The document "Concept Inactivation - Proposed Amendments" presents the work performed by the Concept Inactivation Working Group to review and analyse the current suite of inactivation reasons and historical associations with the objective to:
- Clarify the criteria for use of existing inactivation reasons and historical associations.
- Propose new inactivation reasons to fill existing identified gaps.
- Propose new historical associations to fill existing identified gaps.
- Define the purpose of each historical association and explain how authors should apply them and users interpret the impact on their data.
- Provide additional guidance for authors/editors.
- Recommend actions that should be taken when the concept to be inactivated has itself been the target of previous historical associations.
We appreciate your review of this document and your feedback on the proposed changes.