# Location (EU core) - HL7 Europe Base and Core FHIR IG v2.0.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Location (EU core)**

## Resource Profile: Location (EU core) 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.eu/fhir/base-r5/StructureDefinition/location-eu-core | *Version*:2.0.0 | |
| * Standards status: *[Trial-use](http://hl7.org/fhir/R5/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](http://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#maturity): 2 | *Computable Name*:LocationEuCore |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0). | | |

 
This profile introduces essential constraints and extensions for the Location resource that apply across multiple use cases. 

**Usages:**

* Refer to this Profile: [Composition (EU core)](StructureDefinition-composition-eu-core.md), [Immunization (EU core)](StructureDefinition-immunization-eu-core.md) and [Observation: Medical Test Result (EU core)](StructureDefinition-medicalTestResult-eu-core.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [Best Location](Location-example-location.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/hl7.fhir.eu.base-r5|current/StructureDefinition/location-eu-core)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-location-eu-core.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-location-eu-core.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-location-eu-core.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "location-eu-core",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 2
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use"
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base-r5/StructureDefinition/location-eu-core",
  "version" : "2.0.0",
  "name" : "LocationEuCore",
  "title" : "Location (EU core)",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-04-27T22:41:19+03:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Europe",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 Europe",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.eu"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This profile introduces essential constraints and extensions for the Location resource that apply across multiple use cases.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "150",
      "display" : "Europe"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0).",
  "fhirVersion" : "5.0.0",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "interface",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/interface",
    "name" : "Interface Pattern"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Location",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Location",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Location",
      "path" : "Location"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Location.identifier",
      "path" : "Location.identifier",
      "short" : "Location identifier"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Location.name",
      "path" : "Location.name",
      "short" : "Location name"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Location.description",
      "path" : "Location.description",
      "short" : "Description of the location"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Location.type",
      "path" : "Location.type",
      "short" : "Location type"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Location.contact.telecom",
      "path" : "Location.contact.telecom",
      "short" : "Location telecom"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Location.address",
      "path" : "Location.address",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Address",
        "profile" : ["http://hl7.eu/fhir/base-r5/StructureDefinition/Address-eu"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Location.managingOrganization",
      "path" : "Location.managingOrganization",
      "short" : "Managing organization",
      "comment" : "The managing organization is the organization responsible for the location, such as a hospital or clinic."
    },
    {
      "id" : "Location.partOf",
      "path" : "Location.partOf",
      "short" : "Location this one is physically a part of"
    }]
  }
}

```
