Each has an associated field, which can take values of true (1) or false (0). The meaning of this flag is described by type i n the following table: 

Behavior of Active and Inactive Components

Component Type

Active value

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

Concept



True

  • The is intended for use.

  • All for which the conceptId refers to this are valid. Visibility of these depends on information contained in applicable refset members (for example, whether the is in a that is currently enabled in the vendor's system).

  • All of which it is the or are applicable.

Concept

False

  • The is not intended for use. However, it remains a valid for historical purposes as part of the commitment to the principle of ' permanence'.

  • Valid of the remain allowing it to be appropriately viewed in human-readable form.

  • An cannot be the , or of an

Description

True

  • The contains a that is a valid of the referred to by the conceptId.

  • An may refer to an in which case the provides a valid of that Text based searches should (by default) include only that refer to

Description

False

  • The is not a valid and the associated should no longer be regarded as being associated with the referred to by conceptId.

Relationship

True

  • The represents a valid association of the type specified by the , between two referred to by the and ;

  • An cannot be the , or of an .

Relationship

False

  • The is not valid. An should be ignored as it does not apply.

  • This does not necessarily mean that the association indicated by the does not apply. The may be because it is redundant and inferable based on other .

  • An may refer to either or .

Refset member

True

  • The refset member contains valid information applicable to the referred to by the .

  • The referred to by the may be or . An refset member cannot make an but may provide related information that continues to be relevant (e.g. the reason for inactivation).

Refset member

False

  • The refset member is not valid. An refset member should be ignored. The information it contains is not applicable to the referred to by .