AU Base Implementation Guide
4.1.2-preview - Preview
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Definitions for the au-employeenumber data type profile.
Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be found here
0. Identifier | |
Definition | Employee number for an individual staff member or service provider as issued by an employing organisation. |
Short | Employee Number |
2. Identifier.type | |
Control | 1..? |
Pattern Value | <valueCodeableConcept xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"><br/> <coding><br/> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203"/><br/> <code value="EI"/><br/> </coding><br/></valueCodeableConcept><br/> |
4. Identifier.system | |
Short | System identifier namespace for the employing organisation |
Control | 1..? |
6. Identifier.value | |
Short | Employee number |
Control | 1..? |
8. Identifier.assigner | |
Short | Employing organisation |
Control | 1..? |
10. Identifier.assigner.display | |
Short | Employing organisation's name |
Control | 1..? |
Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be found here
0. Identifier | |
Definition | Employee number for an individual staff member or service provider as issued by an employing organisation. An identifier - identifies some entity uniquely and unambiguously. Typically this is used for business identifiers. |
Short | Employee NumberAn identifier intended for computation |
Control | 0..* This element is affected by the following invariants: ele-1 |
Is Modifier | false |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())) |
2. Identifier.use | |
Definition | The purpose of this identifier. |
Short | usual | official | temp | secondary | old (If known) |
Comments | Applications can assume that an identifier is permanent unless it explicitly says that it is temporary. |
Control | 0..1 |
Binding | The codes SHALL be taken from IdentifierUsehttp://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/identifier-use|4.0.1 Identifies the purpose for this identifier, if known . |
Type | code |
Is Modifier | true because This is labeled as "Is Modifier" because applications should not mistake a temporary id for a permanent one. |
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
Summary | true |
Requirements | Allows the appropriate identifier for a particular context of use to be selected from among a set of identifiers. |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())) |
4. Identifier.type | |
Definition | A coded type for the identifier that can be used to determine which identifier to use for a specific purpose. |
Short | Description of identifier |
Comments | This element deals only with general categories of identifiers. It SHOULD not be used for codes that correspond 1..1 with the Identifier.system. Some identifiers may fall into multiple categories due to common usage. Where the system is known, a type is unnecessary because the type is always part of the system definition. However systems often need to handle identifiers where the system is not known. There is not a 1:1 relationship between type and system, since many different systems have the same type. |
Control | 10..1 |
Binding | Unless not suitable, these codes SHALL be taken from Identifier Type Codeshttp://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/identifier-type A coded type for an identifier that can be used to determine which identifier to use for a specific purpose. |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Is Modifier | false |
Summary | true |
Requirements | Allows users to make use of identifiers when the identifier system is not known. |
Pattern Value | <valueCodeableConcept xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"><br/> <coding><br/> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203"/><br/> <code value="EI"/><br/> </coding><br/></valueCodeableConcept><br/> |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())) |
6. Identifier.system | |
Definition | Establishes the namespace for the value - that is, a URL that describes a set values that are unique. |
Short | System identifier namespace for the employing organisationThe namespace for the identifier value |
Comments | Identifier.system is always case sensitive. |
Control | 10..1 |
Type | uri |
Is Modifier | false |
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
Summary | true |
Requirements | There are many sets of identifiers. To perform matching of two identifiers, we need to know what set we're dealing with. The system identifies a particular set of unique identifiers. |
Example | <br/><b>General</b>:http://www.acme.com/identifiers/patient |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())) |
8. Identifier.value | |
Definition | The portion of the identifier typically relevant to the user and which is unique within the context of the system. |
Short | Employee numberThe value that is unique |
Comments | If the value is a full URI, then the system SHALL be urn:ietf:rfc:3986. The value's primary purpose is computational mapping. As a result, it may be normalized for comparison purposes (e.g. removing non-significant whitespace, dashes, etc.) A value formatted for human display can be conveyed using the Rendered Value extension. Identifier.value is to be treated as case sensitive unless knowledge of the Identifier.system allows the processer to be confident that non-case-sensitive processing is safe. |
Control | 10..1 |
Type | string |
Is Modifier | false |
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
Summary | true |
Example | <br/><b>General</b>:123456 |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())) |
10. Identifier.assigner | |
Definition | Organization that issued/manages the identifier. |
Short | Employing organisationOrganization that issued id (may be just text) |
Comments | The Identifier.assigner may omit the .reference element and only contain a .display element reflecting the name or other textual information about the assigning organization. |
Control | 10..1 |
Type | Reference(Organization) |
Is Modifier | false |
Summary | true |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())) |
12. Identifier.assigner.display | |
Definition | Plain text narrative that identifies the resource in addition to the resource reference. |
Short | Employing organisation's nameText alternative for the resource |
Comments | This is generally not the same as the Resource.text of the referenced resource. The purpose is to identify what's being referenced, not to fully describe it. |
Control | 10..1 |
Type | string |
Is Modifier | false |
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
Summary | true |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())) |
Guidance on how to interpret the contents of this table can be found here
0. Identifier | |
Definition | Employee number for an individual staff member or service provider as issued by an employing organisation. |
Short | Employee Number |
Control | 0..* This element is affected by the following invariants: ele-1 |
Is Modifier | false |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) ) |
2. Identifier.id | |
Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
Short | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Is Modifier | false |
XML Format | In the XML format, this property is represented as an attribute. |
Summary | false |
4. Identifier.extension | |
Definition | May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. 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 can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. |
Short | Additional content defined by implementations |
Comments | 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. |
Control | 0..* |
Type | Extension |
Is Modifier | false |
Summary | false |
Alternate Names | extensions, user content |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) )ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both ( extension.exists() != value.exists() ) |
Slicing | This element introduces a set of slices on Identifier.extension . The slices are unordered and Open, and can be differentiated using the following discriminators: , and can be differentiated using the following discriminators: |
6. Identifier.use | |
Definition | The purpose of this identifier. |
Short | usual | official | temp | secondary | old (If known) |
Comments | Applications can assume that an identifier is permanent unless it explicitly says that it is temporary. |
Control | 0..1 |
Binding | The codes SHALL be taken from IdentifierUse: Identifies the purpose for this identifier, if known . |
Type | code |
Is Modifier | true because This is labeled as "Is Modifier" because applications should not mistake a temporary id for a permanent one. |
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
Summary | true |
Requirements | Allows the appropriate identifier for a particular context of use to be selected from among a set of identifiers. |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) ) |
8. Identifier.type | |
Definition | A coded type for the identifier that can be used to determine which identifier to use for a specific purpose. |
Short | Description of identifier |
Comments | This element deals only with general categories of identifiers. It SHOULD not be used for codes that correspond 1..1 with the Identifier.system. Some identifiers may fall into multiple categories due to common usage. Where the system is known, a type is unnecessary because the type is always part of the system definition. However systems often need to handle identifiers where the system is not known. There is not a 1:1 relationship between type and system, since many different systems have the same type. |
Control | 1..1 |
Binding | Unless not suitable, these codes SHALL be taken from Identifier Type Codes: A coded type for an identifier that can be used to determine which identifier to use for a specific purpose. |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Is Modifier | false |
Summary | true |
Requirements | Allows users to make use of identifiers when the identifier system is not known. |
Pattern Value | <valueCodeableConcept xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"><br/> <coding><br/> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203"/><br/> <code value="EI"/><br/> </coding><br/></valueCodeableConcept><br/> |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) ) |
10. Identifier.system | |
Definition | Establishes the namespace for the value - that is, a URL that describes a set values that are unique. |
Short | System identifier namespace for the employing organisation |
Comments | Identifier.system is always case sensitive. |
Control | 1..1 |
Type | uri |
Is Modifier | false |
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
Summary | true |
Requirements | There are many sets of identifiers. To perform matching of two identifiers, we need to know what set we're dealing with. The system identifies a particular set of unique identifiers. |
Example | <br/><b>General</b>:http://www.acme.com/identifiers/patient |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) ) |
12. Identifier.value | |
Definition | The portion of the identifier typically relevant to the user and which is unique within the context of the system. |
Short | Employee number |
Comments | If the value is a full URI, then the system SHALL be urn:ietf:rfc:3986. The value's primary purpose is computational mapping. As a result, it may be normalized for comparison purposes (e.g. removing non-significant whitespace, dashes, etc.) A value formatted for human display can be conveyed using the Rendered Value extension. Identifier.value is to be treated as case sensitive unless knowledge of the Identifier.system allows the processer to be confident that non-case-sensitive processing is safe. |
Control | 1..1 |
Type | string |
Is Modifier | false |
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
Summary | true |
Example | <br/><b>General</b>:123456 |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) ) |
14. Identifier.period | |
Definition | Time period during which identifier is/was valid for use. |
Short | Time period when id is/was valid for use |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | Period |
Is Modifier | false |
Summary | true |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) ) |
16. Identifier.assigner | |
Definition | Organization that issued/manages the identifier. |
Short | Employing organisation |
Comments | The Identifier.assigner may omit the .reference element and only contain a .display element reflecting the name or other textual information about the assigning organization. |
Control | 1..1 |
Type | Reference(Organization) |
Is Modifier | false |
Summary | true |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) ) |
18. Identifier.assigner.id | |
Definition | Unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references). This may be any string value that does not contain spaces. |
Short | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Is Modifier | false |
XML Format | In the XML format, this property is represented as an attribute. |
Summary | false |
20. Identifier.assigner.extension | |
Definition | May be used to represent additional information that is not part of the basic definition of the element. 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 can define an extension, there is a set of requirements that SHALL be met as part of the definition of the extension. |
Short | Additional content defined by implementations |
Comments | 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. |
Control | 0..* |
Type | Extension |
Is Modifier | false |
Summary | false |
Alternate Names | extensions, user content |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) )ext-1: Must have either extensions or value[x], not both ( extension.exists() != value.exists() ) |
Slicing | This element introduces a set of slices on Identifier.assigner.extension . The slices are unordered and Open, and can be differentiated using the following discriminators: , and can be differentiated using the following discriminators: |
22. Identifier.assigner.reference | |
Definition | A reference to a location at which the other resource is found. The reference may be a relative reference, in which case it is relative to the service base URL, or an absolute URL that resolves to the location where the resource is found. The reference may be version specific or not. If the reference is not to a FHIR RESTful server, then it should be assumed to be version specific. Internal fragment references (start with '#') refer to contained resources. |
Short | Literal reference, Relative, internal or absolute URL |
Comments | Using absolute URLs provides a stable scalable approach suitable for a cloud/web context, while using relative/logical references provides a flexible approach suitable for use when trading across closed eco-system boundaries. Absolute URLs do not need to point to a FHIR RESTful server, though this is the preferred approach. If the URL conforms to the structure "/[type]/[id]" then it should be assumed that the reference is to a FHIR RESTful server. |
Control | 0..1 This element is affected by the following invariants: ref-1 |
Type | string |
Is Modifier | false |
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
Summary | true |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) ) |
24. Identifier.assigner.type | |
Definition | The expected type of the target of the reference. If both Reference.type and Reference.reference are populated and Reference.reference is a FHIR URL, both SHALL be consistent. |
Short | Type the reference refers to (e.g. "Patient") |
Comments | This element is used to indicate the type of the target of the reference. This may be used which ever of the other elements are populated (or not). In some cases, the type of the target may be determined by inspection of the reference (e.g. a RESTful URL) or by resolving the target of the reference; if both the type and a reference is provided, the reference SHALL resolve to a resource of the same type as that specified. |
Control | 0..1 |
Binding | Unless not suitable, these codes SHALL be taken from ResourceType: Aa resource (or, for logical models, the URI of the logical model). |
Type | uri |
Is Modifier | false |
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
Summary | true |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) ) |
26. Identifier.assigner.identifier | |
Definition | An identifier for the target resource. This is used when there is no way to reference the other resource directly, either because the entity it represents is not available through a FHIR server, or because there is no way for the author of the resource to convert a known identifier to an actual location. There is no requirement that a Reference.identifier point to something that is actually exposed as a FHIR instance, but it SHALL point to a business concept that would be expected to be exposed as a FHIR instance, and that instance would need to be of a FHIR resource type allowed by the reference. |
Short | Logical reference, when literal reference is not known |
Comments | When an identifier is provided in place of a reference, any system processing the reference will only be able to resolve the identifier to a reference if it understands the business context in which the identifier is used. Sometimes this is global (e.g. a national identifier) but often it is not. For this reason, none of the useful mechanisms described for working with references (e.g. chaining, includes) are possible, nor should servers be expected to be able resolve the reference. Servers may accept an identifier based reference untouched, resolve it, and/or reject it - see CapabilityStatement.rest.resource.referencePolicy. |
Note | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion) |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | Identifier |
Is Modifier | false |
Summary | true |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) ) |
28. Identifier.assigner.display | |
Definition | Plain text narrative that identifies the resource in addition to the resource reference. |
Short | Employing organisation's name |
Comments | This is generally not the same as the Resource.text of the referenced resource. The purpose is to identify what's being referenced, not to fully describe it. |
Control | 1..1 |
Type | string |
Is Modifier | false |
Primitive Value | This primitive element may be present, or absent, or replaced by an extension |
Summary | true |
Invariants | ele-1: All FHIR elements must have a @value or children (hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count()) ) |