FHIR Tooling Extensions IG
0.6.0 - Release 0.2.0
FHIR Tooling Extensions IG
0.6.0 - Release 0.2.0
This page is part of the HL7 Tools Extension IG (v0.6.0: Release - Informative) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) v5.0.0. The current version which supersedes this version is 0.7.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/logical-container | Version: 0.6.0 | |||
| Standards status: Informative | Maturity Level: 2 | Computable Name: LogicalContainer | ||
| Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.1.42.31 | ||||
This extension is used in logical models to indicate that the type that can be the container of this definition. This can be a reference to an abstract definition, or a particular concrete definition. This is the (base) class encountered when %resource and %rootResource is found in FHIRPath constraint expressions.
Context of Use
This extension may be used on the following element(s)
StructureDefinition
Usage info
Usages:
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Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter:   |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  Extension |
0..1 | Extension | logical-container | |
  id |
0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
 extension |
0..0 | |||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/logical-container" | |
 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: This extension is used in logical models to indicate that the type that can be the container of this definition. This can be a reference to an abstract definition, or a particular concrete definition. This is the (base) class encountered when %resource and %rootResource is found in FHIRPath constraint expressions.
Maturity: 2
Differential View
This structure is derived from Extension
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..1 | Extension | logical-container | |
| id |
0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
| extension |
0..0 | |||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/logical-container" | |
| 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: This extension is used in logical models to indicate that the type that can be the container of this definition. This can be a reference to an abstract definition, or a particular concrete definition. This is the (base) class encountered when %resource and %rootResource is found in FHIRPath constraint expressions.
Maturity: 2
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() |
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