This page contains the recommendations and final decisions for topics presented and discussed at the Editorial Advisory Group conference calls and face-to-face meetings. Where decisions have been modified over time, a brief history of the changes will be included.
| Topic | Dates of discussion | Recommendation | Action | Action Status | ||||||||
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| Laterality | 2015-10-27 |
The decision to add a new attribute was further discussed and the addition of pre-coordinated structures using the existing "LATERALITY" attribute was approved in light of the timeframe for support of nesting. | Add pre-coordinated lateralized body structures to the terminology as needed to fully define concepts in other hierarchies | Implemented | ||||||||
| Phyiscal object as Specimen substance | 2015-10-27 | Currently, Device specimen is a subtype of specimen; however not all physical objects that may be specimen substances may be devices. Recommendation to relax the range to include all physical objects. Tracker item:
| 2015-12-10: The suggested modeling change will be managed as part of the effort to create clarity re: use of substance vs product concept as attribute values to define concepts in other hierarchies (associated with the Drug - International Release Model and Content project). Details can be found on the following Confluence site: | Pending | ||||||||
| WAS-A relationships | 2015-11-30 | Add to the Editorial Guide guidance on retirement of WAS-A relationships. The WAS-A should be removed and the target concept should be linked to the next proximal higher concept in the hierarchy. | Inactivate WAS-A relationships and point to next higher concept as an IS-A relationship | Pending batch update | ||||||||