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.

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).

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.

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 Relationships:
  Generalizes (derived): QUANTIFIED_KIND

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: Kind

DEPRECATED from further use in HL7 designs, effective with Vocabulary release 589-20081114.

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.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: KIND

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: QuantifiedKind