What is the HTML human-readable part of a FHIR resource called?

• A. The header
• B. The narrative
• C. The payload
• D. The metadata

Answer: (B)

The HTML human-readable portion is called the narrative. In a FHIR resource, this human-friendly view is stored in the text element, which is of the Narrative data type. The text element includes a status and an HTML fragment (div) that renders as the readable summary of the resource. This narrative is meant to give clinicians a quick, human-readable overview, separate from the machine-readable data elements that make up the payload. If present, you’ll see something like text: { status: "generated", div: "

...

" }. The narrative is optional and focuses on readability, not the core data fields. The header refers to HTTP metadata, the payload to the resource’s data fields, and the metadata to the resource’s meta element (versions, tags, security).