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| ch.fhir.ig.ch-core#current | ch-core-patient | CH Core Patient |
Examples of Use for Extension
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Source1
{
"resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
"id": "ch-ext-personalnote",
"text": {
"status": "extensions",
"div": "<!-- snip (see above) -->"
},
"url": "http://fhir.ch/ig/ch-health-dossier/StructureDefinition/ch-ext-personalnote",
"version": "1.0.0-preview",
"name": "ChExtPersonalNote",
"title": "CH Extension Personal Note",
"status": "active",
"date": "2026-09-30T15:35:25+00:00",
"publisher": "eHealth Suisse",
"contact": [
{
"name": "eHealth Suisse",
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "https://www.e-health-suisse.ch"
}
]
},
{
"name": "eHealth Suisse",
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "https://www.e-health-suisse.ch",
"use": "work"
}
]
}
],
"description": "Extension Personal Note of the patient on a document",
"jurisdiction": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
"code": "CH"
}
]
}
],
"copyright": "CC0-1.0",
"fhirVersion": "4.0.1",
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"uri": "http://hl7.org/v3",
"name": "RIM Mapping"
}
],
"kind": "complex-type",
"abstract": false,
"context": [
{
"type": "element",
"expression": "DocumentReference"
}
],
"type": "Extension",
"baseDefinition": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
"derivation": "constraint",
"snapshot": {
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/snapshot-base-version",
"valueString": "4.0.1"
}
],
"element": [
{
"id": "Extension",
"path": "Extension",
"short": "Extension",
"definition": "An Extension",
"min": 0,
"max": "*",
"base": {
"path": "Extension",
"min": 0,
"max": "*"
},
"condition": [
"ele-1"
],
"constraint": [
{
"key": "ele-1",
"severity": "error",
"human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
},
{
"key": "ext-1",
"severity": "error",
"human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
"expression": "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
"xpath": "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), 'value')])",
"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
}
],
"isModifier": false
},
{
"id": "Extension.id",
"path": "Extension.id",
"representation": [
"xmlAttr"
],
"short": "Unique id for inter-element referencing",
"definition": "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
"min": 0,
"max": "1",
"base": {
"path": "Element.id",
"min": 0,
"max": "1"
},
"type": [
{
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
"valueUrl": "string"
}
],
"code": "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
}
],
"isModifier": false,
"isSummary": false,
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "n/a"
}
]
},
{
"id": "Extension.extension",
"path": "Extension.extension",
"slicing": {
"discriminator": [
{
"type": "value",
"path": "url"
}
],
"description": "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
"rules": "open"
},
"short": "Extension",
"definition": "An Extension",
"min": 0,
"max": "0",
"base": {
"path": "Element.extension",
"min": 0,
"max": "*"
},
"type": [
{
"code": "Extension"
}
],
"constraint": [
{
"key": "ele-1",
"severity": "error",
"human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
},
{
"key": "ext-1",
"severity": "error",
"human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
"expression": "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
"xpath": "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])",
"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
}
],
"isModifier": false,
"isSummary": false
},
{
"id": "Extension.url",
"path": "Extension.url",
"representation": [
"xmlAttr"
],
"short": "identifies the meaning of the extension",
"definition": "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
"comment": "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.",
"min": 1,
"max": "1",
"base": {
"path": "Extension.url",
"min": 1,
"max": "1"
},
"type": [
{
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
"valueUrl": "uri"
}
],
"code": "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
}
],
"fixedUri": "http://fhir.ch/ig/ch-health-dossier/StructureDefinition/ch-ext-personalnote",
"mustSupport": true,
"isModifier": false,
"isSummary": false,
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "N/A"
}
]
},
{
"id": "Extension.value[x]",
"path": "Extension.value[x]",
"short": "Personal note of the patient on the document",
"definition": "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/extensibility.html) for a list).",
"min": 1,
"max": "1",
"base": {
"path": "Extension.value[x]",
"min": 0,
"max": "1"
},
"type": [
{
"code": "Annotation"
}
],
"constraint": [
{
"key": "ele-1",
"severity": "error",
"human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
}
],
"mustSupport": true,
"isModifier": false,
"isSummary": false,
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "N/A"
}
]
},
{
"id": "Extension.value[x].id",
"path": "Extension.value[x].id",
"representation": [
"xmlAttr"
],
"short": "Unique id for inter-element referencing",
"definition": "Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces.",
"min": 0,
"max": "1",
"base": {
"path": "Element.id",
"min": 0,
"max": "1"
},
"type": [
{
"extension": [
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
"valueUrl": "string"
}
],
"code": "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
}
],
"isModifier": false,
"isSummary": false,
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "n/a"
}
]
},
{
"id": "Extension.value[x].extension",
"path": "Extension.value[x].extension",
"slicing": {
"discriminator": [
{
"type": "value",
"path": "url"
}
],
"description": "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
"rules": "open"
},
"short": "Additional content defined by implementations",
"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.",
"comment": "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.",
"alias": [
"extensions",
"user content"
],
"min": 0,
"max": "*",
"base": {
"path": "Element.extension",
"min": 0,
"max": "*"
},
"type": [
{
"code": "Extension"
}
],
"constraint": [
{
"key": "ele-1",
"severity": "error",
"human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
},
{
"key": "ext-1",
"severity": "error",
"human": "Must have either extensions or value[x], not both",
"expression": "extension.exists() != value.exists()",
"xpath": "exists(f:extension)!=exists(f:*[starts-with(local-name(.), \"value\")])",
"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension"
}
],
"isModifier": false,
"isSummary": false,
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "n/a"
}
]
},
{
"id": "Extension.value[x].author[x]",
"path": "Extension.value[x].author[x]",
"short": "The patient the note belongs to",
"definition": "The individual responsible for making the annotation.",
"comment": "The note is the note of the patient, also when a representative, a legal\nrepresentative or the administration records it on behalf of the patient: who recorded it is visible in the audit\nrecord. The patient is identified by a logical reference carrying the EPR-SPID in `author.identifier`, analogous to\n`DocumentReference.subject`.",
"min": 1,
"max": "1",
"base": {
"path": "Annotation.author[x]",
"min": 0,
"max": "1"
},
"type": [
{
"code": "Reference",
"targetProfile": [
"http://fhir.ch/ig/ch-core/StructureDefinition/ch-core-patient"
]
}
],
"constraint": [
{
"key": "ele-1",
"severity": "error",
"human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
}
],
"mustSupport": true,
"isModifier": false,
"isSummary": true,
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "v2",
"map": "N/A"
},
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "Act.participant[typeCode=AUT].role"
}
]
},
{
"id": "Extension.value[x].time",
"path": "Extension.value[x].time",
"short": "When the note was recorded",
"definition": "Indicates when this particular annotation was made.",
"comment": "The time SHALL be set by the Document Source, `DocumentReference.date` is the time the\ndocument reference was created and `meta.lastUpdated` changes with every metadata update.",
"min": 1,
"max": "1",
"base": {
"path": "Annotation.time",
"min": 0,
"max": "1"
},
"type": [
{
"code": "dateTime"
}
],
"constraint": [
{
"key": "ele-1",
"severity": "error",
"human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
}
],
"mustSupport": true,
"isModifier": false,
"isSummary": true,
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "v2",
"map": "N/A"
},
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "Act.effectiveTime"
}
]
},
{
"id": "Extension.value[x].text",
"path": "Extension.value[x].text",
"short": "The text of the note",
"definition": "The text of the annotation in markdown format.",
"min": 1,
"max": "1",
"base": {
"path": "Annotation.text",
"min": 1,
"max": "1"
},
"type": [
{
"code": "markdown"
}
],
"constraint": [
{
"key": "ele-1",
"severity": "error",
"human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
}
],
"mustSupport": true,
"isModifier": false,
"isSummary": true,
"mapping": [
{
"identity": "v2",
"map": "N/A"
},
{
"identity": "rim",
"map": "Act.text"
}
]
}
]
},
"differential": {
"element": [
{
"id": "Extension",
"path": "Extension"
},
{
"id": "Extension.extension",
"path": "Extension.extension",
"max": "0"
},
{
"id": "Extension.url",
"path": "Extension.url",
"fixedUri": "http://fhir.ch/ig/ch-health-dossier/StructureDefinition/ch-ext-personalnote",
"mustSupport": true
},
{
"id": "Extension.value[x]",
"path": "Extension.value[x]",
"short": "Personal note of the patient on the document",
"min": 1,
"type": [
{
"code": "Annotation"
}
],
"mustSupport": true
},
{
"id": "Extension.value[x].author[x]",
"path": "Extension.value[x].author[x]",
"short": "The patient the note belongs to",
"comment": "The note is the note of the patient, also when a representative, a legal\nrepresentative or the administration records it on behalf of the patient: who recorded it is visible in the audit\nrecord. The patient is identified by a logical reference carrying the EPR-SPID in `author.identifier`, analogous to\n`DocumentReference.subject`.",
"min": 1,
"type": [
{
"code": "Reference",
"targetProfile": [
"http://fhir.ch/ig/ch-core/StructureDefinition/ch-core-patient"
]
}
],
"mustSupport": true
},
{
"id": "Extension.value[x].time",
"path": "Extension.value[x].time",
"short": "When the note was recorded",
"comment": "The time SHALL be set by the Document Source, `DocumentReference.date` is the time the\ndocument reference was created and `meta.lastUpdated` changes with every metadata update.",
"min": 1,
"mustSupport": true
},
{
"id": "Extension.value[x].text",
"path": "Extension.value[x].text",
"short": "The text of the note",
"mustSupport": true
}
]
}
}
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