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Capabilitystatement-base2.xml
Example
CapabilityStatement/base2
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Basic
Base
Capability
Statement
This is the base Capability Statement for FHIR. It represents a server that provides the
none of the functionality defined by FHIR. It is provided to use as a template for system
designers to build their own Capability Statements from. A capability statement has to
contain something, so this contains a read of a Capability Statement
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
This is the base Capability Statement for FHIR. It represents a server that provides the
none of the functionality defined by FHIR. It is provided to use as a template for system
designers to build their own Capability Statements from. A capability statement has to
contain something, so this contains a read of a Capability Statement
This is the Capability Statement to declare that the server supports SMART-on-FHIR. See
the SMART-on-FHIR docs for the extension that would go with such a server
<CapabilityStatement xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="base2"/>
<text>
<status value="extensions"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p class="res-header-id">
<b> Generated Narrative: CapabilityStatement base2</b>
</p>
<a name="base2"> </a>
<a name="hcbase2"> </a>
<h2 id="title"/>
<ul>
<li> Implementation Guide Version: 6.0.0-ballot3 </li>
<li> FHIR Version: 6.0.0-ballot3 </li>
<li> Supported Formats:
<code> xml</code> ,
<code> json</code>
</li>
<li> Published on: 2025-11-20T23:56:49Z </li>
<li> Published by: HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure </li>
</ul>
<blockquote class="impl-note">
<p>
<strong> Note to Implementers: FHIR Capabilities</strong>
</p>
<p> 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.</p>
</blockquote> <h2 id="rest">FHIR RESTful Capabilities</h2> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-heading"> <h3 class="panel-title" id="mode1">Mode: <code> server</code> </h3> </div> <div class="panel-body"> <div> <p> An empty Capability Statement</p> </div> <div class="lead"> <em> Security</em> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-6">Enable CORS: yes</div> <div class="col-lg-6">Security services supported: <code> SMART-on-FHIR</code> </div> </div> <blockquote> <div> <p> This is the Capability Statement to declare that the server supports SMART-on-FHIR.
See the SMART-on-FHIR docs for the extension that would go with such a server</p>
</div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </text> <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg"> <valueCode value="fhir"/> </extension> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/CapabilityStatement/base2"/> <version value="6.0.0-ballot3"/> <name value="Base FHIR Capability Statement (Empty)"/> <status value="draft"/> <experimental value="false"/> <date value="2025-11-20T23:56:49+00:00"/> <publisher value="HL7 International / FHIR Infrastructure"/> <contact> <telecom> <system value="url"/> <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/fiwg"/> </telecom> </contact> <description value="This is the base Capability Statement for FHIR. It represents a server that provides
the none of the functionality defined by FHIR. It is provided to use as a template
for system designers to build their own Capability Statements from. A capability
statement has to contain something, so this contains a read of a Capability Statement"/>
<kind value="capability"/> <software> <name value="Insert your software name here..."/> </software> <fhirVersion value="6.0.0-ballot3"/> <format value="xml"/> <format value="json"/> <rest> <mode value="server"/> <documentation value="An empty Capability Statement"/> <security> <cors value="true"/> <service> <coding> <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/restful-security-service"/> <code value="SMART-on-FHIR"/> <display value="SMART-on-FHIR"/> </coding> <text value="See http://docs.smarthealthit.org/"/> </service> <description value="This is the Capability Statement to declare that the server supports SMART-on-FHIR.
See the SMART-on-FHIR docs for the extension that would go with such a server"/>
</security> </rest>
</
CapabilityStatement
>
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