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This page provides mappings for Element Definition.
| ElementDefinition | Data_Element |
| path | Name, Identifier & Context |
| representation | n/a |
| sliceName | n/a |
| label | n/a |
| code | (Data_Element).data_element_concept.identifier |
| slicing | n/a |
| discriminator | n/a |
| type | |
| path | n/a |
| description | |
| ordered | n/a |
| rules | n/a |
| short | N/A |
| definition | (Designatable_Item).definition.text acceptability=preferred in default context |
| comment | (Administered_Item).explanatory_comment |
| requirements | (Registered_item).document_reference[document_type=requirements].notation |
| alias | (Designatable_Item).designation.sign acceptability!=preferred or context is other than default |
| min | Minimum size of data element values? |
| max | Maximum size of data element values? |
| base | n/a |
| path | n/a |
| min | n/a |
| max | n/a |
| contentReference | |
| type | .domain.data+Q14type |
| code | .domain.data+Q14type |
| profile | n/a |
| targetProfile | n/a |
| aggregation | n/a |
| versioning | |
| defaultValue[x] | |
| meaningWhenMissing | |
| orderMeaning | |
| fixed[x] | N/A (only relevant when constraining, which 11179 doesn't do) |
| pattern[x] | |
| example | |
| label | |
| value[x] | .example |
| minValue[x] | |
| maxValue[x] | |
| maxLength | .domain.maximum_character_quantity |
| condition | |
| constraint | ?? |
| key | |
| requirements | |
| severity | |
| human | |
| expression | |
| xpath | |
| source | |
| mustSupport | ?? |
| isModifier | ?? |
| isSummary | ?? |
| binding | .domain |
| strength | |
| description | .domain.description |
| valueSet[x] | points to explicit list or expression that evaluates to list of (Enumerated_Value_Domain).member |
| mapping | Registered_item).document_reference[document_type=mapping] Also, .meaning linkage to Data_Element_Concept is done as a mapping to a reference model. (Data_Element_Concepts are all defined in some sort of reference model, be that Object_Class and Property or some other mechanism) |
| identity | |
| language | |
| map | ObjectClass, Property (this is one possible data model that can be mapped to - the uri would identify the data model mappingSpecification.mappingScript |
| comment | |
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