diff --git a/StandardizedVocabularies/CONCEPT_CLASS.md b/StandardizedVocabularies/CONCEPT_CLASS.md index 7aa52bd..20301e1 100644 --- a/StandardizedVocabularies/CONCEPT_CLASS.md +++ b/StandardizedVocabularies/CONCEPT_CLASS.md @@ -1,21 +1,10 @@ -*OMOP Common Data Model v5.1 Specifications* -
*Authors: Christian Reich, Patrick Ryan, Rimma Belenkaya, Karthik Natarajan, Clair Blacketer* -
***Release date needed*** - -[Back to Table of Contents](https://github.com/OHDSI/CommonDataModel/blob/master/Documentation/TableofContents.md) -
[Back to Standardized Vocabularies](StandardizedVocabularies.md) - ---- - -# 3.4 CONCEPT_CLASS - The CONCEPT_CLASS table is a reference table, which includes a list of the classifications used to differentiate Concepts within a given Vocabulary. This reference table is populated with a single record for each Concept Class: Field|Required|Type|Description :----|:-----|:-----|:----- |concept_class_id|Yes|varchar(20)|A unique key for each class.| |concept_class_name|Yes|varchar(255)|The name describing the Concept Class, e.g. "Clinical Finding", "Ingredient", etc.| -|concept_class_concept_id|Yes|integer|A foreign key that refers to an identifier in the [CONCEPT](CONCEPT.md) table for the unique Concept Class the record belongs to.| +|concept_class_concept_id|Yes|integer|A foreign key that refers to an identifier in the [CONCEPT](https://github.com/OHDSI/CommonDataModel/wiki/CONCEPT) table for the unique Concept Class the record belongs to.| ## Conventions @@ -23,7 +12,7 @@ Field|Required|Type|Description * The concept_class_id field contains an alphanumerical identifier, that can also be used as the abbreviation of the Concept Class. * The concept_class_name field contains the unabbreviated names of the Concept Class. * Each Concept Class also has an entry in the Concept table, which is recorded in the concept_class_concept_id field. This is for purposes of creating a closed Information Model, where all entities in the OMOP CDM are covered by unique Concepts. - * Past versions of the OMOP CDM did not have a separate reference table for all Concept Classes. Also, the content of the old concept_class and the new concept_class_id fields are not always identical. A conversion talbe can be found here: + * Past versions of the OMOP CDM did not have a separate reference table for all Concept Classes. Also, the content of the old concept_class and the new concept_class_id fields are not always identical. A conversion table can be found here: Previous CONCEPT_CLASS|Version 5 CONCEPT_CLASS_ID :-----|:------