description: 'Annotation Type: A  text note which also  contains information about who made the statement and when.'
package_name: hl7.fhir.r6.core
derivation: specialization
name: Annotation
type: Annotation
elements:
  author:
    short: Individual responsible for the annotation
    choices: [authorReference, authorString]
    isSummary: true
    index: 1
  authorReference:
    short: Individual responsible for the annotation
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Practitioner', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/PractitionerRole', 'http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson']
    type: Reference
    choiceOf: author
    isSummary: true
    index: 2
  authorString: {short: Individual responsible for the annotation, type: string, choiceOf: author, isSummary: true, index: 3}
  time: {short: When the annotation was made, type: dateTime, isSummary: true, index: 4}
  text: {short: The annotation  - text content (as markdown), type: markdown, isSummary: true, index: 5}
package_version: 6.0.0-ballot1
class: complex-type
kind: complex-type
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Annotation
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DataType
version: 6.0.0-ballot1
required: [text]