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selector
{ "resourceType": "StructureDefinition", "id": "elementdefinition-selector", "extension": [ { "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg", "valueCode": "fhir" }, { "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm", "valueInteger": 1 } ], "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-selector", "name": "selector", "status": "draft", "date": "2015-02-28", "publisher": "Health Level Seven, Inc. - FHIR Core WG", "contact": [ { "telecom": [ { "system": "url", "value": "http://hl7.org/special/committees/FHIR" } ] } ], "description": "A FHIRPath statement that defines whether an element is in the slice.", "fhirVersion": "3.0.2", "mapping": [ { "identity": "rim", "uri": "http://hl7.org/v3", "name": "RIM Mapping" } ], "kind": "complex-type", "abstract": false, "contextType": "datatype", "context": [ "ElementDefinition" ], "type": "Extension", "baseDefinition": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension", "derivation": "constraint", "snapshot": { "element": [ { "id": "Extension", "path": "Extension", "short": "FHIRPath that defines the selection criteria for a slice", "definition": "A FHIRPath statement that defines whether an element is in the slice.", "comment": "This extension can only appear on element definitions that are part of a set of slices, and not on the slicing definition itself. If the selector appears in the presence of nominated slices discriminators, then the slicing defined by the discriminator(s) and the selector on each slice must agree. In the absence of any nominated discriminators, then an element is allowed to be in multiple slices.", "min": 0, "max": "1", "base": { "path": "Extension", "min": 0, "max": "*" }, "condition": [ "ele-1" ], "constraint": [ { "key": "ele-1", "severity": "error", "human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children", "expression": "hasValue() | (children().count() > id.count())", "xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div", "source": "Element" }, { "key": "ext-1", "severity": "error", "human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both", "expression": "extension.exists() != value.exists()", "xpath": "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])", "source": "Extension" } ], "mapping": [ { "identity": "rim", "map": "N/A (MIF territory)" } ] }, { "id": "Extension.id", "path": "Extension.id", "representation": [ "xmlAttr" ], "short": "xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)", "definition": "unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.", "min": 0, "max": "1", "base": { "path": "Element.id", "min": 0, "max": "1" }, "type": [ { "code": "string" } ], "mapping": [ { "identity": "rim", "map": "n/a" } ] }, { "id": "Extension.extension", "path": "Extension.extension", "slicing": { "discriminator": [ { "type": "value", "path": "url" } ], "description": "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url", "rules": "open" }, "short": "Additional Content defined by implementations", "definition": "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order to make the use of extensions safe and manageable, there is a strict set of governance applied to the definition and use of extensions. Though any implementer is allowed to define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.", "comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions. The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.", "alias": [ "extensions", "user content" ], "min": 0, "max": "*", "base": { "path": "Element.extension", "min": 0, "max": "*" }, "type": [ { "code": "Extension" } ], "mapping": [ { "identity": "rim", "map": "n/a" } ] }, { "id": "Extension.url", "path": "Extension.url", "representation": [ "xmlAttr" ], "short": "identifies the meaning of the extension", "definition": "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.", "comment": "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": 1, "max": "1", "base": { "path": "Extension.url", "min": 1, "max": "1" }, "type": [ { "code": "uri" } ], "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-selector", "mapping": [ { "identity": "rim", "map": "N/A" } ] }, { "id": "Extension.valueString", "path": "Extension.valueString", "short": "Value of extension", "definition": "Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).", "min": 0, "max": "1", "base": { "path": "Extension.value[x]", "min": 0, "max": "1" }, "type": [ { "code": "string" } ], "mapping": [ { "identity": "rim", "map": "N/A" } ] } ] }, "differential": { "element": [ { "id": "Extension", "path": "Extension", "short": "FHIRPath that defines the selection criteria for a slice", "definition": "A FHIRPath statement that defines whether an element is in the slice.", "comment": "This extension can only appear on element definitions that are part of a set of slices, and not on the slicing definition itself. If the selector appears in the presence of nominated slices discriminators, then the slicing defined by the discriminator(s) and the selector on each slice must agree. In the absence of any nominated discriminators, then an element is allowed to be in multiple slices.", "min": 0, "max": "1", "mapping": [ { "identity": "rim", "map": "N/A (MIF territory)" } ] }, { "id": "Extension.extension", "path": "Extension.extension", "max": "0" }, { "id": "Extension.url", "path": "Extension.url", "type": [ { "code": "uri" } ], "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-selector" }, { "id": "Extension.valueString", "path": "Extension.valueString", "type": [ { "code": "string" } ] } ] } }
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