---
type: "example"
title: "Provenance Example: provenance-example-delete"
resource: "Provenance"
example: "provenance-example-delete"
---
# Provenance Example: provenance-example-delete

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Provenance xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://hl7.org/fhir ../../schema/provenance.xsd">
	<id value="example-delete"/>
	<target>
		<reference value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type/_history/3"/>
	</target>

	<recorded value="2015-06-27T08:39:24+10:00"/>
    <authorization>
		<concept>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActReason"/>
				<code value="METAMGT"/>
			</coding>
		</concept>
    </authorization>
	<activity>
		<coding>
           <system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-DataOperation" />
            <code value="DELETE" />
		</coding>
	</activity>
	<agent>
		<type>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/provenance-participant-type"/>
				<code value="author"/>
			</coding>
		</type>
		<who>
			<display  value="Brian Postlethwaite"/>
		</who>
	</agent>
	<entity>
		<role value="source"/>
		<what>
			<reference value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/location-physical-type/_history/3"/>    
		</what>
	</entity>
</Provenance>
```