In addition to a type and a constraint, replacement slots may also be given a name. Slot names are explained in more detail below.

Slot Names

Replacement slots may be given a slot name, to allow them to be referenced from outside the slot. There are a variety of reasons to do this, including assigning a value to each slot and creating a co-dependency constraint between slots. The most common use of slot names is to refer to the slot to which a value is assigned, during the process of populating the template.

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243796009 |Situation with explicit context|:
		{ 246090004 |Associated finding| = 56265001 |Heart disease|,
			40873100 |Temporal context| = 410511007 |Current or past (actual)|,
			408729009 |Finding context| = 410515003 |Known present|,
			408732007 |Subject relationship context| = 444148008 |Person in family of subject| }

Repeated Slot Names

Slot names may be repeated within a template. When the same slot name is associated with more than one slot in the same template, it indicates that these slots must be populated with the same value.

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For additional uses of slot names, please refer to  8.6. Advanced Expression Templates.