Purpose

An represents a set of unordered associations of a particular type between .

Data structure

An is a used to represent associations between . Its structure is shown in the following table.

Metadata

The following metadata supports this :

  900000000000455006 |Reference set|
		900000000000521006 |Association type|
	    		734138000 |Anatomy structure and entire association reference set|
      			734139008 |Anatomy structure and part association reference set|
				900000000000522004 |Historical association|
						/* ... historical association types ... */

Example Descriptors and Data

See 5.2.5.1 Historical Association Reference Sets for an example of the reference set description and data representation in an association type reference set.