FHIR IG Statistics: StructureDefinition/cz-signature
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{
"resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
"id": "cz-signature",
"text": {
"status": "extensions",
"div": "<!-- snip (see above) -->"
},
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{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
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},
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
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}
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"url": "https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-signature",
"version": "0.3.0-ballot",
"name": "CZ_Signature",
"title": "Signature (CZ)",
"status": "draft",
"experimental": false,
"date": "2025-07-18T09:01:51+00:00",
"publisher": "HL7 Czech Republic",
"contact": [
{
"name": "HL7 Czech Republic",
"telecom": [
{
"system": "url",
"value": "https://www.hl7.cz/"
}
]
}
],
"description": "Czech national profile on Signature holds an electronic representation of a signature or timestamp and its supporting context in a FHIR accessible form.",
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{
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{
"system": "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
"code": "CZ",
"display": "Czechia"
}
]
}
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}
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"type": "Signature",
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"snapshot": {
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"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/snapshot-base-version",
"valueString": "4.0.1"
}
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{
"id": "Signature",
"path": "Signature",
"short": "Signature according to Czech conventions",
"definition": "Signature according to Czech conventions. The type determines whether it is a signature or a timestamp.",
"comment": "The elements of the Signature Resource are for ease of access of these elements. For digital signatures (Xml DigSig, JWS), the non-repudiation proof comes from the Signature validation, which includes validation of the referenced objects (e.g. Resources) (a.k.a., Content) in the XML-Signature Detached form.",
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"severity": "error",
"human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
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"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
},
{
"key": "data-must-be",
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"human": "Signature must contain data, author and date",
"expression": "data.exists() and who.exists() and when.exists()",
"source": "https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-signature"
}
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{
"id": "Signature.id",
"path": "Signature.id",
"representation": [
"xmlAttr"
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"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.",
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"mapping": [
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"identity": "rim",
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{
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"path": "Signature.extension",
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"path": "url"
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"description": "Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url",
"rules": "open"
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"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"
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"max": "*",
"base": {
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{
"code": "Extension"
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"human": "All FHIR elements must have a @value or children",
"expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
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{
"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\")])",
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{
"id": "Signature.type",
"path": "Signature.type",
"short": "Indication of the reason the entity signed the object(s)",
"definition": "The kind of signature that determines whether it is a signature or a timestamp. RECOMMENDED to include.",
"comment": "Examples include attesting to: authorship, correct transcription, and witness of specific event. Also known as a "Commitment Type Indication".",
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"base": {
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"type": [
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"code": "Coding"
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"xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
}
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"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
"valueString": "SignatureType"
}
],
"strength": "preferred",
"description": "An indication of the reason that an entity signed the object.",
"valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/signature-type"
}
},
{
"id": "Signature.when",
"path": "Signature.when",
"short": "When the signature was created",
"definition": "When the digital signature was signed.",
"comment": "This should agree with the information in the signature.",
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"max": "1",
"base": {
"path": "Signature.when",
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"type": [
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"expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
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{
"id": "Signature.who",
"path": "Signature.who",
"short": "Who signed",
"definition": "A reference to an application-usable description of the identity that signed (e.g. the signature used their private key).",
"comment": "This should agree with the information in the signature.",
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"path": "Signature.who",
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"type": [
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"code": "Reference",
"targetProfile": [
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-practitioner-core",
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-practitionerrole-core",
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-relatedPerson-core",
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-device-observer",
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-medical-device",
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-organization-core",
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-patient-core"
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}
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"key": "ele-1",
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"expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
}
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{
"id": "Signature.onBehalfOf",
"path": "Signature.onBehalfOf",
"short": "The party represented",
"definition": "A reference to an application-usable description of the identity that is represented by the signature.",
"comment": "The party that can't sign. For example a child.",
"requirements": "used when the signature is on behalf of a non-signer.",
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"path": "Signature.onBehalfOf",
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"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-practitionerrole-core",
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-relatedPerson-core",
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-device-observer",
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-medical-device",
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-organization-core"
]
}
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"constraint": [
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"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"
}
],
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"isSummary": true
},
{
"id": "Signature.targetFormat",
"path": "Signature.targetFormat",
"short": "The technical format of the signed resources",
"definition": "A mime type that indicates the technical format of the target resources signed by the signature.",
"comment": "\"xml\", \"json\" and \"ttl\" are allowed, which describe the simple encodings described in the specification (and imply appropriate bundle support). Otherwise, mime types are legal here.",
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"type": [
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"code": "code"
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"key": "ele-1",
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"expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
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"strength": "required",
"description": "The mime type of an attachment. Any valid mime type is allowed.",
"valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/mimetypes|4.0.1"
}
},
{
"id": "Signature.sigFormat",
"path": "Signature.sigFormat",
"short": "The technical format of the signature",
"definition": "A mime type that indicates the technical format of the signature. Important mime types are application/signature+xml for X ML DigSig, application/jose for JWS, and image/* for a graphical image of a signature, etc.",
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"code": "code"
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"key": "ele-1",
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"expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
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"strength": "required",
"description": "The mime type of an attachment. Any valid mime type is allowed.",
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}
},
{
"id": "Signature.data",
"path": "Signature.data",
"short": "The actual signature content (XML DigSig. JWS, picture, etc.)",
"definition": "The base64 encoding of the Signature content. When signature is not recorded electronically this element would be empty.",
"comment": "Where the signature type is an XML DigSig, the signed content is a FHIR Resource(s), the signature is of the XML form of the Resource(s) using XML-Signature (XMLDIG) \"Detached Signature\" form.",
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"expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"xpath": "@value|f:*|h:div",
"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
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]
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"differential": {
"element": [
{
"id": "Signature",
"path": "Signature",
"short": "Signature according to Czech conventions",
"definition": "Signature according to Czech conventions. The type determines whether it is a signature or a timestamp.",
"constraint": [
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"key": "data-must-be",
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"human": "Signature must contain data, author and date",
"expression": "data.exists() and who.exists() and when.exists()",
"source": "https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-signature"
}
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{
"id": "Signature.type",
"path": "Signature.type",
"definition": "The kind of signature that determines whether it is a signature or a timestamp. RECOMMENDED to include.",
"mustSupport": true
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{
"id": "Signature.when",
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"mustSupport": true
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{
"id": "Signature.who",
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"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-device-observer",
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-medical-device",
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-organization-core",
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}
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{
"id": "Signature.onBehalfOf",
"path": "Signature.onBehalfOf",
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{
"code": "Reference",
"targetProfile": [
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"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-practitionerrole-core",
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-relatedPerson-core",
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-device-observer",
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-medical-device",
"https://hl7.cz/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/cz-organization-core"
]
}
]
},
{
"id": "Signature.data",
"path": "Signature.data",
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}
]
}
}
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