Australian Base Profiles Implementation Guide

This page is part of the Australian Base IG (v0.9.3: AU Base 1 on STU3 Draft) based on FHIR R3. The current version which supercedes this version is 1.0.2. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Example: StructureDefinition-au-address

Formats: XML, JSON, Turtle

Raw json

{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "au-address",
  "meta" : {
    "lastUpdated" : "2018-02-20T11:36:39.236+11:00"
  },
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
  <p>AU Address</p>
</div>"
  },
  "url" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-address",
  "version" : "0.1",
  "name" : "BaseAustralianAddress",
  "title" : "Base Australian Address",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2017-05-05T05:09:53+10:00",
  "publisher" : "Health Level Seven Australia (Patient Administration WG)",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir",
          "use" : "work"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "Australian realm Australian Address profile.",
  "fhirVersion" : "3.0.1",
  "mapping" : [
    {
      "identity" : "v2",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
      "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "rim",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name" : "RIM Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "servd",
      "uri" : "http://www.omg.org/spec/ServD/1.0/",
      "name" : "ServD"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "vcard",
      "uri" : "http://w3.org/vcard",
      "name" : "vCard Mapping"
    }
  ],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Address",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Address",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "snapshot" : {
    "element" : [
      {
        "id" : "Address",
        "path" : "Address",
        "short" : "An address in Australia for use within an Australian healthcare context",
        "definition" : "An Australian address expressed using postal conventions (as opposed to GPS or other location definition formats).",
        "comment" : "Note: address is for postal addresses, not physical locations.",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "*",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Address",
          "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" : "Element"
          },
          {
            "key" : "inv-add-0",
            "severity" : "error",
            "human" : "The address shall at least have text or a line",
            "expression" : "text.exists() or line.exists()"
          },
          {
            "key" : "inv-add-1",
            "severity" : "error",
            "human" : "If not a fixed address, the type shall be 'physical'",
            "expression" : "extension.where(url='http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/nofixedaddress' and value=true).exists() implies type='physical'"
          },
          {
            "key" : "inv-add-2",
            "severity" : "error",
            "human" : "If not a fixed address, the address text shall begin with 'NO FIXED ADDRESS'",
            "expression" : "extension.where(url='http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/nofixedaddress').exists() implies text.startsWith('NO FIXED ADDRESS')"
          }
        ],
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "n/a"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "v2",
            "map" : "XAD"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "AD"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "servd",
            "map" : "Address"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.id",
        "path" : "Address.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" : "Address.extension",
        "path" : "Address.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" : "*",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Element.extension",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "*"
        },
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Extension"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.extension:noFixedAddress",
        "path" : "Address.extension",
        "sliceName" : "noFixedAddress",
        "short" : "Extension",
        "definition" : "No fixed address indicator.",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Element.extension",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "*"
        },
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Extension",
            "profile" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/no-fixed-address"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.extension:noFixedAddress.id",
        "path" : "Address.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" : "Address.extension:noFixedAddress.extension",
        "path" : "Address.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" : "Address.extension:noFixedAddress.url",
        "path" : "Address.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.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/no-fixed-address",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "N/A"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.extension:noFixedAddress.valueBoolean",
        "path" : "Address.extension.valueBoolean",
        "short" : "Value of extension",
        "definition" : "Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "1"
        },
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "boolean"
          }
        ],
        "fixedBoolean" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "N/A"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.use",
        "path" : "Address.use",
        "short" : "home | work | temp | old - purpose of this address",
        "definition" : "The purpose of this address.",
        "comment" : "This is labeled as "Is Modifier" because applications should not mistake a temporary or old address etc.for a current/permanent one. Applications can assume that an address is current unless it explicitly says that it is temporary or old.",
        "requirements" : "Allows an appropriate address to be chosen from a list of many.",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Address.use",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "1"
        },
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "code"
          }
        ],
        "example" : [
          {
            "label" : "General",
            "valueCode" : "home"
          }
        ],
        "isModifier" : true,
        "isSummary" : true,
        "binding" : {
          "extension" : [
            {
              "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
              "valueString" : "AddressUse"
            }
          ],
          "strength" : "required",
          "description" : "The use of an address",
          "valueSetReference" : {
            "reference" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/address-use"
          }
        },
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "v2",
            "map" : "XAD.7"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "unique(./use)"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "servd",
            "map" : "./AddressPurpose"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.type",
        "path" : "Address.type",
        "short" : "postal | physical | both",
        "definition" : "Distinguishes between physical addresses (those you can visit) and mailing addresses (e.g. PO Boxes and care-of addresses). Most addresses are both.",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Address.type",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "1"
        },
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "code"
          }
        ],
        "example" : [
          {
            "label" : "General",
            "valueCode" : "both"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary" : true,
        "binding" : {
          "extension" : [
            {
              "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
              "valueString" : "AddressType"
            }
          ],
          "strength" : "required",
          "description" : "The type of an address (physical / postal)",
          "valueSetReference" : {
            "reference" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/address-type"
          }
        },
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "v2",
            "map" : "XAD.18"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "unique(./use)"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "vcard",
            "map" : "address type parameter"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.text",
        "path" : "Address.text",
        "short" : "Text representation of the address",
        "definition" : "A full text representation of the address.",
        "comment" : "Can provide both a text representation and parts.",
        "requirements" : "A renderable, unencoded form.",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Address.text",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "1"
        },
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "string"
          }
        ],
        "example" : [
          {
            "label" : "General",
            "valueString" : "137 Nowhere Street, Erewhon 9132"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "v2",
            "map" : "XAD.1 + XAD.2 + XAD.3 + XAD.4 + XAD.5 + XAD.6"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "./formatted"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "vcard",
            "map" : "address label parameter"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.line",
        "path" : "Address.line",
        "short" : "Street name, number, direction & P.O. Box etc.",
        "definition" : "This component contains the house number, apartment number, street name, street direction,  P.O. Box number, delivery hints, and similar address information.",
        "requirements" : "home | work | temp | old - purpose of this address.",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "*",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Address.line",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "*"
        },
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "string"
          }
        ],
        "orderMeaning" : "The order in which lines should appear in an address label",
        "example" : [
          {
            "label" : "General",
            "valueString" : "137 Nowhere Street"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "v2",
            "map" : "XAD.1 + XAD.2 (note: XAD.1 and XAD.2 have different meanings for a company address than for a person address)"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "AD.part[parttype = AL]"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "vcard",
            "map" : "street"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "servd",
            "map" : "./StreetAddress (newline delimitted)"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.city",
        "path" : "Address.city",
        "short" : "Name of city, town, suburb, etc.",
        "definition" : "The name of the city, town, village, suburb, or other community or delivery center.",
        "alias" : [
          "Municpality"
        ],
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Address.city",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "1"
        },
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "string"
          }
        ],
        "example" : [
          {
            "label" : "General",
            "valueString" : "Erewhon"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "v2",
            "map" : "XAD.3"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "AD.part[parttype = CTY]"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "vcard",
            "map" : "locality"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "servd",
            "map" : "./Jurisdiction"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.district",
        "path" : "Address.district",
        "short" : "District name (aka county)",
        "definition" : "The name of the administrative area (county).",
        "comment" : "District is sometimes known as county, but in some regions 'county' is used in place of city (municipality), so county name should be conveyed in city instead.",
        "alias" : [
          "County"
        ],
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Address.district",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "1"
        },
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "string"
          }
        ],
        "example" : [
          {
            "label" : "General",
            "valueString" : "Madison"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "v2",
            "map" : "XAD.9"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "AD.part[parttype = CNT | CPA]"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.state",
        "path" : "Address.state",
        "short" : "Australian state and territory",
        "definition" : "Sub-unit of a country with limited sovereignty in a federally organized country. A code may be used if codes are in common use (i.e. US 2 letter state codes).",
        "alias" : [
          "Province",
          "Territory"
        ],
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Address.state",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "1"
        },
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "string"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary" : true,
        "binding" : {
          "strength" : "required",
          "valueSetReference" : {
            "reference" : "https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/australian-states-territories-2"
          }
        },
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "v2",
            "map" : "XAD.4"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "AD.part[parttype = STA]"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "vcard",
            "map" : "region"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "servd",
            "map" : "./Region"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.postalCode",
        "path" : "Address.postalCode",
        "short" : "Postal code for area",
        "definition" : "A postal code designating a region defined by the postal service.",
        "alias" : [
          "Zip"
        ],
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Address.postalCode",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "1"
        },
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "string"
          }
        ],
        "example" : [
          {
            "label" : "General",
            "valueString" : "9132"
          }
        ],
        "constraint" : [
          {
            "key" : "inv-add-3",
            "severity" : "error",
            "human" : "Postal code shall be 4 digits",
            "expression" : "(country='AU' and postalCode.exists()) implies postalCode.matches('^\\d{4}$')"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "v2",
            "map" : "XAD.5"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "AD.part[parttype = ZIP]"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "vcard",
            "map" : "code"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "servd",
            "map" : "./PostalIdentificationCode"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.country",
        "path" : "Address.country",
        "short" : "Australia as a 2 digit ISO 3166 code",
        "definition" : "fixed value if present otherwise assumed to be Australia in this context",
        "comment" : "ISO 3166 3 letter codes can be used in place of a full country name.",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Address.country",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "1"
        },
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "string"
          }
        ],
        "fixedString" : "AU",
        "isSummary" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "v2",
            "map" : "XAD.6"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "AD.part[parttype = CNT]"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "vcard",
            "map" : "country"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "servd",
            "map" : "./Country"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.period",
        "path" : "Address.period",
        "short" : "Time period when address was/is in use",
        "definition" : "Time period when address was/is in use.",
        "requirements" : "Allows addresses to be placed in historical context.",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "base" : {
          "path" : "Address.period",
          "min" : 0,
          "max" : "1"
        },
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Period"
          }
        ],
        "example" : [
          {
            "label" : "General",
            "valuePeriod" : {
              "start" : "2010-03-23T00:00:00+11:00",
              "end" : "2010-07-01T00:00:00+10:00"
            }
          }
        ],
        "isSummary" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "v2",
            "map" : "XAD.12 / XAD.13 + XAD.14"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "rim",
            "map" : "./usablePeriod[type="IVL<TS>"]"
          },
          {
            "identity" : "servd",
            "map" : "./StartDate and ./EndDate"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [
      {
        "id" : "Address",
        "path" : "Address",
        "short" : "An address in Australia for use within an Australian healthcare context",
        "definition" : "An Australian address expressed using postal conventions (as opposed to GPS or other location definition formats).",
        "constraint" : [
          {
            "key" : "inv-add-0",
            "severity" : "error",
            "human" : "The address shall at least have text or a line",
            "expression" : "text.exists() or line.exists()"
          },
          {
            "key" : "inv-add-1",
            "severity" : "error",
            "human" : "If not a fixed address, the type shall be 'physical'",
            "expression" : "extension.where(url='http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/nofixedaddress' and value=true).exists() implies type='physical'"
          },
          {
            "key" : "inv-add-2",
            "severity" : "error",
            "human" : "If not a fixed address, the address text shall begin with 'NO FIXED ADDRESS'",
            "expression" : "extension.where(url='http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/nofixedaddress').exists() implies text.startsWith('NO FIXED ADDRESS')"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.extension",
        "path" : "Address.extension",
        "slicing" : {
          "discriminator" : [
            {
              "type" : "value",
              "path" : "url"
            }
          ],
          "rules" : "open"
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.extension:noFixedAddress",
        "path" : "Address.extension",
        "sliceName" : "noFixedAddress",
        "definition" : "No fixed address indicator.",
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Extension",
            "profile" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/no-fixed-address"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.city",
        "path" : "Address.city",
        "short" : "Name of city, town, suburb, etc.",
        "definition" : "The name of the city, town, village, suburb, or other community or delivery center."
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.state",
        "path" : "Address.state",
        "short" : "Australian state and territory",
        "binding" : {
          "strength" : "required",
          "valueSetReference" : {
            "reference" : "https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/australian-states-territories-2"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.postalCode",
        "path" : "Address.postalCode",
        "constraint" : [
          {
            "key" : "inv-add-3",
            "severity" : "error",
            "human" : "Postal code shall be 4 digits",
            "expression" : "(country='AU' and postalCode.exists()) implies postalCode.matches('^\\d{4}$')"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Address.country",
        "path" : "Address.country",
        "short" : "Australia as a 2 digit ISO 3166 code",
        "definition" : "fixed value if present otherwise assumed to be Australia in this context",
        "fixedString" : "AU"
      }
    ]
  }
}