R4 Ballot #1 (Mixed Normative/Trial use)

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Operation-structuremap-transform.xml

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Operation Definition

<OperationDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="StructureMap-transform"/> 
  <text> 
    <status value="generated"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> Model Instance Transformation</h2> 
      <p> OPERATION: Model Instance Transformation</p> 
      <p> The official URL for this operation definition is: </p> 
      <pre> http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/StructureMap-transform</pre> 
      <div> 
        <p> The transform operation takes input content, applies a structure map transform, and then
           returns the output.</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> URL: [base]/StructureMap/$transform</p> 
      <p> URL: [base]/StructureMap/[id]/$transform</p> 
      <p> Parameters</p> 
      <table class="grid">
        <tr> 
          <td> 
            <b> Use</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Name</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Cardinality</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Type</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Binding</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Documentation</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> source</td> 
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> uri</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The structure map to apply. This is only needed if the operation is invoked at the resource
                 level. If the $transform operation is invoked on a particular structure map, this will
                 be ignored by the server</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> content</td> 
          <td> 1..1</td> 
          <td> Resource</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The logical content to transform</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> OUT</td> 
          <td> return</td> 
          <td> 1..1</td> 
          <td> Resource</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The result of the transform</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
      <div> 
        <p> The input and return are specified as 'Resources'. In most usage of the $transform operation,
           either the input or return content is not a valid FHIR resource. In these cases, the return
           type is actually a 
          <a href="binary.html">Binary</a>  resource. For this operation, the Binary resources may be encoded directly, using a mime-type,
           as shown in the example. Note: this specification does not yet address the means by which
           the servers may know the correct mime types for the various content involved
        </p> 

      </div> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="2"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-ballot-status">
    <valueString value="Trial Use"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/StructureMap-transform"/> 
  <name value="Model Instance Transformation"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <kind value="operation"/> 
  <date value="2018-04-03T12:05:46+10:00"/> 
  <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="The transform operation takes input content, applies a structure map transform, and then
   returns the output."/> 
  <code value="transform"/> 
  <comment value="The input and return are specified as 'Resources'. In most usage of the $transform operation,
   either the input or return content is not a valid FHIR resource. In these cases, the return
   type is actually a [Binary](binary.html) resource. For this operation, the Binary resources
   may be encoded directly, using a mime-type, as shown in the example. Note: this specification
   does not yet address the means by which the servers may know the correct mime types for
   the various content involved"/> 
  <resource value="StructureMap"/> 
  <system value="false"/> 
  <type value="true"/> 
  <instance value="true"/> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="source"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The structure map to apply. This is only needed if the operation is invoked at the resource
     level. If the $transform operation is invoked on a particular structure map, this will
     be ignored by the server"/> 
    <type value="uri"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="content"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="1"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The logical content to transform"/> 
    <type value="Resource"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="return"/> 
    <use value="out"/> 
    <min value="1"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The result of the transform"/> 
    <type value="Resource"/> 
  </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.