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V3-EntityDeterminer.xml

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.

Raw XML

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p>Release Date: 2014-08-07</p>

      <h2>Description</h2>

      <p>
                  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.
        <br/>

               
      </p>

      <hr/>

      <table class="grid">
 
        <tr>
          <td>
            <b>Level</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Code</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Display</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Definition</b>
          </td>
        </tr>
 
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>INSTANCE
            <a name="INSTANCE"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>specific</td>
          <td>
                        
                           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).
            <br/>

                        
                           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.
            <br/>

                     
          </td>
        </tr>
 
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  GROUP
            <a name="GROUP"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>specific group</td>
          <td>
                        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.
            <br/>

                     
          </td>
        </tr>
 
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>KIND
            <a name="KIND"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>described</td>
          <td>
                        
                           Description:A determiner that specifies that the Entity object
               represents a universal, kind or class of physical thing (as opposed to a particular thing).
            <br/>

                     
          </td>
        </tr>
 
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  GROUPKIND
            <a name="GROUPKIND"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>described group</td>
          <td>
                        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.
            <br/>

                     
          </td>
        </tr>

      </table>

    </div>
  </text>
  <identifier value="http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/vs/EntityDeterminer"/>
  <name value="v3 Code System EntityDeterminer"/>
  <publisher value="HL7, Inc"/>
  <telecom>
    <system value="url"/>
    <value value="http://hl7.org"/>
  </telecom>
  <description value=" 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."/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <date value="2014-08-07T00:00:00+10:00"/>
  <define>
    <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/v3/EntityDeterminer"/>
    <caseSensitive value="true"/>
    <concept>
      <code value="INSTANCE"/>
      <display value="specific"/>
      <definition value="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).        
                                                      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 value="GROUP"/>
        <display value="specific group"/>
        <definition value="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."/>
      </concept>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="KIND"/>
      <display value="described"/>
      <definition value="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 value="GROUPKIND"/>
        <display value="described group"/>
        <definition value="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."/>
      </concept>
    </concept>
  </define>
</ValueSet>