Operation-resource-meta-add.json

Operation Definition

{
  "resourceType": "OperationDefinition",
  "id": "Resource-meta-add",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
  },
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/Resource-meta-add",
  "name": "Add profiles, tags, and security labels to a resource",
  "status": "draft",
  "kind": "operation",

  "publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
  "contact": [
    {
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "url",

          "system": "other",

          "value": "http://hl7.org/fhir"
        },
        {
          "system": "email",
          "value": "fhir@lists.hl7.org"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "This operation takes a meta, and either adds the profiles, tags, and security labels found in it to the nominated resource. \n\nThis operation can also be used on historical entries - to update them without creating a different historical version",
  "status": "draft",
  "date": "2015-03-27T00:13:00+11:00",
  "kind": "operation",

  "date": "2015-10-24T07:41:03+11:00",
  "description": "This operation takes a meta, and adds the profiles, tags, and security labels found in it to the nominated resource.   This operation can also be used on historical entries - to update them without creating a different historical version",

  "code": "meta-add",
  "notes": "This operation is special in that executing this operation does not cause a new version of the resource to be created. The meta is updated directly. This is because the content in meta does not affect the meaning of the resource, and the security labels (in particular) are used to apply access rules to existing versions of resources",
  "system": false,
  "instance": true,
  "parameter": [
    {
      "name": "meta",
      "use": "in",
      "min": 1,
      "max": "1",
      "documentation": "Profiles, tags, and security labels to add to the existing resource. Note that profiles, tags, and security labels are sets, and duplicates are not created.\n\nThe identity of a tag or security label is the system+code. When matching existing tags during adding, version and display are ignored. For profiles matching is based on the full URL",

      "documentation": "Profiles, tags, and security labels to add to the existing resource. Note that profiles, tags, and security labels are sets, and duplicates are not created.  The identity of a tag or security label is the system+code. When matching existing tags during adding, version and display are ignored. For profiles, matching is based on the full URL",

      "type": "Meta"
    },
    {
      "name": "return",
      "use": "out",
      "min": 1,
      "max": "1",
      "documentation": "Resulting meta for the resource",
      "type": "Meta"
    }
  ]
}