German (DEU) electronic Product Information Leaflet (ePIL) Implementation Guide - Local Development build (v0.7.0) built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) Build Tools. See the Directory of published versions
Extension: DEU ePI Device Image Extension
| Official URL: http://fhir.pharmaprotect.de/digital/epil-fhir-ig/StructureDefinition/DEU-ePIL-Device-Image | Version: 0.7.0 | |||
| Draft as of 2026-05-04 | Computable Name: DEU_ePIL_Device_Image | |||
Extension to provide a device image (e.g., package, inhaler, pen, injection device) as a base64-encoded image. The image is displayed as a header above the root chapter and has no direct reference to the content. Used for visual representation of the product or administration device.
Context of Use
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Element ID:
Composition
This extension may be used on the following element(s)
Usage info
Usages:
- Use this Extension: 05 - DEU ePIL Composition (Product Information Leaflet)
You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics
Formal Views of Extension Content
Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter:   |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  Extension |
0..* | Extension | DEU ePI Device Image Extension | |
  extension |
0..0 | Extension | ||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://fhir.pharmaprotect.de/digital/epil-fhir-ig/StructureDefinition/DEU-ePIL-Device-Image" | |
  value[x] |
1..1 | Attachment | Device image as base64-encoded data | |
 contentType |
1..1 | code | MIME type of the device image | |
| data |
1..1 | base64Binary | Base64-encoded image data | |
 title |
0..1 | string | Description of the device image | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..* | Extension | DEU ePI Device Image Extension | |||||
 id |
0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
| extension |
0..0 | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | ||||||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://fhir.pharmaprotect.de/digital/epil-fhir-ig/StructureDefinition/DEU-ePIL-Device-Image" | |||||
| value[x] |
1..1 | Attachment | Device image as base64-encoded data | |||||
| id |
0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
| extension |
0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | |||||
| contentType |
ΣC | 1..1 | code | MIME type of the device image Binding: MimeTypes (required): BCP 13 (RFCs 2045, 2046, 2047, 4288, 4289 and 2049) Example General: text/plain; charset=UTF-8, image/png | ||||
| language |
Σ | 0..1 | code | Human language of the content (BCP-47) Binding: AllLanguages (required): IETF language tag for a human language.
Example General: en-AU | ||||
| data |
C | 1..1 | base64Binary | Base64-encoded image data | ||||
| url |
Σ | 0..1 | url | Uri where the data can be found Example General: http://www.acme.com/logo-small.png | ||||
| size |
Σ | 0..1 | integer64 | Number of bytes of content (if url provided) | ||||
| hash |
Σ | 0..1 | base64Binary | Hash of the data (sha-1, base64ed) | ||||
| title |
Σ | 0..1 | string | Description of the device image Example General: Official Corporate Logo | ||||
| creation |
Σ | 0..1 | dateTime | Date attachment was first created | ||||
| height |
0..1 | positiveInt | Height of the image in pixels (photo/video) | |||||
| width |
0..1 | positiveInt | Width of the image in pixels (photo/video) | |||||
| frames |
0..1 | positiveInt | Number of frames if > 1 (photo) | |||||
| duration |
0..1 | decimal | Length in seconds (audio / video) | |||||
| pages |
0..1 | positiveInt | Number of printed pages | |||||
| Documentation for this format | ||||||||
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Simple Extension with the type Attachment: Extension to provide a device image (e.g., package, inhaler, pen, injection device) as a base64-encoded image. The image is displayed as a header above the root chapter and has no direct reference to the content. Used for visual representation of the product or administration device.
Differential View
This structure is derived from Extension
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..* | Extension | DEU ePI Device Image Extension | |
| extension |
0..0 | Extension | ||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://fhir.pharmaprotect.de/digital/epil-fhir-ig/StructureDefinition/DEU-ePIL-Device-Image" | |
| value[x] |
1..1 | Attachment | Device image as base64-encoded data | |
| contentType |
1..1 | code | MIME type of the device image | |
| data |
1..1 | base64Binary | Base64-encoded image data | |
| title |
0..1 | string | Description of the device image | |
| Documentation for this format | ||||
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extension |
0..* | Extension | DEU ePI Device Image Extension | |||||
| id |
0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
| extension |
0..0 | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | ||||||
| url |
1..1 | uri | "http://fhir.pharmaprotect.de/digital/epil-fhir-ig/StructureDefinition/DEU-ePIL-Device-Image" | |||||
| value[x] |
1..1 | Attachment | Device image as base64-encoded data | |||||
| id |
0..1 | id | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |||||
| extension |
0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | |||||
| contentType |
ΣC | 1..1 | code | MIME type of the device image Binding: MimeTypes (required): BCP 13 (RFCs 2045, 2046, 2047, 4288, 4289 and 2049) Example General: text/plain; charset=UTF-8, image/png | ||||
| language |
Σ | 0..1 | code | Human language of the content (BCP-47) Binding: AllLanguages (required): IETF language tag for a human language.
Example General: en-AU | ||||
| data |
C | 1..1 | base64Binary | Base64-encoded image data | ||||
| url |
Σ | 0..1 | url | Uri where the data can be found Example General: http://www.acme.com/logo-small.png | ||||
| size |
Σ | 0..1 | integer64 | Number of bytes of content (if url provided) | ||||
| hash |
Σ | 0..1 | base64Binary | Hash of the data (sha-1, base64ed) | ||||
| title |
Σ | 0..1 | string | Description of the device image Example General: Official Corporate Logo | ||||
| creation |
Σ | 0..1 | dateTime | Date attachment was first created | ||||
| height |
0..1 | positiveInt | Height of the image in pixels (photo/video) | |||||
| width |
0..1 | positiveInt | Width of the image in pixels (photo/video) | |||||
| frames |
0..1 | positiveInt | Number of frames if > 1 (photo) | |||||
| duration |
0..1 | decimal | Length in seconds (audio / video) | |||||
| pages |
0..1 | positiveInt | Number of printed pages | |||||
| Documentation for this format | ||||||||
This structure is derived from Extension
Summary
Simple Extension with the type Attachment: Extension to provide a device image (e.g., package, inhaler, pen, injection device) as a base64-encoded image. The image is displayed as a header above the root chapter and has no direct reference to the content. Used for visual representation of the product or administration device.
Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron
Terminology Bindings
| Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source |
| Extension.value[x].contentType | Base | required | Mime Types | 📍5.0.0 | FHIR Std. |
| Extension.value[x].language | Base | required | All Languages | 📍5.0.0 | FHIR Std. |
Constraints
| Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression |
| ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children |
hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
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| ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both |
extension.exists() != value.exists()
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