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Operation Definition

{
  "resourceType" : "OperationDefinition",
  "id" : "Resource-graph",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: OperationDefinition Resource-graph</b></p><a name=\"Resource-graph\"> </a><a name=\"hcResource-graph\"> </a><a name=\"Resource-graph-en-US\"> </a><p>URL: [base]/Resource/[id]/$graph</p><h3>Parameters</h3><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>graph</td><td/><td>1..1</td><td><a href=\"datatypes.html#uri\">uri</a></td><td/><td><div><p>Servers MAY choose to allow any graph definition to be specified, but MAY require that the client choose a graph definition from a specific list of known supported definitions. The server is not required to support a formal definition of the graph on the end point</p>\n</div></td></tr><tr><td>OUT</td><td>result</td><td/><td>1..1</td><td><a href=\"bundle.html\">Bundle</a></td><td/><td><div><p>The set of resources that were in the graph based on the provided definition</p>\n</div></td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 1
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "fhir"
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/Resource-graph",
  "version" : "6.0.0-ballot2",
  "name" : "Graph",
  "title" : "Return a graph of resources",
  "status" : "draft",
  "kind" : "operation",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2024-10-14T14:31:19+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure",
  "contact" : [{
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.org/fhir"
    },
    {
      "system" : "email",
      "value" : "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
    }]
  },
  {
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Return an entire graph of resources based on a [GraphDefinition](graphdefinition.html). The operation is invoked on a specific instance of a resource, and the graph definition tells the server what other resources to return in the same packaage",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "001",
      "display" : "World"
    }]
  }],
  "affectsState" : false,
  "code" : "graph",
  "resource" : ["Resource"],
  "system" : false,
  "type" : false,
  "instance" : true,
  "parameter" : [{
    "name" : "graph",
    "use" : "in",
    "min" : 1,
    "max" : "1",
    "documentation" : "Servers MAY choose to allow any graph definition to be specified, but MAY require that the client choose a graph definition from a specific list of known supported definitions. The server is not required to support a formal definition of the graph on the end point",
    "type" : "uri"
  },
  {
    "name" : "result",
    "use" : "out",
    "min" : 1,
    "max" : "1",
    "documentation" : "The set of resources that were in the graph based on the provided definition",
    "type" : "Bundle"
  }]
}

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.