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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.
{
"resourceType": "CodeSystem",
"id": "v3-EntityDeterminer",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2016-03-23T00:00:00.000+11:00"
},
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div>!-- Snipped for Brevity --></div>"
},
"url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/EntityDeterminer",
"identifier": {
"system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
"value": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.5.30"
},
"version": "2016-03-23",
"name": "v3 Code System EntityDeterminer",
"status": "active",
"experimental": false,
"publisher": "HL7, Inc",
"contact": [
{
"telecom": [
{
"system": "other",
"value": "http://hl7.org"
}
]
}
],
"date": "2016-03-23T00:00:00+11:00",
"description": " 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.",
"caseSensitive": true,
"valueSet": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-EntityDeterminer",
"hierarchyMeaning": "subsumes",
"content": "complete",
"property": [
{
"code": "inactive",
"uri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#inactive",
"description": "True if the concept is not considered active - e.g. not a valid concept any more",
"type": "boolean"
},
{
"code": "deprecated",
"uri": "http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#deprecated",
"description": "The date at which a concept was deprecated. Concepts that are deprecated but not inactive can still be used, but their use is discouraged",
"type": "dateTime"
}
],
"concept": [
{
"code": "INSTANCE",
"display": "specific",
"definition": "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\n \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.",
"concept": [
{
"code": "GROUP",
"display": "specific group",
"definition": "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."
}
]
},
{
"code": "KIND",
"display": "described",
"definition": "Description:A determiner that specifies that the Entity object represents a universal, kind or class of physical thing (as opposed to a particular thing).",
"concept": [
{
"code": "GROUPKIND",
"display": "described group",
"definition": "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."
},
{
"code": "QUANTIFIED_KIND",
"display": "described quantified",
"definition": "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.",
"property": [
{
"code": "notSelectable",
"valueBoolean": true
},
{
"code": "deprecated",
"valueDateTime": "2008-11-14"
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.