Release 4

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Operation-structuredefinition-snapshot

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group

Maturity Level: N/A

Standards Status: Informative

Compartments: Not linked to any defined compartments

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Generate Snapshot

OPERATION: Generate Snapshot

The official URL for this operation definition is:

http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/StructureDefinition-snapshot

Generates a StructureDefinition instance with a snapshot, based on a differential in a specified StructureDefinition.

If the operation is not called at the instance level, either definition or url 'in' parameters must be provided. If more than one is specified, servers may raise an error or may resolve with the parameter of their choice. If called at the instance level, these parameters will be ignored.

URL: [base]/StructureDefinition/$snapshot

URL: [base]/StructureDefinition/[id]/$snapshot

Parameters

Use

Name

Cardinality

Type

Binding

Documentation

IN

definition

0..1

StructureDefinition

The StructureDefinition is provided directly as part of the request. Servers may choose not to accept profiles in this fashion

IN

url

0..1

string
(token)

The StructureDefinition's canonical URL (i.e. 'StructureDefinition.url'). The server must know the structure definition, or be able to retrieve it from other known repositories.

OUT

return

1..1

StructureDefinition

The structure definition with a snapshot

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.