Release 4

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Extension: question

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group

Maturity Level: 1

Informative

Use Context: Any

URL for this extension:

http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-question

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven, Inc. - FHIR Core WG

The default/suggested phrasing to use when prompting a human to capture the data element in question form (e.g. In a survey).

Comment:

Question and label serve similar purposes in they both can be used to prompt for capturing a data element. Whether the question form or label form should be used will depend on the type of instrument being used to capture the information. The ordering is in order of preference. I.e. Most preferred question form is listed first. Note that this is for alternate phrasings of the question. Language translations are handled using the ISO 21090 string translation extensions.

Context of Use: Use on Element ID ElementDefinition

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
question		0..*	string	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-question question: The default/suggested phrasing to use when prompting a human to capture the data element in question form (e.g. In a survey). Use on Element ID ElementDefinition
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..*	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-question question: The default/suggested phrasing to use when prompting a human to capture the data element in question form (e.g. In a survey). Use on Element ID ElementDefinition
extension	I	0..0
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-question"
value[x]	I	1..1	string	Value of extension
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- question -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-question" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueString value="[string]"/><!--  1..1 Value of extension -->
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // question
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-question", // R! 
    "valueString" : "<string>" // C? R! Value of extension
  }

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
question		0..*	string	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-question question: The default/suggested phrasing to use when prompting a human to capture the data element in question form (e.g. In a survey). Use on Element ID ElementDefinition
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..*	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-question question: The default/suggested phrasing to use when prompting a human to capture the data element in question form (e.g. In a survey). Use on Element ID ElementDefinition
extension	I	0..0
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-question"
value[x]	I	1..1	string	Value of extension
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- question -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-question" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueString value="[string]"/><!--  1..1 Value of extension -->
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // question
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-question", // R! 
    "valueString" : "<string>" // C? R! 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')]))
ele-1: On Extension.extension: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.extension: @value|f:*|h:div)
ext-1: On Extension.extension: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath on Extension.extension: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), "value")]))
ele-1: On Extension.value[x]: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.value[x]: @value|f:*|h:div)