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| FHIR Infrastructure Work Group | Maturity Level: 1 | Informative | Use Context: Any | 
Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the extension.
| Extension | |
| Element Id | Extension | 
| Definition | The absolute geographic location of the Location, expressed using the WGS84 datum (This is the same co-ordinate system used in KML).  | 
| Control | 0..1 This element is affected by the following invariants: ele-1 | 
| Comments | The extension can be further extended to include unique geolocation identifiers, confidence, altitude, etc.  | 
| Invariants | Defined on this element 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')]))  | 
| Extension.id | |
| Element Id | Extension.id | 
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.  | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | string | 
| Extension.extension | |
| Element Id | Extension.extension | 
| Definition | May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. 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 can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension.  | 
| Control | 0..* | 
| Type | Extension | 
| Alternate Names | extensions, user content | 
| Comments | 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.  | 
| Slicing | This element introduces a set of slices. The slicing rules are: 
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| Extension.extension(latitude) | |
| Element Id | Extension.extension:latitude | 
| Definition | Latitude. The value domain and the interpretation are the same as for the text of the latitude element in KML (see notes below).  | 
| Control | 1..1 | 
| Type | Extension | 
| Extension.extension.id | |
| Element Id | Extension.extension:latitude.id | 
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.  | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | string | 
| Extension.extension.extension | |
| Element Id | Extension.extension:latitude.extension | 
| Definition | An Extension  | 
| Control | 0..0 | 
| Type | Extension | 
| Slicing | This element introduces a set of slices. The slicing rules are: 
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| Extension.extension.url | |
| Element Id | Extension.extension:latitude.url | 
| Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.  | 
| Control | 1..1 | 
| Type | uri | 
| Comments | The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.  | 
| Fixed Value | latitude | 
| Extension.extension.valueDecimal | |
| Element Id | Extension.extension:latitude.valueDecimal | 
| Definition | Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).  | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | decimal | 
| Extension.extension(longitude) | |
| Element Id | Extension.extension:longitude | 
| Definition | Longitude. The value domain and the interpretation are the same as for the text of the longitude element in KML (see notes below).  | 
| Control | 1..1 | 
| Type | Extension | 
| Extension.extension.id | |
| Element Id | Extension.extension:longitude.id | 
| Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.  | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | string | 
| Extension.extension.extension | |
| Element Id | Extension.extension:longitude.extension | 
| Definition | An Extension  | 
| Control | 0..0 | 
| Type | Extension | 
| Slicing | This element introduces a set of slices. The slicing rules are: 
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| Extension.extension.url | |
| Element Id | Extension.extension:longitude.url | 
| Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.  | 
| Control | 1..1 | 
| Type | uri | 
| Comments | The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.  | 
| Fixed Value | longitude | 
| Extension.extension.valueDecimal | |
| Element Id | Extension.extension:longitude.valueDecimal | 
| Definition | Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).  | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | decimal | 
| Extension.url | |
| Element Id | Extension.url | 
| Definition | Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.  | 
| Control | 1..1 | 
| Type | uri | 
| Comments | The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition SHALL be a URI for the Structure Definition defining the extension.  | 
| Fixed Value | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/geolocation | 
| Extension.value[x] | |
| Element Id | Extension.value[x] | 
| Definition | Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).  | 
| Control | 0..0 | 
| Type | Choice of: base64Binary, boolean, canonical, code, date, dateTime, decimal, id, instant, integer, markdown, oid, positiveInt, string, time, unsignedInt, uri, url, uuid, Address, Age, Annotation, Attachment, CodeableConcept, Coding, ContactPoint, Count, Distance, Duration, HumanName, Identifier, Money, Period, Quantity, Range, Ratio, Reference, SampledData, Signature, Timing, ParameterDefinition, DataRequirement, RelatedArtifact, ContactDetail, Contributor, TriggerDefinition, UsageContext, Dosage | 
| [x] Note | See Choice of Data Types for further information about how to use [x] |