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DocumentConformance

A conformance statement about how one or more FHIR documents.

The relative url is /documentconformances

Content

<DocumentConformance xmlns="http://www.hl7.org/fhir">
  <id> mand id ConformanceStatement Id (UUID)</id>
  <date> mand dateTime Publication Date</date>
  <publisher> mand 
   <name> mand string Publishing Organization</name>
   <address> opt Zero+ Address Address of Organization</address>
   <contact> opt Zero+ Contact Contacts for Organization</contact>
  </publisher>
  <software> opt  <!-- If this is for an application -->
   <name> mand string Name software is known by</name>
   <version> mand string Version covered by this statement</version>
   <releaseDate> opt dateTime Date this version released</releaseDate>
  </software>
  <profile> opt Zero+ uri other profiles that apply (i.e. code binding rules)</profile>
  <document> mand  <!-- One+ document definition -->
   <name> mand string Name for this particular document profile</name>
   <purpose> opt string Human description of this particular profile</purpose>
   <resource> mand One+ Constraint Constraint on a resource used in the document</resource>
  </document>
  <extensions> opt See Extensions   See Extensions </extensions>
  <text> mand Narrative Text summary of conformance profile for human interpretation</text>
</DocumentConformance>

Schema for DocumentConformance and an example (or formatted for browser)

Notes:

• Document profile names are not used elsewhere in this specification - they are for human consumption
• For each document profile, multiple resources will need to be profiled. The document resource must always come first
• Ideally, the criteria in different document profile should be able to distinguish between multiple document profiles, so that there is no ambiguity concerning which profile any given document conforms to. However this is not always possible

Formal Definitions

The formal definitions for the elements above. Also available as an XML file.

DocumentConformance
Definition	A conformance statement about how one or more FHIR documents
Control	Mandatory, 1..1
DocumentConformance.id
Definition	Globally unique Conformance Statement Id (Must be a UUID)
Control	Mandatory, 1..1
Type	id
DocumentConformance.date
Definition	Date that this conformance statement is published
Control	Mandatory, 1..1
Type	dateTime
DocumentConformance.publisher
Definition	The organization that publishes this conformance statement
Control	Mandatory, 1..1
DocumentConformance.publisher.name
Definition	Name of Organization
Control	Mandatory, 1..1
Type	string
DocumentConformance.publisher.address
Definition	Address of Organization
Control	Optional, 0..*
Type	Address
DocumentConformance.publisher.contact
Definition	Contacts for Organization
Control	Optional, 0..*
Type	Contact
DocumentConformance.software
Definition	The software that is covered by this conformance statement
Control	Optional, 0..1
DocumentConformance.software.name
Definition	Name software is known by
Control	Mandatory, 1..1
Type	string
DocumentConformance.software.version
Definition	Version covered by this statement
Control	Mandatory, 1..1
Type	string
DocumentConformance.software.releaseDate
Definition	Date this version released
Control	Optional, 0..1
Type	dateTime
DocumentConformance.profile
Definition	Additional other profiles that apply to this conformance statement.
Control	Optional, 0..*
Type	uri
Comments	Generally these profiles make constraints on the bindings of concept domains / value sets
DocumentConformance.document
Definition	A document definition
Control	Mandatory, 1..*
DocumentConformance.document.name
Definition	Name for this particular document profile
Control	Mandatory, 1..1
Type	string
DocumentConformance.document.purpose
Definition	Human description of this particular profile
Control	Optional, 0..1
Type	string
DocumentConformance.document.resource
Definition	Constraint on a resource used in the document
Control	Mandatory, 1..*
Type	Constraint
Comments	The first resource is the document resource
DocumentConformance.extensions
Definition	See Extensions
Control	Optional, 0..1
DocumentConformance.text
Definition	Text summary of conformance profile for human interpretation
Control	Mandatory, 1..1
Type	Narrative

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