From 05051a05348575788dcdd43849f2704b5d9dbeb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: clairblacketer Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 21:04:46 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update CONCEPT_SYNONYM --- .../StandardizedVocabularies/CONCEPT_SYNONYM.md | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/StandardizedVocabularies/CONCEPT_SYNONYM.md b/Documentation/StandardizedVocabularies/CONCEPT_SYNONYM.md index f8cf02c..dba9185 100644 --- a/Documentation/StandardizedVocabularies/CONCEPT_SYNONYM.md +++ b/Documentation/StandardizedVocabularies/CONCEPT_SYNONYM.md @@ -7,4 +7,18 @@ --- -# 3.7 CONCEPT_SYNONYM \ No newline at end of file +# 3.7 CONCEPT_SYNONYM + +The CONCEPT_SYNONYM table is used to store alternate names and descriptions for Concepts. + +Field|Required|Type|Description +:----|:----|:----|:---- +|concept_id|Yes|Integer|A foreign key to the Concept in the CONCEPT table.| +|concept_synonym_name|Yes|varchar(1000)|The alternative name for the Concept.| +|language_concept_id|Yes|integer|A foreign key to a Concept representing the language.| + +## Conventions + + * The concept_name field contains a valid Synonym of a concept, including the description in the concept_name itself. I.e. each Concept has at least one Synonym in the CONCEPT_SYNONYM table. As an example, for a SNOMED-CT Concept, if the fully specified name is stored as the concept_name of the CONCEPT table, then the Preferred Term and Synonyms associated with the Concept are stored in the CONCEPT_SYNONYM table. + * Only Synonyms that are active and current are stored in the CONCEPT_SYNONYM table. Tracking synonym/description history and mapping of obsolete synonyms to current Concepts/Synonyms is out of scope for the Standard Vocabularies. + * Currently, only English Synonyms are included.