Cross-Version Extension for StructureDefinition.description in R2

Context of Use

This extension may be used in the following contexts:

• element StructureDefinition (For version R5)
• extension http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-StructureDefinition
• element StructureDefinition (For version R4B)
• extension http://hl7.org/fhir/4.3/StructureDefinition/extension-StructureDefinition
• element StructureDefinition (For version R4)
• extension http://hl7.org/fhir/4.0/StructureDefinition/extension-StructureDefinition
• element StructureDefinition (For version R3)
• extension http://hl7.org/fhir/3.0/StructureDefinition/extension-StructureDefinition

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
Extension		0..1	Extension	Natural language description of the StructureDefinition
extension		..0
value[x]		1..
url				"http://hl7.org/fhir/1.0/StructureDefinition/extension-StructureDefinition.description"
Documentation for this format

{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "xv-r2-sdf.description",
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/1.0/StructureDefinition/extension-StructureDefinition.description",
  "name" : "XVerExtensionStructureDefinition.descriptionR2",
  "title" : "Cross-Version Extension for StructureDefinition.description in R2",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "publisher" : "Health Level Seven International (FHIR Infrastructure)",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "other",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    }]
  },
  {
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "other",
      "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg/index.cfm"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Cross-Version Extension for StructureDefinition.description. Valid in versions R3, R4, R4B, R5\r\n\r\nThis is a valid extension because the types string were removed in a later version",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "001"
    }]
  }],
  "fhirVersion" : "5.0.0",
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "context" : [{
    "extension" : [{
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "startFhirVersion",
        "valueCode" : "5.0"
      },
      {
        "url" : "endFhirVersion",
        "valueCode" : "5.0"
      }],
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/version-specific-use"
    }],
    "type" : "element",
    "expression" : "StructureDefinition"
  },
  {
    "type" : "extension",
    "expression" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-StructureDefinition"
  },
  {
    "extension" : [{
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "startFhirVersion",
        "valueCode" : "4.3"
      },
      {
        "url" : "endFhirVersion",
        "valueCode" : "4.3"
      }],
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/version-specific-use"
    }],
    "type" : "element",
    "expression" : "StructureDefinition"
  },
  {
    "type" : "extension",
    "expression" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/4.3/StructureDefinition/extension-StructureDefinition"
  },
  {
    "extension" : [{
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "startFhirVersion",
        "valueCode" : "4.0"
      },
      {
        "url" : "endFhirVersion",
        "valueCode" : "4.0"
      }],
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/version-specific-use"
    }],
    "type" : "element",
    "expression" : "StructureDefinition"
  },
  {
    "type" : "extension",
    "expression" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/4.0/StructureDefinition/extension-StructureDefinition"
  },
  {
    "extension" : [{
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "startFhirVersion",
        "valueCode" : "3.0"
      },
      {
        "url" : "endFhirVersion",
        "valueCode" : "3.0"
      }],
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/version-specific-use"
    }],
    "type" : "element",
    "expression" : "StructureDefinition"
  },
  {
    "type" : "extension",
    "expression" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/3.0/StructureDefinition/extension-StructureDefinition"
  }],
  "type" : "Extension",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "path" : "Extension",
      "short" : "Natural language description of the StructureDefinition",
      "definition" : "A free text natural language description of the StructureDefinition and its use.",
      "comment" : "This field can be used for things such as why the StructureDefinition was written, comments about misuse, instructions for clinical use and interpretation, literature references, examples from the paper world, etc.  It is *not* a rendering of the StructureDefinition as conveyed in StructureDefinition.text. This item SHOULD be populated unless the information is available from context.",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "isModifier" : false
    },
    {
      "path" : "Extension.extension",
      "max" : "0"
    },
    {
      "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
      "min" : 1
    },
    {
      "path" : "Extension.url",
      "fixedUri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/1.0/StructureDefinition/extension-StructureDefinition.description"
    }]
  }
}