This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v0.11: DSTU 1 Ballot 3). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions
Operations supported by REST
Formal value Set definition (identifier http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/restful-operation): XML or JSON.
This value set defines its own codes:
Operations supported by REST
This value set defines it's own terms in the system http://hl7.org/fhir/restful-operation
| Code | Display | Definition |
| read | read | Read the current state of the resource. |
| vread | vread | Read the state of a specific version of the resource. |
| update | update | Update an existing resource by its id (or create it if it is new). |
| delete | delete | Delete a resource. |
| history-instance | history-instance | Retrieve the update history for a resource instance. |
| validate | validate | Check that the content would be acceptable as an update. |
| history-type | history-type | Get a list of updates to resources of this type. |
| create | create | Create a new resource with a server assigned id. |
| search | search | Supports search operations using the parameters described in the profile. |
| transaction | transaction | Transaction performed on multiple resources. |
| history-system | history-system | Get a list of updates to all resources on the system. |
These codes are used in the following places:
See the full registry of codes defined as part of FHIR.
The OID for the value set is 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.2.44 (and the OID for the implicit code system is 2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.1.44) (OIDs are not used in FHIR, but may be used in v3, or OID based terminology systems).
Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:
| Id | The internal identifier for the concept (when the value set defines its own codes) |
| Level | A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies |
| Source | The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere) |
| Code | The code (used as the code in the resource instance) |
| Display | The display (used in the display element of a Coding) |
| Definition | An explanation of the meaning of the concept |
| Comments | Additional notes about how to use the code |