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Extension: Human Language

URL for this extension:

http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven International (FHIR Infrastructure)

The Human Language of the item.

Comment:

This is used where an item may repeat to indicate the language of each repeat.

Context of Use: Use on Element ID HumanName, Element ID Address or Element ID Annotation

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Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
Human Language		1..1	code	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language Human Language: The Human Language of the item. Binding: Common Languages (preferred): IETF language tag Use on Element ID HumanName, Element ID Address or Element ID Annotation
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		1..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language Human Language: The Human Language of the item. Use on Element ID HumanName, Element ID Address or Element ID Annotation
extension		0..0
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language"
value[x]		1..1	code	Value of extension Binding: Common Languages (preferred): IETF language tag Additional Bindings Purpose All Languages Max Binding
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- Human Language -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueCode value="[code]"/><!--  1..1 Value of extension -->
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // Human Language
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language", // R! 
    "valueCode" : "<code>" // C? R! Value of extension
  }

Summary

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
Human Language		1..1	code	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language Human Language: The Human Language of the item. Binding: Common Languages (preferred): IETF language tag Use on Element ID HumanName, Element ID Address or Element ID Annotation
Documentation for this format

Full Structure

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
extension		1..1	Extension	URL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language Human Language: The Human Language of the item. Use on Element ID HumanName, Element ID Address or Element ID Annotation
extension		0..0
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language"
value[x]		1..1	code	Value of extension Binding: Common Languages (preferred): IETF language tag Additional Bindings Purpose All Languages Max Binding
Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- Human Language -->

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueCode value="[code]"/><!--  1..1 Value of extension -->
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // Human Language
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/language", // R! 
    "valueCode" : "<code>" // 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)