(ActivityDefinition)	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/communicationrequest-definition definition: A protocol, guideline, or other definition that is adhered to in whole or in part by this request. Use on element: CommunicationRequest
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension	0..*	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/communicationrequest-definition definition: A protocol, guideline, or other definition that is adhered to in whole or in part by this request. Use on element: CommunicationRequest
url	1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/communicationrequest-definition"
value[x]	1..1	Reference(PlanDefinition), Reference(ActivityDefinition)	Value of extension
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- definition -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/communicationrequest-definition" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <value[x]><!-- 1..1 Reference(PlanDefinition)|Reference(ActivityDefinition) Value of extension --></value[x]>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // definition
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified orderOpen
    ],
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/communicationrequest-definition", // R! 
// value[x]: Value of extension. One of these 2:
    "valueReference" : { Reference(PlanDefinition) } // R! Value of extension
    "valueReference" : { Reference(ActivityDefinition) }, // R! Value of extension
  }

Constraints

ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath: @value|f:*|h:div)
ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')]))