FHIR Release 3 (STU)

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Usagecontext.profile.xml

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StructureDefinition for UsageContext

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             population (e.g., age category, DRG) or the specific context of care (e.g., venue, care
             setting, provider of care).">UsageContext</a> 
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            <span style="padding: 3px" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</span> 
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            <a href="element.html">Element</a> 
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          <td class="hierarchy" style="vertical-align: top; text-align : left; background-color: white; border: 0px #F0F0F0 solid;
           padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">Describes the context of use for a conformance or knowledge resource
            <br/>  Elements defined in Ancestors: 
            <a href="element.html#Element" title="unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any
             string value that does not contain spaces.">id</a> , 
            <a href="element.html#Element" title="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.">extension</a> 
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             usage context.">code</a> 
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            <span style="padding: 3px" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</span> 
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            <a href="datatypes.html#Coding">Coding</a> 
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            <a href="terminologies.html#extensible" title="To be conformant, the concept in this element SHALL be from the specified value set if
             any of the codes within the value set can apply to the concept being communicated.  If
             the value set does not cover the concept (based on human review), alternate codings (or,
             data type allowing, text) may be included instead.">Extensible</a> )
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            <span style="padding: 3px" title="This element is included in summaries">Σ</span> 
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            <br/>  
            <a href="valueset-use-context.html" title="A code that defines the specific value for the context being specified">Context of Use ValueSet</a>  (
            <a href="terminologies.html#example" title="Instances are not expected or even encouraged to draw from the specified value set.  The
             value set merely provides examples of the types of concepts intended to be included.">Example</a> )
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  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/UsageContext"/> 
  <name value="UsageContext"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <date value="2019-10-24T11:53:00+11:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 FHIR Standard"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="Base StructureDefinition for UsageContext Type"/> 
  <purpose value="Consumers of the resource must be able to determine the intended applicability for the
   resource. Ideally, this information would be used programmatically to determine when and
   how it should be incorporated or exposed."/> 
  <fhirVersion value="3.0.2"/> 
  <mapping> 
    <identity value="rim"/> 
    <uri value="http://hl7.org/v3"/> 
    <name value="RIM Mapping"/> 
  </mapping> 
  <kind value="complex-type"/> 
  <abstract value="false"/> 
  <type value="UsageContext"/> 
  <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"/> 
  <derivation value="specialization"/> 
  <snapshot> 
    <element id="UsageContext">
      <path value="UsageContext"/> 
      <short value="Describes the context of use for a conformance or knowledge resource"/> 
      <definition value="Specifies clinical/business/etc metadata that can be used to retrieve, index and/or categorize
       an artifact. This metadata can either be specific to the applicable population (e.g.,
       age category, DRG) or the specific context of care (e.g., venue, care setting, provider
       of care)."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <condition value="ele-1"/> 
      <constraint> 
        <key value="ele-1"/> 
        <severity value="error"/> 
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/> 
        <expression value="hasValue() | (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/> 
        <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/> 
        <source value="Element"/> 
      </constraint> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="UsageContext.id">
      <path value="UsageContext.id"/> 
      <representation value="xmlAttr"/> 
      <short value="xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)"/> 
      <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> 
        <code value="string"/> 
      </type> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="UsageContext.extension">
      <path value="UsageContext.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="Additional Content defined by implementations"/> 
      <definition value="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 value="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 value="extensions"/> 
      <alias value="user content"/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
      <base> 
        <path value="Element.extension"/> 
        <min value="0"/> 
        <max value="*"/> 
      </base> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Extension"/> 
      </type> 
      <mapping> 
        <identity value="rim"/> 
        <map value="n/a"/> 
      </mapping> 
    </element> 
    <element id="UsageContext.code">
      <path value="UsageContext.code"/> 
      <short value="Type of context being specified"/> 
      <definition value="A code that identifies the type of context being specified by this usage context."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Coding"/> 
      </type> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="UsageContextType"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="extensible"/> 
        <description value="A code that specifies a type of context being specified by a usage context"/> 
        <valueSetReference> 
          <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/usage-context-type"/> 
        </valueSetReference> 
      </binding> 
    </element> 
    <element id="UsageContext.value[x]">
      <path value="UsageContext.value[x]"/> 
      <short value="Value that defines the context"/> 
      <definition value="A value that defines the context specified in this context of use. The interpretation
       of the value is defined by the code."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/> 
      </type> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Quantity"/> 
      </type> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Range"/> 
      </type> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="UsageContextValue"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="example"/> 
        <description value="A code that defines the specific value for the context being specified"/> 
        <valueSetReference> 
          <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/use-context"/> 
        </valueSetReference> 
      </binding> 
    </element> 
  </snapshot> 
  <differential> 
    <element id="UsageContext">
      <path value="UsageContext"/> 
      <short value="Describes the context of use for a conformance or knowledge resource"/> 
      <definition value="Specifies clinical/business/etc metadata that can be used to retrieve, index and/or categorize
       an artifact. This metadata can either be specific to the applicable population (e.g.,
       age category, DRG) or the specific context of care (e.g., venue, care setting, provider
       of care)."/> 
      <min value="0"/> 
      <max value="*"/> 
    </element> 
    <element id="UsageContext.code">
      <path value="UsageContext.code"/> 
      <short value="Type of context being specified"/> 
      <definition value="A code that identifies the type of context being specified by this usage context."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Coding"/> 
      </type> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="UsageContextType"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="extensible"/> 
        <description value="A code that specifies a type of context being specified by a usage context"/> 
        <valueSetReference> 
          <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/usage-context-type"/> 
        </valueSetReference> 
      </binding> 
    </element> 
    <element id="UsageContext.value[x]">
      <path value="UsageContext.value[x]"/> 
      <short value="Value that defines the context"/> 
      <definition value="A value that defines the context specified in this context of use. The interpretation
       of the value is defined by the code."/> 
      <min value="1"/> 
      <max value="1"/> 
      <type> 
        <code value="CodeableConcept"/> 
      </type> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Quantity"/> 
      </type> 
      <type> 
        <code value="Range"/> 
      </type> 
      <isSummary value="true"/> 
      <binding> 
        <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="UsageContextValue"/> 
        </extension> 
        <strength value="example"/> 
        <description value="A code that defines the specific value for the context being specified"/> 
        <valueSetReference> 
          <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/use-context"/> 
        </valueSetReference> 
      </binding> 
    </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.