Association Reference Set
Purpose
An 900000000000521006 |Association type reference set| represents a set of unordered associations of a particular type between components.
Data structure
An Association reference set is a reference set used to represent associations between components. Its structure is shown in the following table.
Association Reference Set - Data Structure
id
UUID
A 128 bit unsigned Integer, uniquely identifying this reference set member.Different versions of a reference set member share the same id but have different effectiveTime. This allows a reference set member to be modified or made inactive (i.e. removed from the active set) at a specified time.
NO
YES (Full/Snapshot)
effectiveTime
Time
The inclusive date or time at which this version of the identified reference set member became the current version.
Note : In distribution files the effectiveTime should follow the short ISO date format (YYYYMM DD) and should not include the hours, minutes, seconds or timezone indicator.The current version of this reference set member at time T is the version with the most recent effectiveTime prior to or equal to time T.
YES
YES (Full) Optional (Snapshot)
active
Boolean
The state of the identified reference set member as at the specified effectiveTime. If active = 1 (true) the reference set member is part of the current version of the set, if active = 0 (false) the reference set member is not part of the current version of the set.
YES
NO
moduleId
SCTID
Identifies the SNOMED CT module that contains this reference set member as at the specified effectiveTime .
The value must be a subtype of 900000000000443000 |Module (core metadata concept)| within the metadata hierarchy.
YES
NO
refsetId
SCTID
Identifies the reference set to which this reference set member belongs.
In this case, a subtype descendant of: 900000000000521006 |Association type|.
NO
NO
referencedComponentId
SCTID
A reference to the SNOMED CT component to be included in the reference set. The source component of the association.
NO
NO
targetComponentId
SCTID
The identifier of the target component of the association. Note. An inconsistency in this specification was resolved by the Modeling Advisory Group 2018-10-15 decision that this field should be mutable.
YES
NO
Metadata
The following metadata supports this reference set:
Association Reference Sets in the Metadata Hierarchy
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| - this has many subtypes
Example Descriptors and Data
See Historical Association Reference Sets for an example of the reference set description and data representation in an association type reference set.
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