FHIR Release 3 (STU)

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Extension inheritedExtensibleValueSet - Detailed Descriptions

Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the extension.

Extension
Definition

A reference to an extensible value set specified in a parent profie in order to allow a conformance checking tool to validate that a code not in the extensible value set of the profile is not violating rules defined by parent profile bindings.

Control0..* This element is affected by the following invariants: ele-1
Comments

This extension is only needed where the binding strength is 'extensible', the parents are also 'extensible'. This allows a validator to work around the fact that restricting extensible value sets in child profiles loses constraints out of the parent profiles, (e.g. codes to be used when appropriate).

InvariantsDefined on this element
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')]))
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
Typestring
Extension.extension
Definition

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

Control0..*
TypeExtension
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.

SlicingThis element introduces a set of slices. The slicing rules are:
  • unordered
  • Open
  • discriminators: value:url
Extension.url
Definition

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

Control1..1
Typeuri
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/elementdefinition-inheritedExtensibleValueSet
Extension.value[x]
Definition

Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).

Control1..1
TypeChoice of: uri, Reference(ValueSet)
[x] NoteSee Choice of Data Types for further information about how to use [x]