Properties
| Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | No | uri | Business Identifier for a given MessageDefinition |
| identifier | No | Identifier[] | Primary key for the message definition on a given server |
| version | No | string | Business version of the message definition |
| name | No | string | Name for this message definition (computer friendly) |
| title | No | string | Name for this message definition (human friendly) |
| replaces | No | canonical[] | Takes the place of |
| status | Yes | code | draft / active / retired / unknown |
| experimental | No | boolean | For testing purposes, not real usage |
| date | Yes | dateTime | Date last changed |
| publisher | No | string | Name of the publisher (organization or individual) |
| contact | No | ContactDetail[] | Contact details for the publisher |
| description | No | markdown | Natural language description of the message definition |
| useContext | No | UsageContext[] | The context that the content is intended to support |
| jurisdiction | No | CodeableConcept[] | Intended jurisdiction for message definition (if applicable) |
| purpose | No | markdown | Why this message definition is defined |
| copyright | No | markdown | Use and/or publishing restrictions |
| base | No | canonical | Definition this one is based on |
| parent | No | canonical[] | Protocol/workflow this is part of |
| event[x] | Yes | Coding, uri | Event code or link to the EventDefinition |
| category | No | code | consequence / currency / notification |
| focus | No | MessageDefinitionFocus | Resource(s) that are the subject of the event |
| - id | No | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
| - extension | No | Extension[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| - modifierExtension | No | Extension[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
| - code | Yes | code | Type of resource |
| - profile | No | canonical | Profile that must be adhered to by focus |
| - min | Yes | unsignedInt | Minimum number of focuses of this type |
| - max | No | string | Maximum number of focuses of this type |
| responseRequired | No | code | always / on-error / never / on-success |
| allowedResponse | No | MessageDefinitionAllowedResponse | Responses to this message |
| - id | No | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
| - extension | No | Extension[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| - modifierExtension | No | Extension[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
| - message | Yes | canonical | Reference to allowed message definition response |
| - situation | No | markdown | When should this response be used |
| graph | No | canonical[] | Canonical reference to a GraphDefinition |
Search Parameters
| Name | Type | Description | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| context | token | A use context assigned to the message definition | MessageDefinition.useContext.value |
| context-quantity | quantity | A quantity- or range-valued use context assigned to the message definition | MessageDefinition.useContext.value |
| context-type | token | A type of use context assigned to the message definition | MessageDefinition.useContext.code |
| date | date | The message definition publication date | MessageDefinition.date |
| description | string | The description of the message definition | MessageDefinition.description |
| jurisdiction | token | Intended jurisdiction for the message definition | MessageDefinition.jurisdiction |
| name | string | Computationally friendly name of the message definition | MessageDefinition.name |
| publisher | string | Name of the publisher of the message definition | MessageDefinition.publisher |
| status | token | The current status of the message definition | MessageDefinition.status |
| title | string | The human-friendly name of the message definition | MessageDefinition.title |
| url | uri | The uri that identifies the message definition | MessageDefinition.url |
| version | token | The business version of the message definition | MessageDefinition.version |
| context-type-quantity | composite | A use context type and quantity- or range-based value assigned to the message definition | MessageDefinition.useContext |
| context-type-value | composite | A use context type and value assigned to the message definition | MessageDefinition.useContext |
| identifier | token | External identifier for the message definition | MessageDefinition.identifier |
| category | token | The behavior associated with the message | MessageDefinition.category |
| event | token | The event that triggers the message or link to the event definition. | MessageDefinition.event |
| focus | token | A resource that is a permitted focus of the message | MessageDefinition.focus.code |
| parent | reference | A resource that is the parent of the definition | MessageDefinition.parent |
Inherited Properties
| Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | No | string | Logical id of this artifact |
| meta | No | 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 |
| text | No | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation |
| contained | No | Resource[] | Contained, inline Resources |
| extension | No | Extension[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| modifierExtension | No | Extension[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored |