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General Language Translation Extension (id = "translation")
<ExtensionDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="translation"/> <language value="en"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- Snipped for brevity --></div> </text> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ExtensionDefinition/translation"/> <name value="Standard FHIR Language Translation Extension"/> <display value="Alternate language"> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/ExtensionDefinition/translation"> <extension url="lang"> <valueCode value="nl"/> </extension> <extension url="content"> <valueString value="Andere taal"/> </extension> </extension> </display> <publisher value="FHIR Project"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="url"/> <value value="http://hl7,org/fhir"/> </telecom> </contact> <description value="This is the standard extension for translating content from one language to another within a resource"/> <status value="draft"/> <date value="2014-12-04"/> <requirements value="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 value="datatype"/><!-- can't come up with any reason to translate anything else. note that the complex data types have string fields that can be translated --> <context value="string"/> <element> <path value="Extension"/> <short value="Alternate Language"/> <definition value="A translation to an alternative language"/> <min value="0"/> <max value="*"/> <isModifier value="false"/> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.lang"/> <short value="Language of Translation"/> <definition value="The language that the translation is for"/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <isModifier value="false"/> <binding> <name value="Language"/> <isExtensible value="false"/> <conformance value="required"/> <description value="xml:lang (BCP-47)"/> <referenceUri value="http://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47"/> </binding> </element> <element> <path value="Extension.content"/> <short value="Value of Translation"/> <definition value="The content of the translation"/> <min value="1"/> <max value="1"/> <isModifier value="false"/> </element> </ExtensionDefinition>
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.