Table: Description file - Detailed Specification
Field | Data type | Purpose | Part of Primary Key | |
id | Uniquely identifies the description. | NO | YES (Full/Snapshot) | |
Specifies the inclusive date at which the component version's state became the then current valid state of the component Note: In distribution files the effectiveTime should follow the short ISO date format (YYYYMMDD) and should not include the hours, minutes, seconds or timezone indicator. | YES | YES (Full) Optional (Snapshot) | ||
Specifies whether the state of the description was active or inactive from the nominal release date specified by the effectiveTime . | YES | NO | ||
Identifies the description version's module. Set to a child of 900000000000443000 | Module| within the metadata hierarchy. | YES | NO | ||
conceptId | Identifies the concept to which this description applies. Set to the identifier of a concept in the 138875005 | SNOMED CT Concept| hierarchy within the Concept. Note that a specific version of a description is not directly bound to a specific version of the concept to which it applies. Which version of a description applies to a concept depends on its effectiveTime and the point in time at which it is accessed. | NO | NO | |
languageCode | Specifies the language of the description text using the two character ISO-639-1 code. Note that this specifies a language level only, not a dialect or country code. | NO | NO | |
Identifies whether the description is fully specified name a synonym or other description type. This field is set to a child of 900000000000446008 | Description type| in the Metadata hierarchy. | NO | NO | ||
The description version's text value, represented in UTF-8 encoding. | YES | NO | ||
Identifies the concept enumeration value that represents the case significance of this description version. For example, the term may be completely case sensitive, case insensitive or initial letter case insensitive. This field will be set to a child of 900000000000447004 | Case significance| within the metadata hierarchy. | YES | NO |