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Biomedical Research and Regulation Work Group | Maturity Level: 0 | Draft | Compartments: Not linked to any defined compartments |
Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the SubstanceSpecification resource.
SubstanceSpecification | |
Definition | The detailed description of a substance, typically at a level beyond what is used for prescribing. |
Control | 1..1 |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.comment | |
Definition | Textual comment. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.stoichiometric | |
Definition | Chemicals may be stoichiometric or non-stoichiometric. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | boolean |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.identifier | |
Definition | Identifier by which this substance is known. |
Note | This is a business identifer, not a resource identifier (see discussion) |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | Identifier |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.type | |
Definition | High level categorisation, e.g. polymer or nucleic acid. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.referenceSource | |
Definition | Supporting literature. |
Control | 0..* |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.moiety | |
Definition | Moiety, for structural modifications. |
Control | 0..* |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.moiety.role | |
Definition | Role that the moiety is playing. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.moiety.identifier | |
Definition | Identifier by which this moiety substance is known. |
Note | This is a business identifer, not a resource identifier (see discussion) |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | Identifier |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.moiety.name | |
Definition | Textual name for this moiety substance. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.moiety.stereochemistry | |
Definition | Stereochemistry type. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.moiety.opticalActivity | |
Definition | Optical activity type. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.moiety.molecularFormula | |
Definition | Molecular formula. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.moiety.amount | |
Definition | Quantitative value for this moiety. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.property | |
Definition | General specifications for this substance, including how it is related to other substances. |
Control | 0..* |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.property.type | |
Definition | Description todo. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.property.name | |
Definition | Description todo. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.property.parameters | |
Definition | A field that should be used to capture parameters that were used in the measurement of a property. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.property.substanceId | |
Definition | Identifier for a substance upon which a defining property depends. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | Identifier |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.property.substanceName | |
Definition | Description todo. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.property.amount | |
Definition | Quantitative value for this property. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.referenceInformation | |
Definition | General information detailing this substance. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | Reference(SubstanceReferenceInformation) |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure | |
Definition | Structural information. |
Control | 0..1 |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.stereochemistry | |
Definition | Stereochemistry type. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.opticalActivity | |
Definition | Optical activity type. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.molecularFormula | |
Definition | Molecular formula. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.molecularFormulaByMoiety | |
Definition | Specified per moiety according to the Hill system, i.e. first C, then H, then alphabetical. and each moiety separated by a dot. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.isotope | |
Definition | Applicable for single substances that contain a radionuclide or a non-natural isotopic ratio. |
Control | 0..* |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.isotope.nuclideId | |
Definition | Substance identifier for each non-natural or radioisotope. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | Identifier |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.isotope.nuclideName | |
Definition | Substance name for each non-natural or radioisotope. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.isotope.substitutionType | |
Definition | The type of isotopic substitution present in a single substance. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.isotope.nuclideHalfLife | |
Definition | Half life - for a non-natural nuclide. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | Quantity |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.isotope.amount | |
Definition | Quantitative values for this isotope. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.isotope.molecularWeight | |
Definition | The molecular weight or weight range (for proteins, polymers or nucleic acids). |
Control | 0..1 |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.isotope.molecularWeight.method | |
Definition | The method by which the molecular weight was determined. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.isotope.molecularWeight.type | |
Definition | Type of molecular weight such as exact, average (also known as. number average), weight average. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.isotope.molecularWeight.amount | |
Definition | Used to capture quantitative values for a variety of elements. If only limits are given, the arithmetic mean would be the average. If only a single definite value for a given element is given, it would be captured in this field. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.molecularWeight | |
Definition | The molecular weight or weight range (for proteins, polymers or nucleic acids). |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | See SubstanceSpecification.structure.isotope.molecularWeight |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.referenceSource | |
Definition | Supporting literature. |
Control | 0..* |
Type | Reference(DocumentReference) |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.structuralRepresentation | |
Definition | Molectular structural representation. |
Control | 0..* |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.structuralRepresentation.type | |
Definition | The type of structure (e.g. Full, Partial, Representative). |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.structuralRepresentation.representation | |
Definition | The structural representation as text string in a format e.g. InChI, SMILES, MOLFILE, CDX. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.structure.structuralRepresentation.attachment | |
Definition | An attached file with the structural representation. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | Attachment |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceCode | |
Definition | Codes associated with the substance. |
Control | 0..* |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceCode.code | |
Definition | The specific code. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceCode.status | |
Definition | Status of the code assignment. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceCode.statusDate | |
Definition | The date at which the code status is changed as part of the terminology maintenance. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | dateTime |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceCode.comment | |
Definition | Any comment can be provided in this field, if necessary. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceCode.referenceSource | |
Definition | Supporting literature. |
Control | 0..* |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceName | |
Definition | Names applicable to this substence. |
Control | 0..* |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceName.name | |
Definition | The actual name. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceName.type | |
Definition | Name type. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceName.language | |
Definition | Language of the name. |
Control | 0..* |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceName.domain | |
Definition | The use context of this name for example if there is a different name a drug active ingredient as opposed to a food colour additive. |
Control | 0..* |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceName.jurisdiction | |
Definition | The jurisdiction where this name applies. |
Control | 0..* |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceName.officialName | |
Definition | Details of the official nature of this name. |
Control | 0..* |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceName.officialName.authority | |
Definition | Which authority uses this official name. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceName.officialName.status | |
Definition | The status of the official name. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | CodeableConcept |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceName.officialName.date | |
Definition | Date of official name change. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | dateTime |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.substanceName.referenceSource | |
Definition | Supporting literature. |
Control | 0..* |
Type | string |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.molecularWeight | |
Definition | The molecular weight or weight range (for proteins, polymers or nucleic acids). |
Control | 0..* |
Type | See SubstanceSpecification.structure.isotope.molecularWeight |
Summary | true |
SubstanceSpecification.polymer | |
Definition | Data items specific to polymers. |
Control | 0..1 |
Type | Reference(SubstancePolymer) |
Summary | true |