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Example CapabilityStatement/base2 (XML)
Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)
Base Capability Statement
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CapabilityStatement xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="base2"/>
<text>
<status value="extensions"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<h2> Base FHIR Capability Statement (Empty)</h2>
<div>
<p> This is the base Capability Statement for FHIR. It represents a server that provides
the none of the functionality defined by FHIR. It is provided to use as a template
for system designers to build their own Capability Statements from. A capability
statement has to contain something, so this contains a read of a Capability Statement</p>
</div>
<table>
<tr>
<td> Mode</td>
<td> SERVER</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Description</td>
<td>
<div>
<p> An empty Capability Statement</p>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Transaction</td>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> System History</td>
<td/>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> System Search</td>
<td/>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr>
<th>
<b> Resource Type</b>
</th>
<th>
<b> Profile</b>
</th>
<th>
<b title="GET a resource (read interaction)">Read</b>
</th>
<th>
<b title="GET all set of resources of the type (search interaction)">Search</b>
</th>
<th>
<b title="PUT a new resource version (update interaction)">Update</b>
</th>
<th>
<b title="POST a new resource (create interaction)">Create</b>
</th>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</text>
<url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/CapabilityStatement/base2"/>
<version value="5.0.0"/>
<name value="Base FHIR Capability Statement (Empty)"/>
<status value="draft"/>
<experimental value="true"/>
<date value="2023-03-26T15:21:02+11:00"/>
<publisher value="FHIR Project Team"/>
<contact>
<telecom>
<system value="url"/>
<value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
</telecom>
</contact>
<description value="This is the base Capability Statement for FHIR. It represents a server that provides
the none of the functionality defined by FHIR. It is provided to use as a template
for system designers to build their own Capability Statements from. A capability
statement has to contain something, so this contains a read of a Capability Statement"/>
<kind value="capability"/>
<software>
<name value="Insert your software name here..."/>
</software>
<fhirVersion value="5.0.0"/>
<format value="xml"/>
<format value="json"/>
<rest>
<mode value="server"/>
<documentation value="An empty Capability Statement"/>
<security>
<cors value="true"/>
<service>
<coding>
<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/restful-security-service"/>
<code value="SMART-on-FHIR"/>
<display value="SMART-on-FHIR"/>
</coding>
<text value="See http://docs.smarthealthit.org/"/>
</service>
<description value="This is the Capability Statement to declare that the server supports SMART-on-FHIR.
See the SMART-on-FHIR docs for the extension that would go with such a server"/>
</security>
</rest>
</CapabilityStatement>
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.