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Component Type

Active value

Description of behavior when most recent row representing a component has the specified active value

Concept

True

The
Gloss
Space true
t Concept
is intended for
Gloss
Space true
t active
use.
All
Gloss
Space true
t active
Gloss
Space true
t Descriptions
for which the conceptId refers to this
Gloss
Space true
t Concept
are valid. Visibility of these
Gloss
Space true
t active
Gloss
Space true
t Descriptions
depends on information contained in applicable RefsetMembers (for example, whether the
Gloss
Space true
t Description
is in a
Gloss
Space true
t language
Gloss
Space true
t dialect
Gloss
Space true
t reference set
that is currently enabled in the vendor's system).
All
Gloss
Space true
t active
Gloss
Space true
t Relationships
of which it is the sourceId
Specref
RefType (field)
or destinationId
t sourceId
or
Specref
RefType (field)
t destinationId
are applicable.

Concept

False

The
Gloss
Space true
t Concept
is not intended for
Gloss
Space true
t active
use. However, it remains a valid
Gloss
Space true
t concept
for historical purposes as part of the
Gloss
Space true
t SNOMED CT
commitment to the principle of '
Gloss
Space true
t concept
permanence'.
Valid
Gloss
Space true
t Descriptions
of the
Gloss
Space true
t Concept
remain
Gloss
Space true
t active
allowing it to be appropriately viewed in human-readable form.
An
Gloss
Space true
t inactive
Gloss
Space true
t Concept
cannot be the sourceId
Specref
RefType (field)
, destinationId
t sourceId
,
Specref
RefType (field)
or typeId
t destinationId
or
Specref
RefType (field)
t typeId
of an
Gloss
Space true
t active
Gloss
t Relationship.

Description

True

The
Gloss
Space true
t Description
contains a term
Specref
RefType (field)
t term
that is a valid
Gloss
Space true
t description
of the
Gloss
Space true
t Concept
referred to by the conceptId.
An
Gloss
Space true
t active
Gloss
Space true
t Description
may refer to an
Gloss
Space true
t inactive
Gloss
Space true
t Concept,
in which case the term
Specref
RefType (field)
t term
provides a valid
Gloss
Space true
t description
of that
Gloss
Space true
t inactive
Gloss
Space true
t Concept.
Text based searches should (by default) include only
Gloss
Space true
t active
Gloss
Space true
t Descriptions
that refer to
Gloss
Space true
t active
Gloss
t Concepts.

Description

False

The
Gloss
Space true
t Description
is not a valid and the associated term
Specref
RefType (field)
t term
should no longer be regarded as being associated with the
Gloss
Space true
t Concept
referred to by conceptId.

Relationship

True

The
Gloss
Space true
t Relationship
represents a valid association of the type specified by the typeId
Specref
RefType (field)
t typeId
, between two
Gloss
Space true
t Concepts
referred to by the sourceId
Specref
RefType (field)
and destinationId
t sourceId
and
Specref
RefType (field)
t destinationId
;
An
Gloss
Space true
t inactive
Gloss
Space true
t Concept
cannot be the sourceId
Specref
RefType (field)
, destinationId
t sourceId
,
Specref
RefType (field)
or typeId
t destinationId
or
Specref
RefType (field)
t typeId
of an
Gloss
Space true
t active
Gloss
t Relationship
.

Relationship

False

The
Gloss
Space true
t Relationship
is not valid. An
Gloss
Space true
t inactive
Gloss
Space true
t Relationship
should be ignored as it does not apply.
This does not necessarily mean that the association indicated by the
Gloss
Space true
t Relationship
does not apply. The
Gloss
Space true
t Relationship
may be
Gloss
Space true
t inactive
because it is redundant and inferable based on other
Gloss
Space true
t active
Gloss
t Relationships
.
An
Gloss
Space true
t inactive
Gloss
Space true
t Relationship
may refer to either
Gloss
Space true
t active
or
Gloss
Space true
t inactive
Gloss
t components
.

Refset Member

True

The RefsetMember contains valid information applicable to the
Gloss
Space true
t component
referred to by the referencedComponentId
Specref
RefType (field)
t referencedComponentId
.
The
Gloss
Space true
t component
referred to by the referencedComponentId
Specref
RefType (field)
t referencedComponentId
may be
Gloss
Space true
t active
or
Gloss
t inactive
. An
Gloss
Space true
t active
RefsetMember cannot make an
Gloss
Space true
t inactive
Gloss
Space true
t component
Gloss
Space true
t active
but may provide related information that continues to be relevant (e.g. the reason for inactivation).

Refset Member

False

The RefsetMember is not valid. An
Gloss
Space true
t inactive
RefsetMember should be ignored. The information it contains is not applicable to the
Gloss
Space true
t component
referred to by referencedComponentId
Specref
RefType (field)
t referencedComponentId
.