Purpose
A
900000000000506000 |Language type reference set|
supports the representation of
and
preferences for the use of particular
. The most common use case for this type of
is to specify the acceptable and preferred terms for use within a particular country
or region. However, the same type of
can also be used to represent preferences for use of
in a more specific context such as a clinical specialty, organization or department.
Data structure
A
is a
that is used to indicate which
contain
that are acceptable or preferred in a particular
or
. Its structure is shown in the following table.
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Table 39. Language reference set - Data structure |
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|---|---|---|
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Field |
Data type |
Purpose |
|
A 128 bit unsigned
Integer (data type), uniquely identifying this
Different versions of a reference set member share the same id (field) but have different effectiveTime (field). This allows a reference set member to be modified or made active (field) (i.e. removed from the active set) at a specified time. |
||
|
The inclusive date or time at which this version of the identified
The current version of this
|
||
|
The state of the identified
If
active (field) = 1 (true) the
|
||
|
Identifies the
The value must be a
|
||
|
Identifies the
In this case, a
|
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|
The identifier of a
|
||
|
A
|
In a
:
-
No more than one
of a specific
associated with a single
may have the acceptabilityId (field) value . - At least one
of
associated with each
should have the acceptabilityId (field) value900000000000548007 |Preferred|
. This is the
for that
in the specified
or
.
Metadata
The following metadata supports this
:
Figure 13. Language References Sets in the Metadata Hierarchy
The immediate
of |
type| will be
. This level may be used to represent the "correct"
, where a
authority exists. In most cases, however, this level is likely to be empty.
Descriptor template
The table below shows an example of the descriptor for a specific
that follows the
900000000000506000 |Language type reference set|
pattern.
|
Table 40. Refset Descriptor rows for 900000000000508004 |GB English| . |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
refsetId |
referencedComponentId (Referenced component) |
attributeDescription (Attribute description) |
attributeType (Attribute type) |
attributeOrder (Attribute order) |
|
|
0 |
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|
1 |
|
Note: The tables above omit the initial four columns of data present in the release
file. These follow the standards versioning pattern
id (field),
effectiveTime (field),
active (field),
active (field). Additionally, to aid understanding, the tables above also show the
from one of the
associated with each of the identified
. The release file only contains the
.
Examples of language reference sets
|
Table 41. Sample content from 900000000000509007 |US English| . |
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|---|---|---|
|
refsetId |
referencedComponentId (Description in dialect) |
acceptabilityId (Acceptability) |
|
Table 42. Sample content from 900000000000508004 |GB English| . |
|
|
|
refsetId |
referencedComponentId (Description in dialect) |
acceptabilityId (Acceptability) |
In the above examples, |Excision of appendix| is acceptable in both US and GB English. However, |Appendectomy| is preferred in US English and |Appendicectomy| is preferred in GB English.
Note: Any
which is not referenced by an active row in the relevant language
is regarded as unacceptable (i.e. not a valid
in the language or
).
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