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The following data types are used in the

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Data Type

   Description

Specref
RefType(data type)
tSCTID

A

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tSNOMED CT identifier,
between 6 and 18 digits long, as described in 6.2 SCTID Representation.

  • This data type is used to identify
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    tSNOMED components
    , to refer to a
    Gloss
    tcomponent
    from another
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    tcomponent
    or from a
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    treference set
    , and also to represent the values for
    Gloss
    tconcept enumerations
    (see Concept Enumerations.).

Specref
RefType(data type)
tUUID

A Universally Unique Identifier is a 128-bit unsigned generated using a standard algorithm.

  • UUIDs are represented as strings of hexadecimal characters split by - characters as points specified by the UUID standard.

Specref
tInteger

A 32-bit signed integer.

Specref
RefType(data type)
tString

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tUTF-8
text of a specified length.

Specref
RefType(data type)
tBoolean

A Boolean value, represented as one of two possible integer values (1 = true, 0 = false).

Specref
RefType(data type)
tTime

A date and time format expressed as a text string in line the basic representation specified in the ISO 8601 standard.

  • Where only date is required the format is YYYYMMDD (e.g. 20180125 refers to 25th January 2018)
  • Where a time is also required the YYYYMMDDThhmmssZ (e.g. 20180125T123000Z refers to 12:30 UTC on 25th January 2018)
  • The time should be expressed as UTC, as indicated by the trailing "Z".


Concept Enumerations

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GlossConcept enumeration
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Concept enumeration values (subtypes of 900000000000442005|Core metadata concept|)

Concept

Comment

Concept
t900000000000443000|Module (core metadata concept)|

Each

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tsubtype
of this
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tconcept
represents a development module. These
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tconcepts
provide values to the
Specref
RefTypefield
tmoduleId
field that is present in all
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tSNOMED CT component
file. The value indicates the module within which a
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tcomponent
was created and is being maintained.

Concept
t900000000000444006|Definition status (core metadata concept)|

Each

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tsubtype
of this
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tconcept
represents a value that can be applied to the
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tconcept
.
Specref
RefTypefield
tdefinitionStatusId
field. This is used to indicate whether the current set of defining
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tRelationships
applied to a
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tconcept
are sufficient to fully-define it relative to its supertypes.

Concept
t900000000000446008|Description type (core metadata concept)|

Each

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tsubtype
of this
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tconcept
represents a value that can be applied to the
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tDescription
.
Specref
RefTypefield
ttypeId
field. This is used to indicate whether the
Gloss
tDescription
represents a
Gloss
tFully Specified Name
, a synonymous term, a definition or some other symbolic or textual representation of the associated
Gloss
tconcept
.

Concept
t900000000000447004|Case significance (core metadata concept)|

Each

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tsubtype
of this
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tconcept
represents a value that can be applied to the
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tDescription
.
Specref
RefTypefield
tcaseSignificanceId
field. This is used to indicate whether the text of the term can be modified to by switching characters from upper to lower case (or vice-versa).

Concept
t900000000000449001|Characteristic type (core metadata concept)|

Each

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tsubtype
of this
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tconcept
represents a value that can be applied to the
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tRelationship
.
Specref
RefTypefield
tcharacteristicTypeId
field. This is used to indicate whether a
Gloss
tRelationship
forms part of the definition of the source
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tconcept
.

Concept
t900000000000450001|Modifier (core metadata concept)|

Each

Gloss
tsubtype
of this
Gloss
tconcept
represents a value that can be applied to the
Gloss
tRelationship
.
Specref
RefTypefield
tmodifierId
field. This is used to indicate the type of
Gloss
tDescription Logic
(DL) restriction (some, all, etc.) that applies to the
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tRelationship
.

Concept
t900000000000453004|Identifier scheme (core metadata concept)|

Each

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tsubtype
of this
Gloss
tconcept
represents a value that can be applied to the
Gloss
tIdentifier
.
Specref
RefTypefield
tidentifierSchemeId
field. This is used to indicate the scheme to which the
Gloss
tIdentifier
value belongs.