2nd DSTU Draft For Comment

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Operation-resource-meta-change.xml

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Operation Definition

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<OperationDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="Resource-meta-change"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- Snipped for brevity --></div>
  </text>
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/Resource-meta-change"/>
  <name value="Add or delete profiles, tags, and security labels for a resource"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="This operation takes a meta, and either adds or deletes the profiles, tags, and security
   labels found in it to or from the nominated resource.   This operation can also be used
   on historical entries"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <date value="2015-02-23T09:07:27+11:00"/>
  <kind value="operation"/>
  <code value="meta-change"/>
  <notes value="This operation is special in that executing this operation does not cause a new version
   of the resource to be created. The meta is updated directly. This is because the content
   in meta does not affect the meaning of the resource, and the security labels (in particular)
   are used to apply access rules to existing resources"/>
  <system value="false"/>
  <instance value="true"/>
  <parameter>
    <name value="meta"/>
    <use value="in"/>
    <min value="1"/>
    <max value="1"/>
    <documentation value="Profiles, tags, and security labels to add to or delete from the existing resource. Note
     that profiles, tags, and security labels are sets, and duplicates are not created. E.g.
     Profiles are unique by URL, and tags and security labels are unique by system+code"/>
    <type value="Meta"/>
  </parameter>
  <parameter>
    <name value="mode"/>
    <use value="in"/>
    <min value="0"/>
    <max value="1"/>
    <documentation value="Whether to add or delete. The default action is add the labels"/>
    <type value="code"/>
  </parameter>
  <parameter>
    <name value="return"/>
    <use value="out"/>
    <min value="1"/>
    <max value="1"/>
    <documentation value="Resulting meta for the resource"/>
    <type value="Meta"/>
  </parameter>
</OperationDefinition>

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.