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# Binary

> A resource that represents the data of a single raw artifact as digital content accessible in its native format.  A Binary resource can contain any content, whether text, image, pdf, zip archive, etc.

## Properties

| Name            | Required | Type                 | Description                                                               |
| --------------- | -------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| contentType     | Yes      | code                 | MimeType of the binary content                                            |
| securityContext | No       | Reference\<Resource> | Identifies another resource to use as proxy when enforcing access control |
| data            | No       | base64Binary         | The actual content                                                        |
| url             | No       | url                  | Uri where the data can be found                                           |

## Search Parameters

None

## Inherited Properties

| Name          | Required | Type                                      | Description                                         |
| ------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| id            | No       | string                                    | Logical id of this artifact                         |
| meta          | No       | [Meta](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/meta) | Metadata about the resource                         |
| implicitRules | No       | uri                                       | A set of rules under which this content was created |
| language      | No       | code                                      | Language of the resource content                    |

To view the FHIR specification for this resource, see [Binary](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Binary).