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The purpose of the |descriptor| is to describe the format of all otherthat may be included in a release. A Descriptor held within the |Descriptor| describes the referencedComponentIdfield and the additional fields for theit describes. Each field is described using ain the metadata. The type of each field is also described in the same way.

Patterns allow a number of different types ofto be defined, each of which will conform to the specified pattern, having the sameformat. The file format of eachpattern is described by a Descriptor Template. This Descriptor Template describes the format and number of additional fields held against members ofconforming to the pattern, and provides an envelope within which those additional fields may be further refined for eachconforming to the pattern. The Descriptor Template for each pattern is provided in the section describing that pattern.

Each definedthat conforms to a pattern will have its own Descriptor, that describes its own specific properties, and althoughfield types must still conform to the Descriptor Template for the pattern, each field type may be further constrained using data sub-types specified in the metadata. This provides some level ofto thethat may be applied to aconforming to a particular pattern.

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basic 

Gloss
treference set
 file structure enables representation of subsets fo SNOMED CT components. However, the reference set format is extensible, allowing it to be used for a wide range of other purposes. For more details about the requirements that reference sets can address please see the Practical Guide to Reference Sets

The basic reference set structure can be extended by adding one or more fields. Each of these fields will hold additional specific values related to each member. Three general data types are supported in the additional columns. These are

  • Specref
    tInteger
  • Specref
    RefType(data type)
    tString
     and
  • Gloss
    tComponent
     (a reference to a 
    Gloss
    PreSpacefalse
    tSNOMED CT component
    )

Finer grained interpretation of these data types can also be specified using a special metadata

Gloss
treference set
 known as the 
Concept
t900000000000456007 Reference set descriptor
.

The 

Gloss
treference Set
 patterns that are supported as part of the 
Gloss
tInternational Edition
 are documented in 5.2 Reference Set Types. Additional 
Gloss
treference set
 patterns can also be created as part of an extension to support additional use case (see 45524353).

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Figure 3. Graphical view of Relationships between patterns, reference sets, Descriptor Templates and Descriptors

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The next table summarizes the use cases for(one per row) that are described in the following sections, and shows whichpatterns are used in each case:

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Patterns

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Use cases

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*

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Attribute value type

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(C)*

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Scg expression
ShowPartsid
900000000000496009|Simple map type reference set (foundation metadata concept)|
(S)

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Scg expression
ShowPartsid
||
(IISSSC)

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*

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Language

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(C)*

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*

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Query Specification

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(CCS)*

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*

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Annotation

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(S)*

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Scg expression
ShowPartsid
900000000000521006|Association type reference set (foundation metadata concept)|
(C)

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Scg expression
ShowPartsid
||
(IC)

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Scg expression
ShowPartsid
||
 

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Refinability of

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*

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mapping

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*

...

*

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Inactivation indicator

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*

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CVT3 map

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*

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SNOMED RT map

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*

...

*

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with context

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*

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Intensionspecification

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*

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Image annotation (field)

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*

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Short annotation (field)

...

*

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Descriptive annotation (field)

...

*

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reason for inactivation

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*

...

RF1 Subset representation

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*

...

*

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Note: The letters shown after each pattern indicate the type and number of additional fields held against each member of aconforming to that pattern, where 'C' is short for, 'S' is short for String (data type) and 'I' is short for Integer .

Example:conforming to the |type| (C) pattern will have one additional field held against each member, a component reference;conforming to the |Simple type| pattern will have no additional fields held against each member.