Example of a very simple personal characteristic observation (id = "eye-color")
<Observation xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="eye-color"/> <text><status value="generated"/><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: eye-color</p><p><b>status</b>: final</p><p><b>code</b>: eye color <span>(Details )</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/example</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 2016-5-18</p><p><b>value</b>: blue</p></div></text><status value="final"/> <code> <text value="eye color"/> </code> <subject> <reference value="Patient/example"/> </subject> <effectiveDateTime value="2016-05-18"/> <valueString value="blue"> </valueString> </Observation>
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.