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Return an entire graph of resources based on a GraphDefinition. 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.
The official URL for this operation definition is
http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/Resource-graph
Formal Definition (as a OperationDefinition).
URL: [base]/[Resource]/[id]/$graph
This is an idempotent operation
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
The set of resources that were in the graph based on the provided definition
For more information about operations, including how they are invoked, see Operations.