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Extension: minValueSet

URL for this extension:

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

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

The minimum allowable value set, for use when the binding strength is 'required' or 'extensible'. This value set is the minimum value set that any conformant system SHALL support.

Comment:

Generally, the context of use of this extension should be specific about what it means to 'support' the value set.

Context of Use: Use on Element ID ElementDefinition.binding

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Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
minValueSet		0..1	uri, canonical(ValueSet)	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet minValueSet: The minimum allowable value set, for use when the binding strength is 'required' or 'extensible'. This value set is the minimum value set that any conformant system SHALL support. Use on Element ID ElementDefinition.binding
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Full Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet minValueSet: The minimum allowable value set, for use when the binding strength is 'required' or 'extensible'. This value set is the minimum value set that any conformant system SHALL support. Use on Element ID ElementDefinition.binding
extension		0..0
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet"
value[x]		1..1		Value of extension
valueUri			uri
valueCanonical			canonical(ValueSet)
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XML Template

<!-- minValueSet -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <value[x]><!--  1..1 uri|canonical Value of extension --></value[x]>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // minValueSet
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet", // R! 
// value[x]: Value of extension. One of these 2:
    "valueUri" : "<uri>" // C? R! Value of extension
    "valueCanonical" : "<canonical>", // C? R! Value of extension
  }

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
minValueSet		0..1	uri, canonical(ValueSet)	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet minValueSet: The minimum allowable value set, for use when the binding strength is 'required' or 'extensible'. This value set is the minimum value set that any conformant system SHALL support. Use on Element ID ElementDefinition.binding
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		0..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet minValueSet: The minimum allowable value set, for use when the binding strength is 'required' or 'extensible'. This value set is the minimum value set that any conformant system SHALL support. Use on Element ID ElementDefinition.binding
extension		0..0
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet"
value[x]		1..1		Value of extension
valueUri			uri
valueCanonical			canonical(ValueSet)
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- minValueSet -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <value[x]><!--  1..1 uri|canonical Value of extension --></value[x]>
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // minValueSet
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-minValueSet", // R! 
// value[x]: Value of extension. One of these 2:
    "valueUri" : "<uri>" // C? R! Value of extension
    "valueCanonical" : "<canonical>", // C? R! Value of extension
  }

Constraints

• ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children unless an empty Parameters resource (xpath: @value|f:*|h:div|self::f:Parameters)
• 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)