FHIR IG analytics| Package | hl7.fhir.uv.extensions |
| Resource Type | StructureDefinition |
| Id | StructureDefinition-mediaRepresentation.json |
| FHIR Version | R5 |
| Source | https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-extensions/StructureDefinition-mediaRepresentation.html |
| URL | http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/mediaRepresentation |
| Version | 5.3.0 |
| Status | draft |
| Date | 2026-10-02 |
| Name | MediaRepresentation |
| Title | Media Representation |
| Realm | uv |
| Authority | hl7 |
| Description | A media representation of the target resource of a reference or canonical. |
| Purpose | There are some situations where the system does not have (and cannot have) a formal resource representation of a concept, but do have a media representation such as a scanned fax, an audio clip, etc. This allows referring to that media structure. |
| Type | Extension |
| Kind | complex-type |
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Generated Narrative: StructureDefinition mediaRepresentation
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  Extension | 0..1 | Extension | Media representation of the target of the reference | |
  extension | 0..0 | Extension | ||
| url | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/mediaRepresentation" | |
  value[x] | 1..1 | Reference(Binary | DocumentReference | Media (For versions until R4B)) | Value of extension | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
FHIR
FHIRsmith{
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"id": "mediaRepresentation",
"text": {
"status": "extensions",
"div": "<!-- snip (see above) -->"
},
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{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
"valueCode": "fhir"
},
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
"valueInteger": 0
},
{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
"valueCode": "draft"
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{
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-type-characteristics",
"valueCode": "can-bind"
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}
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"date": "2026-10-02",
"publisher": "HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure",
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"value": "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"
}
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}
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"code": "001"
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}
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"purpose": "There are some situations where the system does not have (and cannot have) a formal resource representation of a concept, but do have a media representation such as a scanned fax, an audio clip, etc. This allows referring to that media structure.",
"fhirVersion": "5.0.0",
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"expression": "canonical"
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{
"type": "element",
"expression": "Reference"
}
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"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
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}
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"path": "Extension.id",
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"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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"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
"valueUrl": "id"
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"code": "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
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"path": "Extension.extension",
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{
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"path": "url"
}
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"rules": "open"
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"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
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"max": "1"
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"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fhir-type",
"valueUrl": "uri"
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"code": "http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String"
}
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"map": "N/A"
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"path": "Extension.value[x]",
"short": "Value of extension",
"definition": "Value of extension - must be one of a constrained set of the data types (see [Extensibility](http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/extensibility.html) for a list).",
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"max": "1"
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{
"code": "Reference",
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"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Binary",
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]
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"key": "ele-1",
"severity": "error",
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"expression": "hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())",
"source": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element"
}
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"identity": "rim",
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}
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"short": "Media representation of the target of the reference",
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"requirements": "There are some situations where the system does not have (and cannot have) a formal resource representation of a concept, but do have a media representation such as a scanned fax, an audio clip, etc. This allows referring to that media structure.",
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"max": "1"
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"path": "Extension.extension",
"max": "0"
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{
"id": "Extension.url",
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},
{
"id": "Extension.value[x]",
"path": "Extension.value[x]",
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{
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"http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DocumentReference",
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"extension": [
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"url": "endFhirVersion",
"valueCode": "4.3"
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]
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]
}
]
}
]
}
}