description: Base StructureDefinition for Location Resource
package_name: hl7.fhir.core
derivation: specialization
name: Location
type: Location
elements:
  description: {short: Additional details about the location that could be displayed as further information to identify the location beyond its name, type: string, isSummary: true, index: 4}
  address: {short: Physical location, comments: 'This was kept as 0..1 as there is no use property on the address, so wouldn''t be able to identify different address types.', type: Address, index: 8}
  managingOrganization:
    short: Organization responsible for provisioning and upkeep
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Organization']
    comments: This can also be used as the part of the organization hierarchy where this location provides services. These services can be defined through the HealthcareService resource.
    type: Reference
    isSummary: true
    index: 14
  name: {short: Name of the location as used by humans, comments: 'If the name of an location changes, consider putting the old name in the alias column so that it can still be located through searches.', type: string, isSummary: true, index: 2}
  mode: {isModifier: true, short: instance | kind, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 5}
  type: {short: Type of function performed, type: CodeableConcept, isSummary: true, index: 6}
  alias: {short: 'A list of alternate names that the location is known as, or was known as in the past', comments: 'There are no dates associated with the alias/historic names, as this is not intended to track when names were used, but to assist in searching so that older names can still result in identifying the location.', type: string, array: true, index: 3}
  status: {isModifier: true, short: active | suspended | inactive, type: code, isSummary: true, index: 1}
  identifier: {short: Unique code or number identifying the location to its users, type: Identifier, array: true, isSummary: true, index: 0}
  position:
    short: The absolute geographic location
    type: BackboneElement
    index: 10
    elements:
      longitude: {type: decimal, short: Longitude with WGS84 datum, index: 11}
      latitude: {type: decimal, short: Latitude with WGS84 datum, index: 12}
      altitude: {type: decimal, short: Altitude with WGS84 datum, index: 13}
    required: [longitude, latitude]
  telecom: {type: ContactPoint, short: Contact details of the location, array: true, index: 7}
  partOf:
    short: Another Location this one is physically part of
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Location']
    type: Reference
    index: 15
  physicalType: {short: Physical form of the location, type: CodeableConcept, isSummary: true, index: 9}
  endpoint:
    short: Technical endpoints providing access to services operated for the location
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Endpoint']
    type: Reference
    array: true
    index: 16
package_version: 1.8.0
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Location
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource
version: null