This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v0.4.0: DSTU 2 Draft). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions
General Language Translation Extension
{ "resourceType": "ExtensionDefinition", "id": "translation", "language": "en", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>" }, "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ExtensionDefinition/translation", "name": "Standard FHIR Language Translation Extension", "display": "Alternate language", "_display": { "extension": [ { "extension": [ { "url": "lang", "valueCode": "nl" }, { "url": "content", "valueString": "Andere taal" } ], "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ExtensionDefinition/translation" } ] }, "publisher": "FHIR Project", "contact": [ { "telecom": [ { "system": "url", "value": "http://hl7,org/fhir" } ] } ], "description": "This is the standard extension for translating content from one language to another within a resource", "status": "draft", "date": "2014-12-04", "requirements": "There are many ways to manage multi-language requirements when using FHIR, but some use cases mean that there is no choice but to include translations directly in the resource. In aa few places, there is specific support for this in FHIR. Otherwise, implementers can use this extension to carry additional language translations", "contextType": "datatype", "context": [ "string" ], "element": [ { "path": "Extension", "short": "Alternate Language", "definition": "A translation to an alternative language", "min": 0, "max": "*", "isModifier": false }, { "path": "Extension.lang", "short": "Language of Translation", "definition": "The language that the translation is for", "min": 1, "max": "1", "isModifier": false, "binding": { "name": "Language", "isExtensible": false, "conformance": "required", "description": "xml:lang (BCP-47)", "referenceUri": "http://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47" } }, { "path": "Extension.content", "short": "Value of Translation", "definition": "The content of the translation", "min": 1, "max": "1", "isModifier": false } ] }
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.