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# Binary

> A resource that represents the data of a single raw artifact as digital content accessible in its native format.  A Binary resource can contain any content, whether text, image, pdf, zip archive, etc.

## Properties

| Name | Required | Type | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| contentType | Yes | code | MimeType of the binary content |
| securityContext | No | Reference\<Resource> | Identifies another resource to use as proxy when enforcing access control |
| data | No | base64Binary | The actual content |
| url | No | url | Uri where the data can be found |

## Search Parameters

None

## Inherited Properties

| Name | Required | Type | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| id | No | string | Logical id of this artifact |
| meta | No | [Meta](/medical-api/fhir/data-types/meta) | Metadata about the resource |
| implicitRules | No | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created |
| language | No | code | Language of the resource content |

To view the FHIR specification for this resource, see [Binary](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Binary).


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