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The set of interactions defined by the RESTful part of the FHIR specification (id = "valueset-restful-interaction")
<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="valueset-restful-interaction"/> <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- Snipped for brevity --></div> </text> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/restful-interaction"/> <name value="FHIR Restful Interactions"/> <publisher value="FHIR Project"/> <description value="The set of interactions defined by the RESTful part of the FHIR specification"/> <status value="draft"/> <define> <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/restful-interaction"/> <caseSensitive value="true"/> <concept> <code value="read"/> <display value="read"/> <definition value="Read the current state of the resource"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="vread"/> <display value="vread"/> <definition value="Read the state of a specific version of the resource"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="update"/> <display value="update"/> <definition value="Update an existing resource by its id (or create it if it is new)"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="delete"/> <display value="delete"/> <definition value="Delete a resource"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="history"/> <abstract value="false"/> <display value="history"/> <definition value="Retrieve the update history for a particular resource, type of resource, or the entire system"/> <concept> <code value="history-instance"/> <display value="history-instance"/> <definition value="Retrieve the update history for a particular resource"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="history-type"/> <display value="history-type"/> <definition value="Retrieve the update history for a all resources of a particular type"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="history-system"/> <display value="history-system"/> <definition value="Retrieve the update history for all resources on a system"/> </concept> </concept> <concept> <code value="create"/> <display value="create"/> <definition value="Create a new resource with a server assigned id"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="search"/> <abstract value="false"/> <display value="search"/> <definition value="Search a resource type or all resources based on some filter criteria"/> <concept> <code value="search-type"/> <display value="search-type"/> <definition value="Search all resources of the specified type based on some filter criteria"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="search-system"/> <display value="search-system"/> <definition value="Search all resources based on some filter criteria"/> </concept> </concept> <concept> <code value="validate"/> <display value="validate"/> <definition value="Check that the content would be acceptable as an update"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="conformance"/> <display value="conformance"/> <definition value="Get a conformance statement for the system"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="transaction"/> <display value="transaction"/> <definition value="Update, create or delete a set of resources as a single transaction"/> </concept> <concept> <code value="operation"/> <display value="operation"/> <definition value="Perform an operation as defined by an OperationDefinition"/> </concept> </define> </ValueSet>
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.