---
type: "datatype"
title: "Narrative"
datatype: "Narrative"
---
# Narrative

- [Datatypes](/datatypes)
- [Definitions](/datatypes-definitions#Narrative)
- [Examples](/datatypes-examples#Narrative)
- [Mappings](/datatypes-mappings#Narrative)
- [Profiles](/datatypes-profiles#Narrative)

## Elements

- **[Narrative.status](/datatypes-definitions#Narrative.status)** [1..1]: [code](/code) The status of the narrative - whether it's entirely generated (from just the defined data or the extensions too), or whether a human authored it and it may contain additional data
- **[Narrative.div](/datatypes-definitions#Narrative.div)** [1..1]: [xhtml](/xhtml) The actual narrative content, a stripped down version of XHTML

## Bindings

- **Narrative.status**: `NarrativeStatus` | strength: code list | reference: #narrative-status

## Comments

- **Narrative.div**: The contents of the html element are an XHTML fragment containing only the basic html formatting elements described in chapters 7-11 and 15 of the HTML 4.0 standard, <a> elements (either name or href), images and internally contained stylesheets. The XHTML content SHALL NOT contain a head, a body, external stylesheet references, scripts, forms, base/link/xlink, frames, iframes and objects.

## Mappings

- **Narrative.status**: RIM Mapping: N/A
- **Narrative.div**: RIM Mapping: N/A