description: 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.
package_name: hl7.fhir.r5.examples
derivation: specialization
name: Binary
type: Binary
elements:
  contentType:
    isModifier: false
    short: MimeType of the binary content
    type: code
    mustSupport: false
    binding: {strength: required, valueSet: 'http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/mimetypes|5.0.0-draft-final'}
    isSummary: true
    index: 0
  securityContext:
    isModifier: false
    short: Identifies another resource to use as proxy when enforcing access control
    refers: ['http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Resource']
    type: Reference
    mustSupport: false
    isSummary: true
    index: 1
  data: {isModifier: false, short: The actual content, type: base64Binary, mustSupport: false, isSummary: false, index: 2}
package_version: 5.0.0-draft-final
class: resource
kind: resource
url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Binary
base: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Resource
version: 5.0.0-draft-final
required: [contentType]