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Extension: explicit-type-name

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group Maturity Level: 1InformativeUse Context: Any

URL for this extension:

http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name

Status: draft. Extension maintained by: Health Level Seven, Inc. - [WG Name] WG

A name to use for the type, in implementations. This is a suggestion; it's not a normative part of the FHIR specification, but it does appear in the UML diagrams, and is used in generated code, schemas, etc.to identify the type.

Context of Use: Use on Element ID ElementDefinition

Extension Content

Summary

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. explicit-type-name0..1stringURL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name
explicit-type-name: A name to use for the type, in implementations. This is a suggestion; it's not a normative part of the FHIR specification, but it does appear in the UML diagrams, and is used in generated code, schemas, etc.to identify the type.


Use on Element ID ElementDefinition

doco Documentation for this format

Full Structure

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. extension0..1ExtensionURL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name
explicit-type-name: A name to use for the type, in implementations. This is a suggestion; it's not a normative part of the FHIR specification, but it does appear in the UML diagrams, and is used in generated code, schemas, etc.to identify the type.


Use on Element ID ElementDefinition
... extension I0..0
... url 1..1uri"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name"
... value[x] I1..1stringValue of extension

doco Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- explicit-type-name -->doco

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueString value="[string]"/><!-- ?? 1..1 Value of extension -->
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // explicit-type-name
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name", // R! 
    "valueString" : "<string>" // C? R! Value of extension
  }

Summary

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. explicit-type-name0..1stringURL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name
explicit-type-name: A name to use for the type, in implementations. This is a suggestion; it's not a normative part of the FHIR specification, but it does appear in the UML diagrams, and is used in generated code, schemas, etc.to identify the type.


Use on Element ID ElementDefinition

doco Documentation for this format

Full Structure

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. extension0..1ExtensionURL = http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name
explicit-type-name: A name to use for the type, in implementations. This is a suggestion; it's not a normative part of the FHIR specification, but it does appear in the UML diagrams, and is used in generated code, schemas, etc.to identify the type.


Use on Element ID ElementDefinition
... extension I0..0
... url 1..1uri"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name"
... value[x] I1..1stringValue of extension

doco Documentation for this format

XML Template

<!-- explicit-type-name -->doco

<extension xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"
     url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name" >
  <!-- from Element: extension -->
 <valueString value="[string]"/><!-- ?? 1..1 Value of extension -->
</extension>

JSON Template

{ // explicit-type-name
  // from Element: extension
    "extension" : [ //  sliced by value:url  in the specified order, Open ]
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-explicit-type-name", // R! 
    "valueString" : "<string>" // C? R! Value of extension
  }

 

Constraints

  • ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath: @value|f:*|h:div)
  • ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')]))
  • ele-1: On Extension.extension: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.extension: @value|f:*|h:div)
  • ext-1: On Extension.extension: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both (xpath on Extension.extension: exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), "value")]))
  • ele-1: On Extension.value[x]: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (xpath on Extension.value[x]: @value|f:*|h:div)