Release 5 Draft Ballot

This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v4.6.0: R5 Draft Ballot). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions . Page versions: R5 R4B R4

Operation-resource-graph.json

FHIR Infrastructure Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Not linked to any defined compartments

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

Operation Definition

{
  "resourceType" : "OperationDefinition",
  "id" : "Resource-graph",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "extensions",
    "div" : "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 1
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use"
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/Resource-graph",
  "version" : "4.6.0",
  "name" : "graph",
  "title" : "Return a graph of resources",
  "status" : "draft",
  "kind" : "operation",
  "date" : "2021-04-15T12:25:09+10:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Return an entire graph of resources based on a [GraphDefinition](graphdefinition.html). The operation is invoked on a specific instance of a resource, and the graph definition tells the server what other resources to return in the same packaage",
  "affectsState" : false,
  "code" : "graph",
  "resource" : ["Resource"],
  "system" : false,
  "type" : false,
  "instance" : true,
  "parameter" : [{
    "name" : "graph",
    "use" : "in",
    "min" : 1,
    "max" : "1",
    "documentation" : "Servers MAY choose to allow any graph definition to be specified, but MAY require that the client choose a graph definition from a specific list of known supported definitions. The server is not required to support a formal definition of the graph on the end point",
    "type" : "uri"
  },
  {
    "name" : "result",
    "use" : "out",
    "min" : 1,
    "max" : "1",
    "documentation" : "The set of resources that were in the graph based on the provided definition",
    "type" : "Bundle"
  }]
}

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.