Extensions for Using Data Elements from FHIR R4 in FHIR STU3
0.1.0 - STU
Extensions for Using Data Elements from FHIR R4 in FHIR STU3
0.1.0 - STU
Extensions for Using Data Elements from FHIR R4 in FHIR STU3 - Downloaded Version null See the Directory of published versions
| Page standards status: Trial-use | Maturity Level: 0 |
Definitions for the ext-R4-Observation.effective extension.
Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be foundhere
| 0. Extension | |
| Definition | R4: Optional Extension Element - found in all resources. |
| Short | R4: effective additional typesOptional Extensions Element |
| Comments | Element |
| Control | 0..1* This element is affected by the following invariants: ele-1 |
| Is Modifier | false |
| Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() | (children().count() > id.count()))ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both ( extension.exists() != value.exists())ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() | (children().count() > id.count())) ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (extension.exists() != value.exists()) |
| 2. Extension.url | |
| Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL. |
| Short | identifies the meaning of the extension |
| 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. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | uri |
| Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
| XML Format | In the XML format, this property is represented as an attribute. |
| Fixed Value | http://hl7.org/fhir/4.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Observation.effective |
| 4. Extension.value[x] | |
| Definition | The time or time-period the observed value is asserted as being true. For biological subjects - e.g. human patients - this is usually called the "physiologically relevant time". This is usually either the time of the procedure or of specimen collection, but very often the source of the date/time is not known, only the date/time itself. Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list). |
| Short | Clinically relevant time/time-period for observationValue of extension |
| Comments | At least a date should be present unless this observation is a historical report. For recording imprecise or "fuzzy" times (For example, a blood glucose measurement taken "after breakfast") use the Timing datatype which allow the measurement to be tied to regular life events. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Choice of: Timing, instant, date, dateTime, Meta, code, string, Address, Attachment, integer, oid, Count, ContactPoint, HumanName, Money, Identifier, Coding, markdown, SampledData, Ratio, id, positiveInt, Age, Distance, Reference, Period, Quantity, Duration, Range, uri, Annotation, boolean, base64Binary, Signature, unsignedInt, time, decimal, CodeableConcept |
| [x] Note | SeeChoice of Data Typesfor further information about how to use [x] |
| Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be foundhere
| 0. Extension | |
| Definition | R4: |
| Short | R4: effective additional types |
| Comments | Element |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Is Modifier | false |
| 2. Extension.url | |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Fixed Value | http://hl7.org/fhir/4.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Observation.effective |
| 4. Extension.value[x] | |
| Definition | The time or time-period the observed value is asserted as being true. For biological subjects - e.g. human patients - this is usually called the "physiologically relevant time". This is usually either the time of the procedure or of specimen collection, but very often the source of the date/time is not known, only the date/time itself. |
| Short | Clinically relevant time/time-period for observation |
| Comments | At least a date should be present unless this observation is a historical report. For recording imprecise or "fuzzy" times (For example, a blood glucose measurement taken "after breakfast") use the Timing datatype which allow the measurement to be tied to regular life events. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Choice of: Timing, instant, date, dateTime, Meta, code, string, Address, Attachment, integer, oid, Count, ContactPoint, HumanName, Money, Identifier, Coding, markdown, SampledData, Ratio, id, positiveInt, Age, Distance, Reference, Period, Quantity, Duration, Range, uri, Annotation, boolean, base64Binary, Signature, unsignedInt, time, decimal, CodeableConcept |
| [x] Note | SeeChoice of Data Typesfor further information about how to use [x] |
| Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be foundhere
| 0. Extension | |
| Definition | R4: |
| Short | R4: effective additional types |
| Comments | Element |
| Control | 0..1 This element is affected by the following invariants: ele-1 |
| Is Modifier | false |
| Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() | (children().count() > id.count()))ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both ( extension.exists() != value.exists()) |
| 2. 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. |
| Short | xml:id (or equivalent in JSON) |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | string |
| Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
| XML Format | In the XML format, this property is represented as an attribute. |
| 4. 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. |
| Short | Additional Content defined by implementations |
| 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. |
| Control | 0..* |
| Type | Extension |
| Alternate Names | extensions, user content |
| Slicing | This element introduces a set of slices on Extension.extension. The slices areUnordered and Open, and can be differentiated using the following discriminators: |
| 6. Extension.url | |
| Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL. |
| Short | identifies the meaning of the extension |
| 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. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | uri |
| Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
| XML Format | In the XML format, this property is represented as an attribute. |
| Fixed Value | http://hl7.org/fhir/4.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Observation.effective |
| 8. Extension.value[x] | |
| Definition | The time or time-period the observed value is asserted as being true. For biological subjects - e.g. human patients - this is usually called the "physiologically relevant time". This is usually either the time of the procedure or of specimen collection, but very often the source of the date/time is not known, only the date/time itself. |
| Short | Clinically relevant time/time-period for observation |
| Comments | At least a date should be present unless this observation is a historical report. For recording imprecise or "fuzzy" times (For example, a blood glucose measurement taken "after breakfast") use the Timing datatype which allow the measurement to be tied to regular life events. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Choice of: Timing, instant |
| [x] Note | SeeChoice of Data Typesfor further information about how to use [x] |
| Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
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