Example SearchParameter/filter (XML)
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Formal Definition for _filter parameter (id = "filter")
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SearchParameter xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="filter"/>
<text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: SearchParameter</b> <a name="filter"> </a> </p> <div style="display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border:
1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%"><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Resource SearchParameter "filter" </p> </div> <p> <b> url</b> : <code> http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/filter</code> </p> <p> <b> version</b> : 1</p> <p> <b> name</b> : FilterSearchParameter</p> <p> <b> status</b> : draft</p> <p> <b> experimental</b> : false</p> <p> <b> date</b> : 2018-07-26</p> <p> <b> publisher</b> : Health Level Seven International (FHIR Infrastructure)</p> <p> <b> contact</b> : FHIR Project: <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir">http://hl7.org/fhir</a> </p> <p> <b> description</b> : This is the formal declaration for the _filter parameter, documented at [http://hl7.org/fhi
r/search_filter.html](http://hl7.org/fhir/search_filter.html)</p> <p> <b> purpose</b> : <span title=" this is the canonical definition for the _id search parameter ">Support combination searches when the simple name=value basis of search cannot
express what is required</span> </p> <p> <b> code</b> : _filter</p> <p> <b> base</b> : Resource</p> <p> <b> type</b> : <span title=" all resources ">special</span> </p> </div> </text> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/SearchParameter/filter"/>
<version value="1"/>
<name value="FilterSearchParameter"/>
<status value="draft"/>
<experimental value="false"/>
<date value="2018-07-26"/>
<publisher value="Health Level Seven International (FHIR Infrastructure)"/>
<contact>
<name value="FHIR Project"/>
<telecom>
<system value="url"/>
<value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
</telecom>
</contact>
<description value="This is the formal declaration for the _filter parameter, documented at [http://hl7.org/fhir/
search_filter.html](http://hl7.org/fhir/search_filter.html)"/>
<purpose value="Support combination searches when the simple name=value basis of search cannot
express what is required"/>
<code value="_filter"/>
<base value="Resource"/>
<type value="special"/>
</SearchParameter>
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