Purpose

The

Concept
t 900000000000538005|Description format reference set| ShowFormat inline

specifies the text format and maximum length of each supported

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. This permits additional

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to be specified in future in addition to the three existing

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  (

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,

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and

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).

Data structure

The

Concept
t 900000000000538005|Description format reference set| ShowFormat inline

is a C-I (

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-

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RefType (data type) t Integer

)

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which is used to specify the length and format of the

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in

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of this

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. Its structure is shown in the following table.

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CapId description-format-reference-set-data-structure CapType Table
Description format reference set - Data structure

Refset spec table
Size fs7 RefsetType Description Format Reference Set

Metadata

The following metadata supports the

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format

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:

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CapId description-format-reference-set-in-the-metadata-hierarchy CapType Table
Description Format Reference Set in the Metadata Hierarchy

Scg expression
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900000000000454005 |Foundation metadata concept| 900000000000455006 |Reference set| 900000000000538005 |Description format|

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Descriptor

The table below shows the descriptor that defines the structure of the

Concept
t 900000000000538005|Description format reference set|

.

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CapId refset-descriptor-rows-for-description-format-reference-set CapType Table
Refset Descriptor rows for Description Format Reference Set

Example Data

This example holds the all the members of the

Concept
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in the

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for July 2014. Other members may added to future versions of the

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if new

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are introduced. Owners of Extensions that support additional

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must also add members to the

Concept
t 900000000000538005|Description format reference set|

. 

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CapId sample-content-from-the-description-format-reference-set CapType Table
Sample Content from the Description Format Reference Set

Note: The tables above omit the initial four columns of data present in the release file. These follow the standards versioning pattern

Specref
RefType (field) t id

,

Specref
RefType (field) t effectiveTime

,

Specref
RefType (field) t active

,

Specref
RefType (field) t active

. Additionally, to aid understanding, the tables above also show the

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from one of the

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associated with each of the identified

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. The release file only contains the

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.