2nd DSTU Draft For Comment
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Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the Other resource.
| Other | |
| Definition | Other is a conformant for handling resource concepts not yet defined for FHIR or outside HL7's scope of interest. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Requirements | Need some way to safely (without breaking interoperability) allow implementers to exchange content not supported by the initial set of declared resources. |
| Alternate Names | Z-resource; Extension-resource; Custom-resource |
| Other.identifier | |
| Definition | Identifier assigned to the resource for business purposes, outside the context of FHIR. |
| Control | 0..* |
| Type | Identifier |
| Other.code | |
| Definition | Identifies the 'type' of resource - equivalent to the resource name for other resources. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Binding | OtherResourceType: Example: See http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/other-resource-type (Codes for identifying types of resources not yet defined by FHIR) |
| Type | CodeableConcept |
| Is Modifier | true |
| Requirements | Must be able to distinguish different types of "other" resources. |
| Comments | Because resource references will only be able to indicate 'Other', the type of reference will need to be specified in a Profile identified as part of the resource. Refer to the resource notes section for information on appropriate terminologies for this code. |
| Other.subject | |
| Definition | Identifies the patient, practitioner, device or any other resource that is the "focus" of this resoruce. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Reference(Any) |
| Requirements | Needed for partitioning the resource by Patient. |
| Comments | Optional as not all resources potential resources will have subjects. Resources associated with multiple subjects can handle this via extension. |
| Other.author | |
| Definition | Indicates who was responsible for creating the resource instance. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Reference(Practitioner | Patient | RelatedPerson) |
| Requirements | Needed for partitioning the resource. |
| Other.created | |
| Definition | Identifies when the resource was first created. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | date |
| Requirements | Allows ordering resource instances by time. |
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