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Generated Narrative: StructureDefinition ext-R4-CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
Extension		1..1	Extension	R4: FHIR Version the system supports additional types
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/4.0/StructureDefinition/extension-CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion"
value[x]		1..1	code	FHIR Version the system supports Binding: R4FHIRVersionForR3 (0.1.0) (required): All published FHIR Versions.
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{
  "resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
  "id": "ext-R4-CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion",
  "text": {
    "status": "extensions",
    "div": "<!-- snip (see above) -->"
  },
  "extension": [
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
      "valueCode": "fhir"
    },
    {
      "extension": [
        {
          "url": "packageId",
          "valueId": "hl7.fhir.uv.xver-r4.r3"
        },
        {
          "url": "version",
          "valueString": "0.1.0"
        },
        {
          "url": "uri",
          "valueUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/xver/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.uv.xver-r4.r3"
        }
      ],
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/package-source"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
      "valueInteger": 0,
      "_valueInteger": {
        "extension": [
          {
            "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
            "valueUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/xver/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.uv.xver-r4.r3"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
      "valueCode": "trial-use",
      "_valueCode": {
        "extension": [
          {
            "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
            "valueUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/xver/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.uv.xver-r4.r3"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/4.0/StructureDefinition/extension-CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "name": "ExtensionCapabilityStatement_FhirVersion",
  "title": "R4: FHIR Version the system supports additional types",
  "status": "active",
  "experimental": false,
  "date": "2026-03-17T21:02:03.8104715+00:00",
  "publisher": "FHIR Infrastructure",
  "contact": [
    {
      "name": "FHIR Infrastructure",
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "R4: `CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` additional types (code) additional types from child elements (value)",
  "jurisdiction": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
          "code": "001",
          "display": "World"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "purpose": "This extension is part of the cross-version definitions generated to enable use of the\r\nelement `CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` as defined in FHIR R4\r\nin FHIR STU3.\r\n\r\nThe source element is defined as:\r\n`CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` 1..1 `code`\r\n\r\nFollowing are the generation technical comments:\r\nElement `CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` is mapped to FHIR STU3 element `CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` as `SourceIsBroaderThanTarget`.\nThe mappings for `CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` do not cover the following types: code.\nThe mappings for `CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` do not cover the following types based on type expansion: value.",
  "fhirVersion": "3.0.2",
  "mapping": [
    {
      "identity": "rim",
      "uri": "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name": "RIM Mapping"
    }
  ],
  "kind": "complex-type",
  "abstract": false,
  "contextType": "resource",
  "context": [
    "CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion"
  ],
  "type": "Extension",
  "baseDefinition": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
  "derivation": "constraint",
  "snapshot": {
    "element": [
      {
        "id": "Extension",
        "path": "Extension",
        "short": "R4: FHIR Version the system supports additional types",
        "definition": "R4: `CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` additional types (code) additional types from child elements (value)",
        "comment": "Element `CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` is mapped to FHIR STU3 element `CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` as `SourceIsBroaderThanTarget`.\nThe mappings for `CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` do not cover the following types: code.\nThe mappings for `CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` do not cover the following types based on type expansion: value.\nServers may implement multiple versions (see [Managing Multiple Versions](https://hl7.org/fhir/versioning.html), and the [$versions](https://hl7.org/fhir/capabilitystatement-operation-versions.html) operation). If they do, and the CapabilityStatement is requested from the server, then this fhirVersion will be either the version requested, or the server's default version.",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "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() | (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": "xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)",
        "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": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ],
        "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": "Additional Content defined by implementations",
        "definition": "May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. In order 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 is allowed to 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"
          }
        ],
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "n/a"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "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": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          }
        ],
        "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/4.0/StructureDefinition/extension-CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion",
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "Extension.value[x]",
        "path": "Extension.value[x]",
        "short": "FHIR Version the system supports",
        "definition": "The version of the FHIR specification that this CapabilityStatement describes (which SHALL be the same as the FHIR version of the CapabilityStatement itself). There is no default value.",
        "comment": "Servers may implement multiple versions (see [Managing Multiple Versions](https://hl7.org/fhir/versioning.html), and the [$versions](https://hl7.org/fhir/capabilitystatement-operation-versions.html) operation). If they do, and the CapabilityStatement is requested from the server, then this fhirVersion will be either the version requested, or the server's default version.",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension.value[x]",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "1"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "code"
          }
        ],
        "binding": {
          "strength": "required",
          "description": "All published FHIR Versions.",
          "valueSetUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/xver/ValueSet/R4-FHIR-version-for-R3|0.1.0"
        },
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "N/A"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "differential": {
    "element": [
      {
        "id": "Extension",
        "path": "Extension",
        "short": "R4: FHIR Version the system supports additional types",
        "definition": "R4: `CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` additional types (code) additional types from child elements (value)",
        "comment": "Element `CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` is mapped to FHIR STU3 element `CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` as `SourceIsBroaderThanTarget`.\nThe mappings for `CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` do not cover the following types: code.\nThe mappings for `CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion` do not cover the following types based on type expansion: value.\nServers may implement multiple versions (see [Managing Multiple Versions](https://hl7.org/fhir/versioning.html), and the [$versions](https://hl7.org/fhir/capabilitystatement-operation-versions.html) operation). If they do, and the CapabilityStatement is requested from the server, then this fhirVersion will be either the version requested, or the server's default version.",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "*"
        },
        "isModifier": false
      },
      {
        "id": "Extension.url",
        "path": "Extension.url",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension.url",
          "min": 1,
          "max": "1"
        },
        "fixedUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/4.0/StructureDefinition/extension-CapabilityStatement.fhirVersion"
      },
      {
        "id": "Extension.value[x]",
        "path": "Extension.value[x]",
        "short": "FHIR Version the system supports",
        "definition": "The version of the FHIR specification that this CapabilityStatement describes (which SHALL be the same as the FHIR version of the CapabilityStatement itself). There is no default value.",
        "comment": "Servers may implement multiple versions (see [Managing Multiple Versions](https://hl7.org/fhir/versioning.html), and the [$versions](https://hl7.org/fhir/capabilitystatement-operation-versions.html) operation). If they do, and the CapabilityStatement is requested from the server, then this fhirVersion will be either the version requested, or the server's default version.",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension.value[x]",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "1"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "code"
          }
        ],
        "binding": {
          "strength": "required",
          "description": "All published FHIR Versions.",
          "valueSetUri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/xver/ValueSet/R4-FHIR-version-for-R3|0.1.0"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}