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The set of interactions defined by the RESTful part of the FHIR specification
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id.</td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td>1</td>\n <td>search\n <a name=\"search\"> </a>\n </td>\n <td>search</td>\n <td>Search a resource type or all resources based on some filter criteria.</td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td>2</td>\n <td> search-type\n <a name=\"search-type\"> </a>\n </td>\n <td>search-type</td>\n <td>Search all resources of the specified type based on some filter criteria.</td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td>2</td>\n <td> search-system\n <a name=\"search-system\"> </a>\n </td>\n <td>search-system</td>\n <td>Search all resources based on some filter criteria.</td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td>1</td>\n <td>conformance\n <a name=\"conformance\"> </a>\n </td>\n <td>conformance</td>\n <td>Get a conformance statement for the system.</td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td>1</td>\n <td>transaction\n <a name=\"transaction\"> </a>\n </td>\n <td>transaction</td>\n <td>Update, create or delete a set of resources as a single transaction.</td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td>1</td>\n <td>batch\n <a name=\"batch\"> </a>\n </td>\n <td>batch</td>\n <td>perform a set of a separate interactions in a single http operation</td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td>1</td>\n <td>operation\n <a name=\"operation\"> </a>\n </td>\n <td>operation</td>\n <td>Perform an operation as defined by an OperationDefinition.</td>\n </tr>\n </table>\n </div>" }, "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/restful-interaction", "name": "FHIR Restful Interactions", "status": "draft", "publisher": "FHIR Project", "description": "The set of interactions defined by the RESTful part of the FHIR specification.", "caseSensitive": true, "valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/restful-interaction", "content": "complete", "concept": [ { "code": "read", "display": "read", "definition": "Read the current state of the resource." }, { "code": "vread", "display": "vread", "definition": "Read the state of a specific version of the resource." }, { "code": "update", "display": "update", "definition": "Update an existing resource by its id (or create it if it is new)." }, { "code": "delete", "display": "delete", "definition": "Delete a resource." }, { "code": "history", "display": "history", "definition": "Retrieve the change history for a particular resource, type of resource, or the entire system.", "concept": [ { "code": "history-instance", "display": "history-instance", "definition": "Retrieve the change history for a particular resource." }, { "code": "history-type", "display": "history-type", "definition": "Retrieve the change history for a all resources of a particular type." }, { "code": "history-system", "display": "history-system", "definition": "Retrieve the change history for all resources on a system." } ] }, { "code": "create", "display": "create", "definition": "Create a new resource with a server assigned id." }, { "code": "search", "display": "search", "definition": "Search a resource type or all resources based on some filter criteria.", "concept": [ { "code": "search-type", "display": "search-type", "definition": "Search all resources of the 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