FHIR IG Statistics: StructureDefinition/Author
| Package | au.digitalhealth.cda.schema |
| Type | StructureDefinition |
| Id | Author |
| FHIR Version | R5 |
| Source | http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/cda/https://build.fhir.org/ig/AuDigitalHealth/cda-au-schema/StructureDefinition-Author.html |
| URL | http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Author |
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Status | active |
| Date | 2025-07-21T22:05:27+00:00 |
| Name | Author |
| Title | Author (CDA Class) |
| Realm | au |
| Authority | national |
| Description | Represents the humans and/or machines that authored the document. In some cases, the role or function of the author is inherent in the ClinicalDocument.code, such as where ClinicalDocument.code is "Medical Student Progress Note". The role of the author can also be recorded in the Author.functionCode or AssignedAuthor.code attribute. If either of these attributes is included, they should be equivalent to or further specialize the role inherent in the ClinicalDocument.code (such as where the ClinicalDocument.code is simply "Physician Progress Note" and the value of Author.functionCode is "rounding physician"), and shall not conflict with the role inherent in the ClinicalDocument.code, as such a conflict would constitute an ambiguous situation. |
| Type | http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/Author |
| Kind | logical |
Resources that use this resource
Resources that this resource uses
| StructureDefinition |
| AssignedAuthor | AssignedAuthor (CDA Class) |
| CE | CE: CodedWithEquivalents (V3 Data Type) |
| InfrastructureRoot | InfrastructureRoot (Base Type for all CDA Classes) |
| TS | TS: PointInTime (V3 Data Type) |
| cs-simple | cs: Coded Simple Value |
Narrative
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Represents the humans and/or machines that authored the document.
In some cases, the role or function of the author is inherent in the ClinicalDocument.code, such as where ClinicalDocument.code is "Medical Student Progress Note". The role of the author can also be recorded in the Author.functionCode or AssignedAuthor.code attribute. If either of these attributes is included, they should be equivalent to or further specialize the role inherent in the ClinicalDocument.code (such as where the ClinicalDocument.code is simply "Physician Progress Note" and the value of Author.functionCode is "rounding physician"), and shall not conflict with the role inherent in the ClinicalDocument.code, as such a conflict would constitute an ambiguous situation.
Source
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"div": "<!-- snip (see above) -->"
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"date": "2025-07-21T22:05:27+00:00",
"publisher": "HL7",
"description": "Represents the humans and/or machines that authored the document. In some cases, the role or function of the author is inherent in the ClinicalDocument.code, such as where ClinicalDocument.code is \"Medical Student Progress Note\". The role of the author can also be recorded in the Author.functionCode or AssignedAuthor.code attribute. If either of these attributes is included, they should be equivalent to or further specialize the role inherent in the ClinicalDocument.code (such as where the ClinicalDocument.code is simply \"Physician Progress Note\" and the value of Author.functionCode is \"rounding physician\"), and shall not conflict with the role inherent in the ClinicalDocument.code, as such a conflict would constitute an ambiguous situation.",
"fhirVersion": "5.0.0",
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"definition": "When valued in an instance, this attribute signals the imposition of realm-specific constraints. The value of this attribute identifies the realm in question",
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"definition": "When valued in an instance, this attribute signals the imposition of constraints defined in an HL7-specified message type. This might be a common type (also known as CMET in the messaging communication environment), or content included within a wrapper. The value of this attribute provides a unique identifier for the type in question.",
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"severity": "error",
"human": "An II instance must have either a root or an nullFlavor.",
"expression": "root.exists() or nullFlavor.exists()",
"source": "http://hl7.org/cda/stds/core/StructureDefinition/InfrastructureRoot"
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"id": "Author.typeId.assigningAuthorityName",
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"label": "Assigning Authority Name",
"definition": "A human readable name or mnemonic for the assigning authority. The Assigning Authority Name has no computational value. The purpose of a Assigning Authority Name is to assist an unaided human interpreter of an II value to interpret the authority. Note: no automated processing must depend on the assigning authority name to be present in any form.",
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"label": "Displayable",
"definition": "Specifies if the identifier is intended for human display and data entry (displayable = true) as opposed to pure machine interoperation (displayable = false).",
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"label": "Root",
"definition": "Identifies the type as an HL7 Registered model",
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"definition": "When valued in an instance, this attribute signals the imposition of a set of template-defined constraints. The value of this attribute provides a unique identifier for the templates in question",
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}
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}
],
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"id": "Author.time",
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"id": "Author.time",
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{
"id": "Author.assignedAuthor",
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}
}
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