This class is used to associate two (or more) Person records that refer to the same real-world person. This class is included for compatibility with FHIR, although we would expect that other attributes such as the date/time the association (or "link") was made, who made the link, and some explanatory text would necessary in real-world implementations. In addition, we would expect some kind of "unlink" action to be possible, and metadata about that action would also be recorded.
"Link to a resource that concerns the same actual person." - HL7 FHIR, Person.link
"Link to another patient resource that concerns the same actual patient." - HL7 FHIR, Patient.link

Attributes
«CS» Code	assurance	"Level of assurance that this link is actually associated with the target resource." - HL7 FHIR, Person.assurance.
«CS» Code	kind	"The type of link between this patient resource and another patient resource." - HL7 FHIR, Patient.link.type
Person	target	Pointer to the Person record that represents the same individual as does the originating person record. "The resource to which this actual person is associated." - HL7 FHIR, Person.link.target "The other patient resource that the link refers to." - HL7 FHIR, Patient.link.other

 assurance

Public «CS» Code assurance

"Level of assurance that this link is actually associated with the target resource." - HL7 FHIR, Person.assurance.

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	Link
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords
Lower	0
Lower Value	(0)
Multiplicity	0..1
Name	assurance
Name Expression
Namespace	Link
Opposite
Owner	Link
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Person::Link::assurance
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«CS» Code
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 kind

Public «CS» Code kind

"The type of link between this patient resource and another patient resource." - HL7 FHIR, Patient.link.type

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association
Association End
Class	Link
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords
Lower	1
Lower Value	(1)
Multiplicity	1
Name	kind
Name Expression
Namespace	Link
Opposite
Owner	Link
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Person::Link::kind
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	«CS» Code
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public

 target

Public Person target

Pointer to the Person record that represents the same individual as does the originating person record.
"The resource to which this actual person is associated." - HL7 FHIR, Person.link.target
"The other patient resource that the link refers to." - HL7 FHIR, Patient.link.other

Constraints:

Properties:

Aggregation	None
Alias
Association	link_target
Association End
Class	Link
Datatype
Default
Default Value
Is Composite	false
Is Derived	false
Is Derived Union	false
Is Leaf	false
Is Ordered	false
Is Read Only	false
Is Static	false
Is Unique	true
Keywords
Lower	1
Lower Value	(1)
Multiplicity	1
Name	target
Name Expression
Namespace	Link
Opposite
Owner	Link
Owning Association
Owning Template Parameter
Qualified Name	FHIM::Person::Link::target
Stereotype
Template Parameter
Type	Person
Upper	1
Upper Value	(1)
Visibility	Public