{
  "resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2026-04-01T11:37:56.8675685+00:00"
  },
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Address",
  "name": "Address",
  "status": "draft",
  "date": "2019-10-24T00:53:00+00:00",
  "publisher": "HL7 FHIR Standard",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "Base StructureDefinition for Address Type",
  "purpose": "Need to be able to record postal addresses, along with notes about their use.",
  "fhirVersion": "3.0.2",
  "mapping": [
    {
      "identity": "v2",
      "uri": "http://hl7.org/v2",
      "name": "HL7 v2 Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity": "rim",
      "uri": "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name": "RIM Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity": "servd",
      "uri": "http://www.omg.org/spec/ServD/1.0/",
      "name": "ServD"
    },
    {
      "identity": "vcard",
      "uri": "http://w3.org/vcard",
      "name": "vCard Mapping"
    }
  ],
  "kind": "complex-type",
  "abstract": false,
  "type": "Address",
  "baseDefinition": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Element",
  "derivation": "specialization",
  "differential": {
    "element": [
      {
        "id": "Address",
        "path": "Address",
        "short": "An address expressed using postal conventions (as opposed to GPS or other location definition formats)",
        "definition": "An address expressed using postal conventions (as opposed to GPS or other location definition formats).  This data type may be used to convey addresses for use in delivering mail as well as for visiting locations which might not be valid for mail delivery.  There are a variety of postal address formats defined around the world.",
        "comment": "Note: address is for postal addresses, not physical locations.",
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "XAD"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "AD"
          },
          {
            "identity": "servd",
            "map": "Address"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "Address.use",
        "path": "Address.use",
        "short": "home | work | temp | old - purpose of this address",
        "definition": "The purpose of this address.",
        "comment": "This is labeled as \"Is Modifier\" because applications should not mistake a temporary or old address etc.for a current/permanent one. Applications can assume that an address is current unless it explicitly says that it is temporary or old.",
        "requirements": "Allows an appropriate address to be chosen from a list of many.",
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "code"
          }
        ],
        "example": [
          {
            "label": "General",
            "valueCode": "home"
          }
        ],
        "isModifier": true,
        "isSummary": true,
        "binding": {
          "extension": [
            {
              "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
              "valueString": "AddressUse"
            }
          ],
          "strength": "required",
          "description": "The use of an address",
          "valueSetReference": {
            "reference": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/address-use"
          }
        },
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "XAD.7"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "unique(./use)"
          },
          {
            "identity": "servd",
            "map": "./AddressPurpose"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "Address.type",
        "path": "Address.type",
        "short": "postal | physical | both",
        "definition": "Distinguishes between physical addresses (those you can visit) and mailing addresses (e.g. PO Boxes and care-of addresses). Most addresses are both.",
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "code"
          }
        ],
        "example": [
          {
            "label": "General",
            "valueCode": "both"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "binding": {
          "extension": [
            {
              "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName",
              "valueString": "AddressType"
            }
          ],
          "strength": "required",
          "description": "The type of an address (physical / postal)",
          "valueSetReference": {
            "reference": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/address-type"
          }
        },
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "XAD.18"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "unique(./use)"
          },
          {
            "identity": "vcard",
            "map": "address type parameter"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "Address.text",
        "path": "Address.text",
        "short": "Text representation of the address",
        "definition": "A full text representation of the address.",
        "comment": "Can provide both a text representation and parts.",
        "requirements": "A renderable, unencoded form.",
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ],
        "example": [
          {
            "label": "General",
            "valueString": "137 Nowhere Street, Erewhon 9132"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "XAD.1 + XAD.2 + XAD.3 + XAD.4 + XAD.5 + XAD.6"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "./formatted"
          },
          {
            "identity": "vcard",
            "map": "address label parameter"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "Address.line",
        "path": "Address.line",
        "short": "Street name, number, direction & P.O. Box etc.",
        "definition": "This component contains the house number, apartment number, street name, street direction,  P.O. Box number, delivery hints, and similar address information.",
        "requirements": "home | work | temp | old - purpose of this address.",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ],
        "orderMeaning": "The order in which lines should appear in an address label",
        "example": [
          {
            "label": "General",
            "valueString": "137 Nowhere Street"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "XAD.1 + XAD.2 (note: XAD.1 and XAD.2 have different meanings for a company address than for a person address)"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "AD.part[parttype = AL]"
          },
          {
            "identity": "vcard",
            "map": "street"
          },
          {
            "identity": "servd",
            "map": "./StreetAddress (newline delimitted)"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "Address.city",
        "path": "Address.city",
        "short": "Name of city, town etc.",
        "definition": "The name of the city, town, village or other community or delivery center.",
        "alias": [
          "Municpality"
        ],
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ],
        "example": [
          {
            "label": "General",
            "valueString": "Erewhon"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "XAD.3"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "AD.part[parttype = CTY]"
          },
          {
            "identity": "vcard",
            "map": "locality"
          },
          {
            "identity": "servd",
            "map": "./Jurisdiction"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "Address.district",
        "path": "Address.district",
        "short": "District name (aka county)",
        "definition": "The name of the administrative area (county).",
        "comment": "District is sometimes known as county, but in some regions 'county' is used in place of city (municipality), so county name should be conveyed in city instead.",
        "alias": [
          "County"
        ],
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ],
        "example": [
          {
            "label": "General",
            "valueString": "Madison"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "XAD.9"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "AD.part[parttype = CNT | CPA]"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "Address.state",
        "path": "Address.state",
        "short": "Sub-unit of country (abbreviations ok)",
        "definition": "Sub-unit of a country with limited sovereignty in a federally organized country. A code may be used if codes are in common use (i.e. US 2 letter state codes).",
        "alias": [
          "Province",
          "Territory"
        ],
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "XAD.4"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "AD.part[parttype = STA]"
          },
          {
            "identity": "vcard",
            "map": "region"
          },
          {
            "identity": "servd",
            "map": "./Region"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "Address.postalCode",
        "path": "Address.postalCode",
        "short": "Postal code for area",
        "definition": "A postal code designating a region defined by the postal service.",
        "alias": [
          "Zip"
        ],
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ],
        "example": [
          {
            "label": "General",
            "valueString": "9132"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "XAD.5"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "AD.part[parttype = ZIP]"
          },
          {
            "identity": "vcard",
            "map": "code"
          },
          {
            "identity": "servd",
            "map": "./PostalIdentificationCode"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "Address.country",
        "path": "Address.country",
        "short": "Country (e.g. can be ISO 3166 2 or 3 letter code)",
        "definition": "Country - a nation as commonly understood or generally accepted.",
        "comment": "ISO 3166 3 letter codes can be used in place of a full country name.",
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "XAD.6"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "AD.part[parttype = CNT]"
          },
          {
            "identity": "vcard",
            "map": "country"
          },
          {
            "identity": "servd",
            "map": "./Country"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "Address.period",
        "path": "Address.period",
        "short": "Time period when address was/is in use",
        "definition": "Time period when address was/is in use.",
        "requirements": "Allows addresses to be placed in historical context.",
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Period"
          }
        ],
        "example": [
          {
            "label": "General",
            "valuePeriod": {
              "start": "2010-03-23",
              "end": "2010-07-01"
            }
          }
        ],
        "isSummary": true,
        "mapping": [
          {
            "identity": "v2",
            "map": "XAD.12 / XAD.13 + XAD.14"
          },
          {
            "identity": "rim",
            "map": "./usablePeriod[type=\"IVL<TS>\"]"
          },
          {
            "identity": "servd",
            "map": "./StartDate and ./EndDate"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}