EntityDeterminer in natural language grammar is the class of words that comprises articles, demonstrative pronouns, and quantifiers. In the RIM, determiner is a structural code in the Entity class to distinguish whether any given Entity object stands for some, any one, or a specific thing.
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Code | URL | Description | Type |
Specializes | | The child code is a more narrow version of the concept represented by the parent code. I.e. Every child concept is also a valid parent concept. Used to allow determination of subsumption. Must be transitive, irreflexive, antisymmetric. | Coding |
Generalizes | | Inverse of Specializes. Only included as a derived relationship. | Coding |
internalId | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#v3-internal-id | The internal identifier for the concept in the HL7 Access database repository. | code |
status | http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#status | A property that indicates the status of the concept. One of active, experimental, deprecated, or retired. | code |
deprecationDate | http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#deprecationDate | The date at which a concept was deprecated. Concepts that are deprecated but not inactive can still be used, but their use is discouraged. | dateTime |
Name:Class | http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/utg-concept-properties#rim-Class | The formal name for the class clone under this code | code |
This code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-EntityDeterminer defines the following codes:
Lvl | Code | Display | Definition | Deprecated | internalId | status | deprecationDate | Name:Class |
1 | INSTANCE | specific | **Description:**A determiner that specifies that the Entity object represents a particular physical thing (as opposed to a universal, kind, or class of physical thing).\r\n\r\n**Discussion:** It does not matter whether an INSTANCE still exists as a whole at the point in time (or process) when we mention it, for example, a drug product lot is an INSTANCE even though it has been portioned out for retail purpose. | | 10881 | active | | |
2 | GROUP | specific group | A determiner that specifies that the Entity object represents a particular collection of physical things (as opposed to a universal, kind, or class of physical thing). While the collection may resolve to having only a single individual (or even no individuals), the potential should exist for it to cover multiple individuals. | | 23599 | active | | |
1 | KIND | described | **Description:**A determiner that specifies that the Entity object represents a universal, kind or class of physical thing (as opposed to a particular thing). | | 10879 | active | | Kind |
2 | GROUPKIND | described group | A determiner that specifies that the Entity object represents a universal, kind or class of collections physical things. While the collection may resolve to having only a single individual (or even no individuals), the potential should exist for it to cover multiple individuals. | | 23600 | active | | |
2 | QUANTIFIED_KIND | described quantified | The described quantified determiner indicates that the given Entity is taken as a general description of a specific amount of a thing. For example, QUANTIFIED\\_KIND of syringe (quantity = 3,) stands for exactly three syringes. | Deprecated | 10880 | deprecated | 2008-11-14T00:00:00-05:00 | |