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

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<StructureDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="au-address"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2018-02-20T11:36:39.236+11:00"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
  <p>AU Address</p>
</div>
  </text>
  <url value="http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-address"/>
  <version value="0.1"/>
  <name value="BaseAustralianAddress"/>
  <title value="Base Australian Address"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <date value="2017-05-05T05:09:53+10:00"/>
  <publisher value="Health Level Seven Australia (Patient Administration WG)"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org.au/fhir"/>
      <use value="work"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="Australian realm Australian Address profile."/>
  <fhirVersion value="3.0.1"/>
  <mapping>
    <identity value="v2"/>
    <uri value="http://hl7.org/v2"/>
    <name value="HL7 v2 Mapping"/>
  </mapping>
  <mapping>
    <identity value="rim"/>
    <uri value="http://hl7.org/v3"/>
    <name value="RIM Mapping"/>
  </mapping>
  <mapping>
    <identity value="servd"/>
    <uri value="http://www.omg.org/spec/ServD/1.0/"/>
    <name value="ServD"/>
  </mapping>
  <mapping>
    <identity value="vcard"/>
    <uri value="http://w3.org/vcard"/>
    <name value="vCard Mapping"/>
  </mapping>
  <kind value="complex-type"/>
  <abstract value="false"/>
  <type value="Address"/>
  <baseDefinition value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Address"/>
  <derivation value="constraint"/>
  <snapshot>
    <element id="Address">
      <path value="Address"/>
      <short
             value="An address in Australia for use within an Australian healthcare context"/>
      <definition
                  value="An Australian address expressed using postal conventions (as opposed to GPS or other location definition formats)."/>
      <comment
               value="Note: address is for postal addresses, not physical locations."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Address"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <condition value="ele-1"/>
      <constraint>
        <key value="ele-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="All FHIR elements must have a @value or children"/>
        <expression value="hasValue() | (children().count() &gt; id.count())"/>
        <xpath value="@value|f:*|h:div"/>
        <source value="Element"/>
      </constraint>
      <constraint>
        <key value="inv-add-0"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="The address shall at least have text or a line"/>
        <expression value="text.exists() or line.exists()"/>
      </constraint>
      <constraint>
        <key value="inv-add-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human
               value="If not a fixed address, the type shall be &#39;physical&#39;"/>
        <expression
                    value="extension.where(url=&#39;http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/nofixedaddress&#39; and value=true).exists() implies type=&#39;physical&#39;"/>
      </constraint>
      <constraint>
        <key value="inv-add-2"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human
               value="If not a fixed address, the address text shall begin with &#39;NO FIXED ADDRESS&#39;"/>
        <expression
                    value="extension.where(url=&#39;http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/nofixedaddress&#39;).exists() implies text.startsWith(&#39;NO FIXED ADDRESS&#39;)"/>
      </constraint>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="n/a"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="v2"/>
        <map value="XAD"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="AD"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="servd"/>
        <map value="Address"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.id">
      <path value="Address.id"/>
      <representation value="xmlAttr"/>
      <short value="xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)"/>
      <definition
                  value="unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Element.id"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="n/a"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.extension">
      <path value="Address.extension"/>
      <slicing>
        <discriminator>
          <type value="value"/>
          <path value="url"/>
        </discriminator>
        <description value="Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url"/>
        <rules value="open"/>
      </slicing>
      <short value="Extension"/>
      <definition value="An Extension"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Element.extension"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Extension"/>
      </type>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.extension:noFixedAddress">
      <path value="Address.extension"/>
      <sliceName value="noFixedAddress"/>
      <short value="Extension"/>
      <definition value="No fixed address indicator."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Element.extension"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Extension"/>
        <profile
                 value="http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/no-fixed-address"/>
      </type>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.extension:noFixedAddress.id">
      <path value="Address.extension.id"/>
      <representation value="xmlAttr"/>
      <short value="xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)"/>
      <definition
                  value="unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Element.id"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="n/a"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.extension:noFixedAddress.extension">
      <path value="Address.extension.extension"/>
      <slicing>
        <discriminator>
          <type value="value"/>
          <path value="url"/>
        </discriminator>
        <description value="Extensions are always sliced by (at least) url"/>
        <rules value="open"/>
      </slicing>
      <short value="Additional Content defined by implementations"/>
      <definition
                  value="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
               value="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 value="extensions"/>
      <alias value="user content"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Element.extension"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Extension"/>
      </type>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="n/a"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.extension:noFixedAddress.url">
      <path value="Address.extension.url"/>
      <representation value="xmlAttr"/>
      <short value="identifies the meaning of the extension"/>
      <definition
                  value="Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL."/>
      <comment
               value="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 value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Extension.url"/>
        <min value="1"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="uri"/>
      </type>
      <fixedUri
                value="http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/no-fixed-address"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="N/A"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.extension:noFixedAddress.valueBoolean">
      <path value="Address.extension.valueBoolean"/>
      <short value="Value of extension"/>
      <definition
                  value="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 value="1"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Extension.value[x]"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="boolean"/>
      </type>
      <fixedBoolean value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="N/A"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.use">
      <path value="Address.use"/>
      <short value="home | work | temp | old - purpose of this address"/>
      <definition value="The purpose of this address."/>
      <comment
               value="This is labeled as &quot;Is Modifier&quot; 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
                    value="Allows an appropriate address to be chosen from a list of many."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Address.use"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="code"/>
      </type>
      <example>
        <label value="General"/>
        <valueCode value="home"/>
      </example>
      <isModifier value="true"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <extension
                   url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="AddressUse"/>
        </extension>
        <strength value="required"/>
        <description value="The use of an address"/>
        <valueSetReference>
          <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/address-use"/>
        </valueSetReference>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="v2"/>
        <map value="XAD.7"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="unique(./use)"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="servd"/>
        <map value="./AddressPurpose"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.type">
      <path value="Address.type"/>
      <short value="postal | physical | both"/>
      <definition
                  value="Distinguishes between physical addresses (those you can visit) and mailing addresses (e.g. PO Boxes and care-of addresses). Most addresses are both."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Address.type"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="code"/>
      </type>
      <example>
        <label value="General"/>
        <valueCode value="both"/>
      </example>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <extension
                   url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
          <valueString value="AddressType"/>
        </extension>
        <strength value="required"/>
        <description value="The type of an address (physical / postal)"/>
        <valueSetReference>
          <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/address-type"/>
        </valueSetReference>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="v2"/>
        <map value="XAD.18"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="unique(./use)"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="vcard"/>
        <map value="address type parameter"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.text">
      <path value="Address.text"/>
      <short value="Text representation of the address"/>
      <definition value="A full text representation of the address."/>
      <comment value="Can provide both a text representation and parts."/>
      <requirements value="A renderable, unencoded form."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Address.text"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <example>
        <label value="General"/>
        <valueString value="137 Nowhere Street, Erewhon 9132"/>
      </example>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="v2"/>
        <map value="XAD.1 + XAD.2 + XAD.3 + XAD.4 + XAD.5 + XAD.6"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="./formatted"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="vcard"/>
        <map value="address label parameter"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.line">
      <path value="Address.line"/>
      <short value="Street name, number, direction &amp; P.O. Box etc."/>
      <definition
                  value="This component contains the house number, apartment number, street name, street direction,  P.O. Box number, delivery hints, and similar address information."/>
      <requirements value="home | work | temp | old - purpose of this address."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="*"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Address.line"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="*"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <orderMeaning
                    value="The order in which lines should appear in an address label"/>
      <example>
        <label value="General"/>
        <valueString value="137 Nowhere Street"/>
      </example>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="v2"/>
        <map
             value="XAD.1 + XAD.2 (note: XAD.1 and XAD.2 have different meanings for a company address than for a person address)"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="AD.part[parttype = AL]"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="vcard"/>
        <map value="street"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="servd"/>
        <map value="./StreetAddress (newline delimitted)"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.city">
      <path value="Address.city"/>
      <short value="Name of city, town, suburb, etc."/>
      <definition
                  value="The name of the city, town, village, suburb, or other community or delivery center."/>
      <alias value="Municpality"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Address.city"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <example>
        <label value="General"/>
        <valueString value="Erewhon"/>
      </example>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="v2"/>
        <map value="XAD.3"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="AD.part[parttype = CTY]"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="vcard"/>
        <map value="locality"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="servd"/>
        <map value="./Jurisdiction"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.district">
      <path value="Address.district"/>
      <short value="District name (aka county)"/>
      <definition value="The name of the administrative area (county)."/>
      <comment
               value="District is sometimes known as county, but in some regions &#39;county&#39; is used in place of city (municipality), so county name should be conveyed in city instead."/>
      <alias value="County"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Address.district"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <example>
        <label value="General"/>
        <valueString value="Madison"/>
      </example>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="v2"/>
        <map value="XAD.9"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="AD.part[parttype = CNT | CPA]"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.state">
      <path value="Address.state"/>
      <short value="Australian state and territory"/>
      <definition
                  value="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 value="Province"/>
      <alias value="Territory"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Address.state"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <binding>
        <strength value="required"/>
        <valueSetReference>
          <reference
                     value="https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/australian-states-territories-2"/>
        </valueSetReference>
      </binding>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="v2"/>
        <map value="XAD.4"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="AD.part[parttype = STA]"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="vcard"/>
        <map value="region"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="servd"/>
        <map value="./Region"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.postalCode">
      <path value="Address.postalCode"/>
      <short value="Postal code for area"/>
      <definition
                  value="A postal code designating a region defined by the postal service."/>
      <alias value="Zip"/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Address.postalCode"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <example>
        <label value="General"/>
        <valueString value="9132"/>
      </example>
      <constraint>
        <key value="inv-add-3"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="Postal code shall be 4 digits"/>
        <expression
                    value="(country=&#39;AU&#39; and postalCode.exists()) implies postalCode.matches(&#39;^\\d{4}$&#39;)"/>
      </constraint>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="v2"/>
        <map value="XAD.5"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="AD.part[parttype = ZIP]"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="vcard"/>
        <map value="code"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="servd"/>
        <map value="./PostalIdentificationCode"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.country">
      <path value="Address.country"/>
      <short value="Australia as a 2 digit ISO 3166 code"/>
      <definition
                  value="fixed value if present otherwise assumed to be Australia in this context"/>
      <comment
               value="ISO 3166 3 letter codes can be used in place of a full country name."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Address.country"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="string"/>
      </type>
      <fixedString value="AU"/>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="v2"/>
        <map value="XAD.6"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="AD.part[parttype = CNT]"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="vcard"/>
        <map value="country"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="servd"/>
        <map value="./Country"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.period">
      <path value="Address.period"/>
      <short value="Time period when address was/is in use"/>
      <definition value="Time period when address was/is in use."/>
      <requirements value="Allows addresses to be placed in historical context."/>
      <min value="0"/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <base>
        <path value="Address.period"/>
        <min value="0"/>
        <max value="1"/>
      </base>
      <type>
        <code value="Period"/>
      </type>
      <example>
        <label value="General"/>
        <valuePeriod>
          <start value="2010-03-23T00:00:00+11:00"/>
          <end value="2010-07-01T00:00:00+10:00"/>
        </valuePeriod>
      </example>
      <isSummary value="true"/>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="v2"/>
        <map value="XAD.12 / XAD.13 + XAD.14"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="rim"/>
        <map value="./usablePeriod[type=&quot;IVL&lt;TS&gt;&quot;]"/>
      </mapping>
      <mapping>
        <identity value="servd"/>
        <map value="./StartDate and ./EndDate"/>
      </mapping>
    </element>
  </snapshot>
  <differential>
    <element id="Address">
      <path value="Address"/>
      <short
             value="An address in Australia for use within an Australian healthcare context"/>
      <definition
                  value="An Australian address expressed using postal conventions (as opposed to GPS or other location definition formats)."/>
      <constraint>
        <key value="inv-add-0"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="The address shall at least have text or a line"/>
        <expression value="text.exists() or line.exists()"/>
      </constraint>
      <constraint>
        <key value="inv-add-1"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human
               value="If not a fixed address, the type shall be &#39;physical&#39;"/>
        <expression
                    value="extension.where(url=&#39;http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/nofixedaddress&#39; and value=true).exists() implies type=&#39;physical&#39;"/>
      </constraint>
      <constraint>
        <key value="inv-add-2"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human
               value="If not a fixed address, the address text shall begin with &#39;NO FIXED ADDRESS&#39;"/>
        <expression
                    value="extension.where(url=&#39;http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/nofixedaddress&#39;).exists() implies text.startsWith(&#39;NO FIXED ADDRESS&#39;)"/>
      </constraint>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.extension">
      <path value="Address.extension"/>
      <slicing>
        <discriminator>
          <type value="value"/>
          <path value="url"/>
        </discriminator>
        <rules value="open"/>
      </slicing>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.extension:noFixedAddress">
      <path value="Address.extension"/>
      <sliceName value="noFixedAddress"/>
      <definition value="No fixed address indicator."/>
      <max value="1"/>
      <type>
        <code value="Extension"/>
        <profile
                 value="http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/no-fixed-address"/>
      </type>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.city">
      <path value="Address.city"/>
      <short value="Name of city, town, suburb, etc."/>
      <definition
                  value="The name of the city, town, village, suburb, or other community or delivery center."/>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.state">
      <path value="Address.state"/>
      <short value="Australian state and territory"/>
      <binding>
        <strength value="required"/>
        <valueSetReference>
          <reference
                     value="https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/australian-states-territories-2"/>
        </valueSetReference>
      </binding>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.postalCode">
      <path value="Address.postalCode"/>
      <constraint>
        <key value="inv-add-3"/>
        <severity value="error"/>
        <human value="Postal code shall be 4 digits"/>
        <expression
                    value="(country=&#39;AU&#39; and postalCode.exists()) implies postalCode.matches(&#39;^\\d{4}$&#39;)"/>
      </constraint>
    </element>
    <element id="Address.country">
      <path value="Address.country"/>
      <short value="Australia as a 2 digit ISO 3166 code"/>
      <definition
                  value="fixed value if present otherwise assumed to be Australia in this context"/>
      <fixedString value="AU"/>
    </element>
  </differential>
</StructureDefinition>