FHIR Release 3 (STU)

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Extension: explicit-type-name

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group

Maturity Level: 1

Informative

Use Context: Any

URL for this extension:

http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven, Inc. - [WG Name] WG

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: Use on data type: ElementDefinition

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

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..1	string	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name explicit-type-name: 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. Use on data type: ElementDefinition
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension	0..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name explicit-type-name: 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. Use on data type: ElementDefinition
url	1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name"
valueString	0..1	string	Value of extension
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- explicit-type-name -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueString value="[string]"/><!-- 0..1 Value of extension -->
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // explicit-type-name
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified orderOpen
    ],
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name", // R! 
    "valueString" : "<string>" //Value of extension
  }

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..1	string	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name explicit-type-name: 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. Use on data type: ElementDefinition
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension	0..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name explicit-type-name: 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. Use on data type: ElementDefinition
url	1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name"
valueString	0..1	string	Value of extension
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- explicit-type-name -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueString value="[string]"/><!-- 0..1 Value of extension -->
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // explicit-type-name
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified orderOpen
    ],
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name", // R! 
    "valueString" : "<string>" //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')]))