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Effective Date Extension

Canonical../StructureDefinition/effective-date
Statusdraft · 1.26.0
BaseExtension (constraint)
ContextStructureDefinition (element)
SourceFSH · JSON

Which element carries THE effective date for this profile, as a precedence-ordered list of raw-FHIR paths -- or an explicit declaration that the profile has none. One date concept per resource, declared in the IG rather than guessed by each consumer.

Elements / Key elements

The working view: must-support, required, modifier and sliced elements from the effective (snapshot) definition.

Element Flags Card. Type Description & Constraints
Extension 0..* Effective Date
Invariants: ele-1, ext-1, effective-date-declares-exactly-one
extension:paths S 0..1 Extension The effective-date elements, most preferred first, separated by | i
Invariants: ele-1, ext-1
url 1..1 http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String identifies the meaning of the extension i
Fixed: paths
extension:none S 0..1 Extension True when the profile deliberately has no effective date i
Invariants: ele-1, ext-1
url 1..1 http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String identifies the meaning of the extension i
Fixed: none
url 1..1 http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String identifies the meaning of the extension i
Fixed: ../StructureDefinition/effective-date