Mobile access to Health Documents (MHD)
4.2.4-current - ci-build

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## CapabilityStatement: Document Source (publisher) implementing the Generate Metadata Option

Official URL: https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/MHD/CapabilityStatement/IHE.MHD.DocumentSource.Generate | Version: 4.2.4-current
Active as of 2026-01-13 | Computable Name: IHE_MHD_DocumentSource_Generate

IHE ITI Mobile access to Health Documents (MHD) - Document Source (publisher) - with the Generate Metadata declared Options and may also declare other Options.

This is the Requirements CapabilityStatement for a Document Source with the Generate Metadata Option declared Option.

The Document Source uses the Generate Metadata ITI-106 to communicate a document to the Document Recipient to have a DocumentReference generated and processed.

Figure: Generate Metadata Interactions

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## Document Source (publisher) implementing the Generate Metadata Option

- Implementation Guide Version: 4.2.4-current
- FHIR Version: 4.0.1
- Supported Formats: `application/fhir+xml`, `application/fhir+json`
- Published on: 2026-01-13 00:00:58+0000
- Published by: IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee

> Note to Implementers: FHIR Capabilities

> Any FHIR capability may be 'allowed' by the system unless explicitly marked as 'SHALL NOT'. A few items are marked as MAY in the Implementation Guide to highlight their potential relevance to the use case.

## FHIR RESTful Capabilities

### Mode: `client`

Security

> Recommend ATNA, encouraged IHE-IUA or SMART-on-FHIR

Summary of System-wide Interactions

- Supports the `transaction`interaction described as follows:

  https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/MHD/StructureDefinition/IHE.MHD.Minimal.ProvideBundle

- Supports the `transaction`interaction described as follows:

  https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/MHD/StructureDefinition/IHE.MHD.UnContained.Comprehensive.ProvideBundle

- Supports the `transaction`interaction described as follows:

  https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/MHD/StructureDefinition/IHE.MHD.Comprehensive.ProvideBundle

### Capabilities by Resource/Profile

#### Summary

The summary table lists the resources that are part of this configuration, and for each resource it lists:

- The relevant profiles (if any)
- The interactions supported by each resource (Read, Search, Update, and Create, are always shown, while VRead, Patch, Delete, History on Instance, or History on Type are only present if at least one of the resources has support for them.
- The required, recommended, and some optional search parameters (if any).
- The linked resources enabled for `_include`
- The other resources enabled for `_revinclude`
- The operations on the resource (if any)

Resource Type | Profile | R | S | U | C | Searches | `_include` | `_revinclude` | Operations
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
DocumentReference |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | `$$generate-metadata`

#### Resource Conformance: supportedDocumentReference

Core FHIR Resource
DocumentReference
Reference Policy
Interaction summary

Extended Operations

Conformance | Operation | Documentation
--- | --- | ---
SHALL | $$generate-metadata |