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Operation Definition
{ "resourceType": "OperationDefinition", "id": "StructureMap-transform", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>" }, "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/StructureMap-transform", "name": "Model Instance Transformation", "status": "draft", "kind": "operation", "date": "2017-12-20T15:52:34+11:00", "publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)", "contact": [ { "telecom": [ { "system": "url", "value": "http://hl7.org/fhir" }, { "system": "email", "value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org" } ] } ], "description": "The transform operation takes input content, applies a structure map transform, and then returns the output.", "code": "transform", "comment": "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": [ "StructureMap" ], "system": false, "type": true, "instance": true, "parameter": [ { "name": "source", "use": "in", "min": 0, "max": "1", "documentation": "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": "uri" }, { "name": "content", "use": "in", "min": 1, "max": "1", "documentation": "The logical content to transform", "type": "Resource" }, { "name": "return", "use": "out", "min": 1, "max": "1", "documentation": "The result of the transform", "type": "Resource" } ] }
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.