| Code | Display | Definition |
| approve | Activate/approve the focal resource | Take what actions are needed to transition the focus resource from 'draft' to 'active' or 'in-progress', as appropriate for the resource type. This may involve additing additional content, approval, validation, etc. |
| fulfill | Fulfill the focal request | Act to perform the actions described in the focus request. This might result in a 'more assertive' request (order for a plan or proposal, filler order for a placer order), but is intend to eventually result in events. The degree of fulfillment requested might be limited by Task.restriction. |
| instantiate | Instantiate the focal definition | Act to perform the actions defined in the focus definition resource (ActivityDefinition, PlanDefinition, Questionnaire, etc.) For PlanDefinition or ActivityDefinition, this might result in a 'more assertive' request (order for a plan or proposal, filler order for a placer order), but is intend to eventually result in events. For Questionnaire, this would result in a QuestionnaireResponse - and possibly resources constructed using data extracted from the response. The degree of fulfillment requested might be limited by Task.restriction. |
| abort | Mark the focal resource as no longer active | Abort, cancel or withdraw the focal resource, as appropriate for the type of resource. |
| replace | Replace the focal resource with the input resource | Replace the focal resource with the specified input resource |
| change | Change the focal resource | Update the focal resource of the owning system to reflect the content specified as the Task.focus |
| suspend | Suspend the focal resource | Transition the focal resource from 'active' or 'in-progress' to 'suspended' |
| resume | Re-activate the focal resource | Transition the focal resource from 'suspended' to 'active' or 'in-progress' as appropriate for the resource type. |
| data-request | Data request task | A type of Task asking the Task.owner to deliver the data corresponding to the characteristics defined by the Task.inputs to the Task.requester |