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question
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="elementdefinition-question"/> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg"> <valueCode value="fhir"/> </extension> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm"> <valueInteger value="1"/> </extension> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-question"/> <version value="4.3.0"/> <name value="question"/> <status value="draft"/> <experimental value="false"/> <date value="2015-02-28"/> <publisher value="Health Level Seven, Inc. - FHIR Core WG"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="url"/> <value value="http://hl7.org/special/committees/FHIR"/> </telecom> </contact> <description value="The default/suggested phrasing to use when prompting a human to capture the data element in question form (e.g. In a survey)."/> <fhirVersion value="4.3.0"/> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <uri value="http://hl7.org/v3"/> <name value="RIM Mapping"/> </mapping> <kind value="complex-type"/> <abstract value="false"/> <context> <type value="element"/> <expression value="ElementDefinition"/> </context> <type value="Extension"/> <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"/> <derivation value="constraint"/> <snapshot> <element id="Extension"> <path value="Extension"/> <short value="Prompt for element phrased as question"/> <definition value="The default/suggested phrasing to use when prompting a human to capture the data element in question form (e.g. In a survey)."/> <comment value="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."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <base> <path value="Extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <condition value="ele-1"/> <constraint> <key value="ele-1"/> <severity value="error"/> <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children unless an empty Parameters resource"/> <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) or $this is Parameters"/> <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div|self::f:Parameters"/> <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> </constraint> <constraint> <key value="ext-1"/> <severity value="error"/> <human value="Must have either extensions or value[x], not both"/> <expression value="extension.exists() != value.exists()"/> <xpath value="exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])"/> <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"/> </constraint> <isModifier value="false"/> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A (MIF-level)"/> </mapping> </element> <element id="Extension.id"> <path value="Extension.id"/> <representation value="xmlAttr"/> <short value="Unique id for inter-element referencing"/> <definition value="Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Element.id"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> </base> <type> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type"> <valueUrl value="id"/> </extension> <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/> </type> <isModifier value="false"/> <isSummary value="false"/> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="n/a"/> </mapping> </element> <element id="Extension.extension"> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <slicing> <discriminator> <type value="value"/> <path value="url"/> </discriminator> <description value="Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url"/> <rules value="open"/> </slicing> <short value="Extension"/> <definition value="An Extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="0"/> <base> <path value="Element.extension"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> </base> <type> <code value="Extension"/> </type> <constraint> <key value="ele-1"/> <severity value="error"/> <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())"/> <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/> <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> </constraint> <constraint> <key value="ext-1"/> <severity value="error"/> <human value="Must have either extensions or value[x], not both"/> <expression value="extension.exists() != value.exists()"/> <xpath value="exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), "value")])"/> <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"/> </constraint> <isModifier value="false"/> <isSummary value="false"/> </element> <element id="Extension.url"> <path value="Extension.url"/> <representation value="xmlAttr"/> <short value="identifies the meaning of the extension"/> <definition value="Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL."/> <comment value="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."/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Extension.url"/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> </base> <type> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type"> <valueUrl value="uri"/> </extension> <code value="http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"/> </type> <fixedUri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-question"/> <isModifier value="false"/> <isSummary value="false"/> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A"/> </mapping> </element> <element id="Extension.value[x]"> <path value="Extension.value[x]"/> <short value="Value of extension"/> <definition value="Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](extensi bility.html) for a list)."/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <base> <path value="Extension.value[x]"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="1"/> </base> <type> <code value="string"/> </type> <constraint> <key value="ele-1"/> <severity value="error"/> <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> <expression value="hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())"/> <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/> <source value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> </constraint> <isModifier value="false"/> <isSummary value="false"/> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A"/> </mapping> </element> </snapshot> <differential> <element id="Extension"> <path value="Extension"/> <short value="Prompt for element phrased as question"/> <definition value="The default/suggested phrasing to use when prompting a human to capture the data element in question form (e.g. In a survey)."/> <comment value="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."/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <mapping> <identity value="rim"/> <map value="N/A (MIF-level)"/> </mapping> </element> <element id="Extension.extension"> <path value="Extension.extension"/> <max value="0"/> </element> <element id="Extension.url"> <path value="Extension.url"/> <fixedUri value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-question"/> </element> <element id="Extension.value[x]"> <path value="Extension.value[x]"/> <min value="1"/> <type> <code value="string"/> </type> </element> </differential> </StructureDefinition>
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.