# Generate a DocumentReference from a document - Mobile access to Health Documents (MHD) v4.2.4-current

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Generate a DocumentReference from a document**

## OperationDefinition: Generate a DocumentReference from a document 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/MHD/OperationDefinition/generate-metadata | *Version*:4.2.4-current |
| Active as of 2026-04-01 | *Computable Name*:GenerateMetadata |

 
Generate Metadata [ITI-106](ITI-106.md) transaction Operation. 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "OperationDefinition",
  "id" : "generate-metadata",
  "url" : "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/MHD/OperationDefinition/generate-metadata",
  "version" : "4.2.4-current",
  "name" : "GenerateMetadata",
  "title" : "Generate a DocumentReference from a document",
  "status" : "active",
  "kind" : "operation",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2026-04-01T07:08:04+00:00",
  "publisher" : "IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "https://www.ihe.net/ihe_domains/it_infrastructure/"
    }]
  },
  {
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "iti@ihe.net"
    }]
  },
  {
    "name" : "IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "iti@ihe.net"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Generate Metadata [ITI-106](ITI-106.html) transaction Operation.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "001",
      "display" : "World"
    }]
  }],
  "affectsState" : true,
  "code" : "generate-metadata",
  "resource" : ["DocumentReference"],
  "system" : false,
  "type" : true,
  "instance" : false,
  "parameter" : [{
    "name" : "document",
    "use" : "in",
    "min" : 1,
    "max" : "1",
    "documentation" : "[ITI-106 Generate Metadata Request Message](ITI-106.html#2310641-generate-metadata-request-message)\n- the document that is either a Binary or a document Bundle\n  - Binary 0..1 the *document* in Binary Resource format. Usually used with CDA documents.\n  - Bundle 0..1 the *document* in FHIR-Document form of a Bundle of kind Document\n- representative profile of Input Parameters [IHE.MHD.GenerateMetadata.Parameters.In](StructureDefinition-IHE.MHD.GenerateMetadata.Parameters.In.html)\n- example of [input Parameters](StructureDefinition-IHE.MHD.GenerateMetadata.Parameters.In-examples.html)",
    "type" : "Resource",
    "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Binary",
    "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Bundle"]
  },
  {
    "name" : "DocumentReference",
    "use" : "out",
    "min" : 1,
    "max" : "1",
    "documentation" : "[ITI-106 Generate Metadata Response Message](ITI-106.html#2310642-generate-metadata-response-message)\n- Output is a reference to a MHV DocumentReference with metadata generated from the *document*",
    "type" : "Reference",
    "targetProfile" : ["https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/MHD/StructureDefinition/IHE.MHD.Minimal.DocumentReference"]
  }]
}

```
