Whenever a new description is added in an extension, the language preferences associated with that description must be specified. This is done by adding rows to a language reference set to indicate whether each description is or in the given language or dialect.
As previously mentioned, all reference sets use six common attributes. In addition to these, a also includes an acceptabilityId. The table below explains how each of these attributes is populated in a .
Summary of language reference set attributes |
Attribute | Data Type | Use in a Language Reference Set |
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id | UUID | Can be generated using a standard generator. |
effectiveTime | Time | Specifies the date on which this version of the reference set member was released. |
active | Boolean | Indicates whether or not the reference set member is active at the given effectiveTime. This value is set to "1" for new reference set members. |
moduleId | SCTID | Identifies the module to which this reference set member belongs. For members in an extension, this will always be a module created by the extension producer. |
refsetId | SCTID | This refers to the concept id of a descendant of and represents the language or dialect for which the preferences are defined. The reference set concept may be created in the extension, or may belong to a module on which the extension depends (e.g. the international core module). |
referencedComponentId | SCTID | The referencedComponentId refers to the id of the description whose acceptability is being defined. |
acceptabilityId | SCTID | The acceptabilityId indicates whether the description referenced by the referencedComponentId is or for the given language or dialect. |
Note some extension producers may need to create and populate more than one language reference set. For example, where different languages or dialects are used within a country, or where both clinician and patient friendly terms must be specified. |
In below, two rows from the are shown. Note that these rows specify French Canadian language preferences for the concept.
Rows from the |Canada French language reference set |
Please note the following: