Operation Definition

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<OperationDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="Resource-validate"/> 
  <text> 
    <status value="extensions"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p> URL: [base]/Resource/$validate</p> 
      <p> URL: [base]/Resource/[id]/$validate</p> 
      <p> Parameters</p> 
      <table class="grid">
        <tr> 
          <td> 
            <b> Use</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Name</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Scope</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Cardinality</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Type</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Binding</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Documentation</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> resource</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="resource.html">Resource</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> Must be present unless the mode is &quot;delete&quot;</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> mode</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#code">code</a> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="valueset-resource-validation-mode.html">Resource Validation Mode</a>  (Required)
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> Default is 'no action'; (e.g. general validation)</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> profile</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#canonical">canonical</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> If this is nominated, then the resource is validated against this specific profile.
                 If a profile is nominated, and the server cannot validate against the nominated
                 profile, it SHALL return an error</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> usageContext 
            <a href="versions.html#std-process" style="padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; border: 1px grey solid; font-weight: bold;
             color: black; background-color: #fff5e6" title="Standards Status = Trial Use">TU</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 0..*</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="metadatatypes.html#UsageContext">UsageContext</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> Indicates an implementation context that applies to this validation.  Influences
                 which 
                <a href="terminologies.html#binding">additionalBindings</a>  are relevant.  NOTE: Expectations around subsumption testing, etc. are not yet
                 defined and may be server-specific.
              </p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> OUT</td> 
          <td> return</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 1..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="operationoutcome.html">OperationOutcome</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> If the operation outcome does not list any errors, and a mode was specified, then
                 this is an indication that the operation would be expected to succeed (excepting
                 for transactional integrity issues, see below)</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
      <div> 
        <p> This operation may be used during design and development to validate application
           design. It can also be used at run-time. One possible use might be that a client
           asks the server whether a proposed update is valid as the user is editing a dialog
           and displays an updated error to the user. The operation can be used as part of
           a light-weight two phase commit protocol but there is no expectation that the server
           will hold the content of the resource after this operation is used, or that the
           server guarantees to successfully perform an actual create, update or delete after
           the validation operation completes.</p> 

        <p> This operation returns a 200 Ok provided that it was possible to perform validation,
           irrespective of whether validation issues were found.  However, it is possible
           that certain errors in the validated content (e.g. invalid character set, broken
           JSON, etc.) may cause the overall validation operation to fail with a 4xx or 5xx
           series response.</p> 

        <p> Note: the correct behavior of validation with regard to language (especially for
           Coding.display) is currently undefined, and further development and testing may
           lead to specific requirements or recommendations in subsequent releases</p> 

        <p> Future versions of this specifcation may add additional validation parameters.
           A candidate list is maintained with the 
          <a href="https://confluence.hl7.org/display/FHIR/Using+the+FHIR+Validator">FHIR Validator Documentation</a> 
        </p> 

      </div> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="5"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="normative"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="fhir"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/Resource-validate"/> 
  <version value="6.0.0-cibuild"/> 
  <name value="Validate"/> 
  <title value="Validate a resource"/> 
  <status value="active"/> 
  <kind value="operation"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2024-04-25T12:40:28+00:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="The validate operation checks whether the attached content would be acceptable
   either generally, as a create, an update or as a delete to an existing resource.
    The action the server takes depends on the mode parameter:  

* [mode not provided]: The server checks the content of the resource against any
   schema, constraint rules, and other general terminology rules 
* create: The server checks the content, and then checks that the content would
   be acceptable as a create (e.g. that the content would not violate any uniqueness
   constraints) 
* update: The server checks the content, and then checks that it would accept it
   as an update against the nominated specific resource (e.g. that there are no changes
   to immutable fields the server does not allow to change, and checking version integrity
   if appropriate) 
* delete: The server ignores the content, and checks that the nominated resource
   is allowed to be deleted (e.g. checking referential integrity rules)  

Modes update and delete can only be used when the operation is invoked at the resource
   instance level.   The return from this operation is an [OperationOutcome](operationoutcome.ht
  ml)

Note that this operation is not the only way to validate resources - see [Validating
   Resources](validation.html) for further information."/> 
  <jurisdiction> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/> 
      <code value="001"/> 
      <display value="World"/> 
    </coding> 
  </jurisdiction> 
  <affectsState value="false"/> 
  <code value="validate"/> 
  <comment value="This operation may be used during design and development to validate application
   design. It can also be used at run-time. One possible use might be that a client
   asks the server whether a proposed update is valid as the user is editing a dialog
   and displays an updated error to the user. The operation can be used as part of
   a light-weight two phase commit protocol but there is no expectation that the server
   will hold the content of the resource after this operation is used, or that the
   server guarantees to successfully perform an actual create, update or delete after
   the validation operation completes.

This operation returns a 200 Ok provided that it was possible to perform validation,
   irrespective of whether validation issues were found.  However, it is possible
   that certain errors in the validated content (e.g. invalid character set, broken
   JSON, etc.) may cause the overall validation operation to fail with a 4xx or 5xx
   series response.

Note: the correct behavior of validation with regard to language (especially for
   Coding.display) is currently undefined, and further development and testing may
   lead to specific requirements or recommendations in subsequent releases

Future versions of this specifcation may add additional validation parameters.
   A candidate list is maintained with the [FHIR Validator Documentation](https://confluence.hl7
  .org/display/FHIR/Using+the+FHIR+Validator)"/> 
  <resource value="Resource"/> 
  <system value="false"/> 
  <type value="true"/> 
  <instance value="true"/> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="resource"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="Must be present unless the mode is &quot;delete&quot;"/> 
    <type value="Resource"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="mode"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="Default is 'no action'; (e.g. general validation)"/> 
    <type value="code"/> 
    <binding> 
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/elementdefinition-bindingName">
        <valueString value="ResourceValidationMode"/> 
      </extension> 
      <strength value="required"/> 
      <valueSet value="http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/resource-validation-mode|6.0.0-cibuild"/> 
    </binding> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="profile"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="If this is nominated, then the resource is validated against this specific profile.
     If a profile is nominated, and the server cannot validate against the nominated
     profile, it SHALL return an error"/> 
    <type value="canonical"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
      <valueCode value="trial-use"/> 
    </extension> 
    <name value="usageContext"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="*"/> 
    <documentation value="Indicates an implementation context that applies to this validation.  Influences
     which [additionalBindings](terminologies.html#binding) are relevant.  NOTE: Expectations
     around subsumption testing, etc. are not yet defined and may be server-specific."/> 
    <type value="UsageContext"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="return"/> 
    <use value="out"/> 
    <min value="1"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="If the operation outcome does not list any errors, and a mode was specified, then
     this is an indication that the operation would be expected to succeed (excepting
     for transactional integrity issues, see below)"/> 
    <type value="OperationOutcome"/> 
  </parameter> 
</OperationDefinition>