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Salient Field Extension

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

One salient synthesized accessor on a profile: a named, typed FHIRPath value expression over the resource. Drives the reader/render surface (the AI chart) and the facade's salient accessors, distinct from the validation-scoped element set.

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..* Salient Field
Invariants: ele-1, ext-1
extension 2..* Extension Additional content defined by implementations i
Slicing: value:url (open)
Invariants: ele-1, ext-1
extension:key S 1..1 Extension The accessor name (snake_cased in the facade) i
Invariants: ele-1, ext-1
url 1..1 http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String identifies the meaning of the extension i
Fixed: key
extension:expression S 1..1 Extension A restricted FHIRPath VALUE expression over the resource (raw FHIR) i
Invariants: ele-1, ext-1
url 1..1 http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String identifies the meaning of the extension i
Fixed: expression
extension:type 0..1 Extension The scalar return type (FieldKind: string | code | dateTime | integer | boolean) i
Invariants: ele-1, ext-1
url 1..1 http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String identifies the meaning of the extension i
Fixed: type
extension:chartName 0..1 Extension The rendered attribute name (defaults to key) i
Invariants: ele-1, ext-1
url 1..1 http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String identifies the meaning of the extension i
Fixed: chartName
extension:short 0..1 Extension One-line summary, as ElementDefinition.short. Inherited from the referenced element when absent i
Invariants: ele-1, ext-1
url 1..1 http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String identifies the meaning of the extension i
Fixed: short
extension:definition 0..1 Extension Full definition, as ElementDefinition.definition. Carried into the generated docstring and the pydantic schema, so this is the text an LLM reads i
Invariants: ele-1, ext-1
url 1..1 http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String identifies the meaning of the extension i
Fixed: definition
extension:comment 0..1 Extension Usage notes, as ElementDefinition.comment. Where to say what a derived expression does that its leaf element does not i
Invariants: ele-1, ext-1
url 1..1 http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String identifies the meaning of the extension i
Fixed: comment
url 1..1 http://hl7.org/fhirpath/System.String identifies the meaning of the extension i
Fixed: ../StructureDefinition/salient-field