Description:

Codes for the Role class hierarchy. The values in this hierarchy, represent a Role which is an association or relationship between two entities - the entity that plays the role and the entity that scopes the role. Roles names are derived from the name of the playing entity in that role.

The role hierarchy stems from three core concepts, or abstract domains:

• RoleClassOntological is an abstract domain that collects roles in which the playing entity is defined or specified by the scoping entity.

• RoleClassPartitive collects roles in which the playing entity is in some sense a "part" of the scoping entity.

• RoleClassAssociative collects all of the remaining forms of association between the playing entity and the scoping entity. This set of roles is further partitioned between:

  • RoleClassPassive which are roles in which the playing entity is used, known, treated, handled, built, or destroyed, etc. under the auspices of the scoping entity. The playing entity is passive in these roles in that the role exists without an agreement from the playing entity.

  • RoleClassMutualRelationship which are relationships based on mutual behavior of the two entities. The basis of these relationship may be formal agreements or they may be de facto behavior. Thus, this sub-domain is further divided into:

    • RoleClassRelationshipFormal in which the relationship is formally defined, frequently by a contract or agreement.

    • Personal relationship which inks two people in a personal relationship.

The hierarchy discussed above is represented In the current vocabulary tables as a set of abstract domains, with the exception of the "Personal relationship" which is a leaf concept.

OpenIssue: Description copied from Concept Domain of same name. Must be verified.

Definition:

The player of the role is a child of the scoping entity, in a generic sense.

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: child   Name:Role:player:Entity: child(&-LIV)   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: parent(&-LIV)

Definition:

A role played by an entity that receives credentials from the scoping entity.

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: credentialedEntity   Name:Role:player:Entity: subject&   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (issuing&)|issuer

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: nursePractitioner

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: nurse

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: physicianAssistant

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: physician

Definition:

Corresponds to the Role class

Concept Relationships:
  Generalizes (derived): _RoleClassAssociative _RoleClassOntological _RoleClassPartitive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: role   Name:Role:player:Entity: (playing&)|player   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: A________   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: A________   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (scoping&)|scoper

Definition:

A general association between two entities that is neither partitive nor ontological.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: ROL
  Generalizes (derived): _RoleClassMutualRelationship _RoleClassPassive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: associatedEntity   Name:Role:player:Entity: associated&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AA_______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AA_______   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: scoping&

Definition:

A relationship that is based on mutual behavior of the two Entities as being related. The basis of such relationship may be agreements (e.g., spouses, contract parties) or they may be de facto behavior (e.g. friends) or may be an incidental involvement with each other (e.g. parties over a dispute, siblings, children).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassAssociative
  Generalizes (derived): CAREGIVER PRS _RoleClassRelationshipFormal

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: relatedEntity   Name:Role:player:Entity: related&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAA______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAA______   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: scoping&

Definition:

A person responsible for the primary care of a patient at home.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassMutualRelationship

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: careGiver   Name:Role:player:Entity: careGiver&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAC_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAC_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: careGiverScoper

Definition:

Links two people in a personal relationship. The character of the relationship must be defined by a PersonalRelationshipRoleType code. The player and scoper are determined by PersonalRelationshipRoleType code as well.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassMutualRelationship

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: personalRelationship   Name:Role:player:Entity: relationshipHolder   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAB_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAB_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: personalRelationshipWith

Definition:

A relationship between two entities that is formally recognized, frequently by a contract or similar agreement.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassMutualRelationship
  Generalizes (derived): AFFL AGNT CIT COVPTY CRINV CRSPNSR EMP GUAR INVSBJ LIC PAT PAYEE PAYOR POLHOLD QUAL SPNSR STD UNDWRT

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: formalRelation   Name:Role:player:Entity: related&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAA_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAA_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: related&

Definition:

Player of the Affiliate role has a business/professional relationship with scoper. Player and scoper may be persons or organization. The Affiliate relationship does not imply membership in a group, nor does it exist for resource scheduling purposes.

Example: A healthcare provider is affiliated with another provider as a business associate.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: affiliate   Name:Role:player:Entity: affiliate&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAR____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAR____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: affiliated&

Definition:

An entity (player) that acts or is authorized to act on behalf of another entity (scoper).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal
  Generalizes (derived): ASSIGNED CON GUARD

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: agent   Name:Role:player:Entity: agent&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAD____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAD____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (represented&)|representee

Definition:

An agent role in which the agent is an Entity acting in the employ of an organization. The focus is on functional role on behalf of the organization, unlike the Employee role where the focus is on the 'Human Resources' relationship between the employee and the organization.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: AGNT
  Generalizes (derived): COMPAR SGNOFF

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: assignedEntity   Name:Role:player:Entity: (assigned&)|assignee   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAADA___   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAADA___   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (represented&)|representee

Definition:

An Entity that is authorized to issue or instantiate permissions, privileges, credentials or other formal/legal authorizations.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: ASSIGNED

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: commissioningParty   Name:Role:player:Entity: commissioning&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAADAC__   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAADAC__   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: commissioningScoper

Definition:

The role of a person (player) who is the officer or signature authority for of a scoping entity, usually an organization (scoper).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: ASSIGNED

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: signatureAuthority   Name:Role:player:Entity: signing(&|Authority)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAADAB__   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAADAB__   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (represented&)|representee

Definition:

A person or an organization (player) which provides or receives information regarding another entity (scoper). Examples; patient NOK and emergency contacts; guarantor contact; employer contact.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: AGNT
  Generalizes (derived): ECON NOK

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: contactParty   Name:Role:player:Entity: contact(&|Party)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAADAA__   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAADAA__   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (represented&)|representee

Definition:

An entity to be contacted in the event of an emergency.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: CON

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: emergencyContact   Name:Role:player:Entity: emergencyContact(&|Party)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAADAAB_   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAADAAB_   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (represented&)|representee

Definition:

An individual designated for notification as the next of kin for a given entity.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: CON

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: nextOfKin   Name:Role:player:Entity: nextOfKinContact&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAADAAA_   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAADAAA_   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (represented&)|representee

Definition:

Guardian of a ward

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: AGNT

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: guardian   Name:Role:player:Entity: guardian&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAADB___   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAADB___   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: ward&

Definition:

Citizen of apolitical entity

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: citizen   Name:Role:player:Entity: citizen&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAF____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAF____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: political(&|Entity)

Definition:

A role class played by a person who receives benefit coverage under the terms of a particular insurance policy. The underwriter of that policy is the scoping entity. The covered party receives coverage because of some contractual or other relationship with the holder of that policy.

Discussion:This reason for coverage is captured in 'Role.code' and a relationship link with type code of indirect authority should be included using the policy holder role as the source, and the covered party role as the target.

Note that a particular policy may cover several individuals one of whom may be, but need not be, the policy holder. Thus the notion of covered party is a role that is distinct from that of the policy holder.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal
  Generalizes (derived): CLAIM NAMED PROG

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: coveredParty   Name:Role:player:Entity: covered(&|Party)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAI____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAI____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (underwriting&)|underwriter

Definition:

Description: A role played by a party making a claim for coverage under a policy or program. A claimant must be either a person or organization, or a group of persons or organizations. A claimant is not a named insured or a program eligible.

Discussion: With respect to liability insurance such as property and casualty insurance, a claimant must file a claim requesting indemnification for a loss that the claimant considers covered under the policy of a named insured. The claims adjuster for the policy underwriter will review the claim to determine whether the loss meets the benefit coverage criteria under a policy, and base any indemnification or coverage payment on that review. If a third party is liable in whole or part for the loss, the underwriter may pursue third party liability recovery. A claimant may be involved in civil or criminal legal proceedings involving claims against a defendant party that is indemnified by an insurance policy or to protest the finding of a claims adjustor. With respect to life insurance, a beneficiary designated by a named insured becomes a claimant of the proceeds of coverage, as in the case of a life insurance policy. However, a claimant for coverage under life insurance is not necessarily a designated beneficiary.

Note: A claimant is not a named insured. However, a named insured may make a claim under a policy, e.g., an insured driver may make a claim for an injury under his or her comprehensive automobile insurance policy. Similarly, a program eligible may make a claim under program, e.g., an unemployed worker may claim benefits under an unemployment insurance program, but parties playing these covered party role classes are not, for purposes of this vocabulary and in an effort to clearly distinguish role classes, considered claimants.

In the case of a named insured making a claim, a role type code INSCLM (insured claimant) subtypes the class to indicate that either a named insured or an individual insured has filed a claim for a loss. In the case of a program eligible, a role type code INJWKR (injured worker) subtypes the class to indicate that the covered party in a workers compensation program is an injured worker, and as such, has filed a "claim" under the program for benefits. Likewise, a covered role type code UNEMP (unemployed worker) subtypes the program eligible class to indicate that the covered party in an unemployment insurance program has filed a claim for unemployment benefits.

Example: A claimant under automobile policy that is not the named insured.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: COVPTY

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: claimant

Definition:

Description: A role played by a party to an insurance policy to which the insurer agrees to indemnify for losses, provides benefits for, or renders services. A named insured may be either a person, non-person living subject, or an organization, or a group of persons, non-person living subjects, or organizations.

Discussion: The coded concept NAMED should not be used where a more specific child concept in this Specializable value set applies. In some cases, the named insured may not be the policy holder, e.g., where a policy holder purchases life insurance policy in which another party is the named insured and the policy holder is the beneficiary of the policy.

Note: The party playing the role of a named insured is not a claimant in the sense conveyed by the RoleClassCoveredParty CLAIM (claimant). However, a named insured may make a claim under a policy, e.g., e.g., a party that is the named insured and policy holder under a comprehensive automobile insurance policy may become the claimant for coverage under that policy e.g., if injured in an automobile accident and there is no liable third party. In the case of a named insured making a claim, a role type code INSCLM (insured claimant) subtypes the class to indicate that a named insured has filed a claim for a loss.

Example: The named insured under a comprehensive automobile, disability, or property and casualty policy that is the named insured and may or may not be the policy holder.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: COVPTY
  Generalizes (derived): DEPEN INDIV SUBSCR

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: namedInsured

Definition:

Description: A role played by a person covered under a policy or program based on an association with a subscriber, which is recognized by the policy holder.

Note: The party playing the role of a dependent is not a claimant in the sense conveyed by the RoleClassCoveredParty CLAIM (claimant). However, a dependent may make a claim under a policy, e.g., a dependent under a health insurance policy may become the claimant for coverage under that policy for wellness examines or if injured and there is no liable third party. In the case of a dependent making a claim, a role type code INSCLM (insured claimant) subtypes the class to indicate that the dependent has filed a claim for services covered under the health insurance policy.

Example: The dependent has an association with the subscriber such as a financial dependency or personal relationship such as that of a spouse, or a natural or adopted child. The policy holder may be required by law to recognize certain associations or may have discretion about the associations. For example, a policy holder may dictate the criteria for the dependent status of adult children who are students, such as requiring full time enrollment, or may recognize domestic partners as dependents. Under certain circumstances, the dependent may be under the indirect authority of a responsible party acting as a surrogate for the subscriber, for example, if the subscriber is differently abled or deceased, a guardian ad Lidem or estate executor may be appointed to assume the subscriberaTMs legal standing in the relationship with the dependent.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: NAMED

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: dependent

Definition:

Description: A role played by a party covered under a policy as the policy holder. An individual may be either a person or an organization.

Note: The party playing the role of an individual insured is not a claimant in the sense conveyed by the RoleClassCoveredParty CLAIM (claimant). However, a named insured may make a claim under a policy, e.g., a party that is the named insured and policy holder under a comprehensive automobile insurance policy may become the claimant for coverage under that policy if injured in an automobile accident and there is no liable third party. In the case of an individual insured making a claim, a role type code INSCLM (insured claimant) subtypes the class to indicate that an individual insured has filed a claim for a loss.

Example: The individual insured under a comprehensive automobile, disability, or property and casualty policy that is the policy holder.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: NAMED

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: individual

Definition:

Description: A role played by a person covered under a policy based on association with a sponsor who is the policy holder, and whose association may provide for the eligibility of dependents for coverage.

Discussion: The policy holder holds the contract with the policy or program underwriter. The subscriber holds a certificate of coverage under the contract. In legal proceedings concerning the policy or program, the terms of the contract takes precedence over the terms of the certificate of coverage if there are any inconsistencies.

Note: The party playing the role of a subscriber is not a claimant in the sense conveyed by the RoleClassCoveredParty CLAIM (claimant). However, a subscriber may make a claim under a policy, e.g., a subscriber under a health insurance policy may become the claimant for coverage under that policy for wellness examines or if injured and there is no liable third party. In the case of a subscriber making a claim, a role type code INSCLM (insured claimant) subtypes the class to indicate that the subscriber has filed a claim for services covered under the health insurance policy.

Example: An employee or a member of an association.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: NAMED

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: subscriber

Definition:

Description: A role played by a party that meets the eligibility criteria for coverage under a program. A program eligible may be either a person, non-person living subject, or an organization, or a group of persons, non-person living subjects, or organizations.

Discussion: A program as typically government administered coverage for parties determined eligible under the terms of the program.

Note: The party playing a program eligible is not a claimant in the sense conveyed by the RoleClassCoveredParty CLAIM (claimant). However a program eligible may make a claim under program, e.g., an unemployed worker may claim benefits under an unemployment insurance program, but parties playing these covered party role classes are not, for purposes of this vocabulary and in an effort to clearly distinguish role classes, considered claimants.

In the case of a program eligible, a role type code INJWKR (injured worker) subtypes the class to indicate that the covered party in a workers compensation program is an injured worker, and as such, has filed a "claim" under the program for benefits. Likewise, a covered role type code UNEMP (unemployed worker) subtypes the program eligible class to indicate that the covered party in an unemployment insurance program has filed a claim for unemployment benefits.

Example: A party meeting eligibility criteria related to health or financial status, e.g., in the U.S., persons meeting health, demographic, or financial criteria established by state and federal law are eligible for Medicaid.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: COVPTY

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: programEligible

Definition:

A role played by a provider, always a person, who has agency authority from a Clinical Research Sponsor to direct the conduct of a clinical research trial or study on behalf of the sponsor.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: clinicalResearchInvestigator   Name:Role:player:Entity: investigator&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAH____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAH____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: sponsoring&

Definition:

A role played by an entity, usually an organization, that is the sponsor of a clinical research trial or study. The sponsor commissions the study, bears the expenses, is responsible for satisfying all legal requirements concerning subject safety and privacy, and is generally responsible for collection, storage and analysis of the data generated during the trial. No scoper is necessary, as a clinical research sponsor undertakes the role on its own authority and declaration. Clinical research sponsors are usually educational or other research organizations, government agencies or biopharmaceutical companies.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: clinicalResearchSponsor   Name:Role:player:Entity: sponsor&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAG____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAG____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: sponsorshipAuthorizing&

Definition:

A relationship between a person or organization and a person or organization formed for the purpose of exchanging work for compensation. The purpose of the role is to identify the type of relationship the employee has to the employer, rather than the nature of the work actually performed. (Contrast with AssignedEntity.)

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal
  Generalizes (derived): MIL

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: employment   Name:Role:player:Entity: employee&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAE____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAE____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: employer&

Definition:

A role played by a member of a military service. Scoper is the military service (e.g. Army, Navy, Air Force, etc.) or, more specifically, the unit (e.g. Company C, 3rd Battalion, 4th Division, etc.)

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: EMP

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: militaryPerson   Name:Role:player:Entity: military&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAEA___   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAEA___   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: militaryService(&-ORG)

Definition:

A person or organization (player) that serves as a financial guarantor for another person or organization (scoper).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: guarantor   Name:Role:player:Entity: guarantor&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAJ____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAJ____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: promisor&

Definition:

An entity that is the subject of an investigation. This role is scoped by the party responsible for the investigation.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal
  Generalizes (derived): CASEBJ RESBJ

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: investigativeSubject   Name:Role:player:Entity: subject&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAB____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAB____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: investigationSponsor

Definition:

A person, non-person living subject, or place that is the subject of an investigation related to a notifiable condition (health circumstance that is reportable within the applicable public health jurisdiction)

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: INVSBJ

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: caseSubject   Name:Role:player:Entity: subject&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAABA___   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAABA___   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: caseMonitor

Definition:

Definition:Specifies the administrative functionality within a formal experimental design for which the ResearchSubject role was established.

Examples: Screening - role is used for pre-enrollment evaluation portion of the design; enrolled - role is used for subjects admitted to the experimental portion of the design.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: INVSBJ

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: researchSubject   Name:Role:player:Entity: subject&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAABB___   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAABB___   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: researchSponsor

Definition:

A relationship in which the scoper certifies the player ( e. g. a medical care giver, a medical device or a provider organization) to perform certain activities that fall under the jurisdiction of the scoper (e.g., a health authority licensing healthcare providers, a medical quality authority certifying healthcare professionals).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal
  Generalizes (derived): NOT PROV

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: licensedEntity   Name:Role:player:Entity: subject&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAC____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAC____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (issuing&)|issuer

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: LIC

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: notaryPublic   Name:Role:player:Entity: notaryPublic&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAACB___   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAACB___   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: political(&|Entity)

Definition:

An Entity (player) that is authorized to provide health care services by some authorizing agency (scoper).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: LIC

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: healthCareProvider   Name:Role:player:Entity: healthCare(&|Provider)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAACA___   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAACA___   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (issuing&)|issuer

Definition:

Description:A Role of a LivingSubject (player) as a recipient of health care services from a healthcare provider (scoper).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: patient   Name:Role:player:Entity: patient&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAA____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAA____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: provider&

Definition:

The role of an organization or individual designated to receive payment for a claim against a particular coverage. The scoping entity is the organization that is the submitter of the invoice in question.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: payee   Name:Role:player:Entity: payee&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAK____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAK____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: invoicing&

Definition:

The role of an organization that undertakes to accept claims invoices, assess the coverage or payments due for those invoices and pay to the designated payees for those invoices. This role may be either the underwriter or a third-party organization authorized by the underwriter. The scoping entity is the organization that underwrites the claimed coverage.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: payor   Name:Role:player:Entity: invoicePayor&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAL____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAL____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (underwriting&)|underwriter

Definition:

A role played by a person or organization that holds an insurance policy. The underwriter of that policy is the scoping entity.

Discussion:The identifier of the policy is captured in 'Role.id' when the Role is a policy holder.

A particular policy may cover several individuals one of whom may be, but need not be, the policy holder. Thus the notion of covered party is a role that is distinct from that of the policy holder.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: policyHolder   Name:Role:player:Entity: policyHolder&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAM____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAM____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (underwriting&)|underwriter

Definition:

An entity (player) that has been recognized as having certain training/experience or other characteristics that would make said entity an appropriate performer for a certain activity. The scoper is an organization that educates or qualifies entities.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: qualifiedEntity   Name:Role:player:Entity: qualified(&|Entity)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAP____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAP____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: qualificationGranting(&|Entity)

Definition:

A role played by an entity, usually an organization that is the sponsor of an insurance plan or a health program. A sponsor is the party that is ultimately accountable for the coverage by employment contract or by law. A sponsor can be an employer, union, government agency, or association. Fully insured sponsors establish the terms of the plan and contract with health insurance plans to assume the risk and to administer the plan. Self-insured sponsors delegate coverage administration, but not risk, to third-party administrators. Program sponsors designate services to be covered in accordance with statute. Program sponsors may administer the coverage themselves, delegate coverage administration, but not risk to third-party administrators, or contract with health insurance plans to assume the risk and administrator a program. Sponsors qualify individuals who may become

1. a policy holder of the plan;

2. where the sponsor is the policy holder, who may become a subscriber or a dependent to a policy under the plan; or

3. where the sponsor is a government agency, who may become program eligibles under a program.

The sponsor role may be further qualified by the SponsorRole.code. Entities playing the sponsor role may also play the role of a Coverage Administrator.

Example: An employer, union, government agency, or association.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: sponsor   Name:Role:player:Entity: sponsor&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAN____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAN____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (underwriting&)|underwriter

Definition:

A role played by an individual who is a student of a school, which is the scoping entity.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: student   Name:Role:player:Entity: student   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAQ____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAQ____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: school(&|Entity)

Definition:

A role played by a person or an organization. It is the party that

1. accepts fiscal responsibility for insurance plans and the policies created under those plans;

2. administers and accepts fiscal responsibility for a program that provides coverage for services to eligible individuals; and/or

3. has the responsibility to assess the merits of each risk and decide a suitable premium for accepting all or part of the risk. If played by an organization, this role may be further specified by an appropriate RoleCode.

Example:

1. A health insurer;

2. Medicaid Program;

3. Lloyd's of London

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassRelationshipFormal

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: underwriter   Name:Role:player:Entity: (underwriting&)|underwriter   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAAAO____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAAAO____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: scoper&

Definition:

An association for a playing Entity that is used, known, treated, handled, built, or destroyed, etc. under the auspices of the scoping Entity. The playing Entity is passive in these roles (even though it may be active in other roles), in the sense that the kinds of things done to it in this role happen without an agreement from the playing Entity.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassAssociative
  Generalizes (derived): ACCESS ADJY ADMM BIRTHPL DEATHPLC DST EXPR HLD HLTHCHRT IDENT MANU MNT OWN RGPR SDLOC TERR USED WRTE

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: passiveRelation   Name:Role:player:Entity: playing&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAB______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAB______   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: scoping&

Definition:

A role in which the playing entity (material) provides access to another entity. The principal use case is intravenous (or other bodily) access lines that preexist and need to be referred to for medication routing instructions.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: access   Name:Role:player:Entity: access&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABM_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABM_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: accessed&

Definition:

A physical association whereby two Entities are in some (even lose) spatial relationship with each other such that they touch each other in some way.

Examples: the colon is connected (and therefore adjacent) to the jejunum; the colon is adjacent to the liver (even if not actually connected.)

UsageConstraints: Adjacency is in principle a symmetrical connection, but scoper and player of the role should, where applicable, be assigned to have scoper be the larger, more central Entity and player the smaller, more distant, appendage.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive
  Generalizes (derived): CONC

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: adjacency   Name:Role:player:Entity: distal&   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: proximal&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAB______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAB______

Definition:

An adjacency of two Entities held together by a bond which attaches to each of the two entities.

Examples: biceps brachii muscle connected to the radius bone, port 3 on a network switch connected to port 5 on a patch panel.

UsageConstraints: See Adjacency for the assignment of scoper (larger, more central) and player (smaller, more distant).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: ADJY
  Generalizes (derived): BOND CONY

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: connection   Name:Role:player:Entity: distal&   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: proximal&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAB______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAB______

Definition:

A connection between two atoms of a molecule.

Examples: double bond between first and second C in ethane, peptide bond between two amino-acid, disulfide bridge between two proteins, chelate and ion associations, even the much weaker van-der-Waals bonds can be considered molecular bonds.

UsageConstraints: See connection and adjacency for the assignment of player and scoper.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: CONC

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: bond   Name:Role:player:Entity: distal&   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: proximal&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAB______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAB______

Definition:

A connection between two regional parts.

Examples: the connection between ascending aorta and the aortic arc, connection between descending colon and sigmoid.

UsageConstraints: See connection and adjacency for the assignment of player and scoper.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: CONC

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: continuity   Name:Role:player:Entity: distal&   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: proximal&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AAB______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AAB______

Definition:

A material (player) that can be administered to an Entity (scoper).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: administrableMaterial   Name:Role:player:Entity: administrable(&|Product)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABO_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABO_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (scoping&)|scoper

Definition:

Relates a place (playing Entity) as the location where a living subject (scoping Entity) was born.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: birthplace   Name:Role:player:Entity: birthplace   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABL_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABL_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: birthplaceFor&

Definition:

Definition: Relates a place (playing Entity) as the location where a living subject (scoping Entity) died.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: placeOfDeath

Definition:

A material (player) distributed by a distributor (scoper) who functions between a manufacturer and a buyer or retailer.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive
  Generalizes (derived): RET

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: distributedProduct   Name:Role:player:Entity: distributed(&|Product)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABB_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABB_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (distributing&)|distributor

Definition:

Material (player) sold by a retailer (scoper), who also give advice to prospective buyers.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: DST

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: retailedProduct   Name:Role:player:Entity: retailed(&|Product)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABBA____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABBA____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: retailer&

Definition:

A role played by an entity that has been exposed to a person or animal suffering a contagious disease, or with a location from which a toxin has been distributed. The player of the role is normally a person or animal, but it is possible that other entity types could become exposed. The role is scoped by the source of the exposure, and it is quite possible for a person playing the role of exposed party to also become the scoper a role played by another person. That is to say, once a person has become infected, it is possible, perhaps likely, for that person to infect others.

Management of exposures and tracking exposed parties is a key function within public health, and within most public health contexts - exposed parties are known as "contacts."

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: exposedEntity   Name:Role:player:Entity: exposed&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABN_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABN_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: exposing&

Definition:

Entity that is currently in the possession of a holder (scoper), who holds, or uses it, usually based on some agreement with the owner.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: heldEntity   Name:Role:player:Entity: held(&|Entity)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABC_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABC_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (holding&)|holder

Definition:

The role of a material (player) that is the physical health chart belonging to an organization (scoper).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: healthChart   Name:Role:player:Entity: healthChart&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABI_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABI_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: subject&

Definition:

Roles played by entities and scoped by entities that identify them for various purposes.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: identifiedEntity   Name:Role:player:Entity: identified(&|Entity)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABA_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABA_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: assigning(&|Authority)

Definition:

Scoped by the manufacturer

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive
  Generalizes (derived): THER

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: manufacturedProduct   Name:Role:player:Entity: manufactured(&|Product)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABD_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABD_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: manufacturer&

Definition:

A manufactured material (player) that is used for its therapeutic properties. The manufacturer is the scoper.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: MANU

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: manufacturedProduct   Name:Role:player:Entity: manufactured(&|Product)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABDA____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABDA____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: manufacturer&

Definition:

An entity (player) that is maintained by another entity (scoper). This is typical role held by durable equipment. The scoper assumes responsibility for proper operation, quality, and safety.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: maintainedEntity   Name:Role:player:Entity: maintained(&|Entity)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABE_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABE_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (maintaining&)|maintainer

Definition:

An Entity (player) for which someone (scoper) is granted by law the right to call the material (player) his own. This entitles the scoper to make decisions about the disposition of that material.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: ownedEntity   Name:Role:player:Entity: owned(&|Entity)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABF_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABF_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (owning&)|owner

Definition:

A product regulated by some governmentatl orgnization. The role is played by Material and scoped by Organization.

Rationale: To support an entity clone used to identify the NDC number for a drug product.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: regulatedProduct   Name:Role:player:Entity: regulated(&|Product)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABH_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABH_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: regulator&

Definition:

A role played by a place at which services may be provided.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive
  Generalizes (derived): DSDLOC ISDLOC

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: serviceDeliveryLocation   Name:Role:player:Entity: location(&-PLC)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABJ_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABJ_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: serviceProvider&

Definition:

A role of a place (player) that is intended to house the provision of services. Scoper is the Entity (typically Organization) that provides these services. This is not synonymous with "ownership."

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: SDLOC

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: dedicatedServiceDeliveryLocation   Name:Role:player:Entity: location(&-PLC)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABJB____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABJB____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: recognizing&

Definition:

A role played by a place at which health care services may be provided without prior designation or authorization.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: SDLOC

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: incidentalServiceDeliveryLocation   Name:Role:player:Entity: location(&-PLC)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABJA____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABJA____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: recognizing&

Definition:

Relates a place entity (player) as the region over which the scoper (typically an Organization) has certain authority (jurisdiction). For example, the Calgary Regional Health Authority (scoper) has authority over the territory "Region 4 of Alberta" (player) in matters of health.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: territorialAuthority   Name:Role:player:Entity: territory(&-PLC)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABK_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABK_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: governing&

Definition:

Description:An entity (player) that is used by another entity (scoper)

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: usedEntity

Definition:

A role a product plays when a guarantee is given to the purchaser by the seller (scoping entity) stating that the product is reliable and free from known defects and that the seller will repair or replace defective parts within a given time limit and under certain conditions.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPassive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: warrantedProduct   Name:Role:player:Entity: warranted(&|Product)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AABG_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AABG_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: (warranting&)|warranter

Definition:

A relationship in which the scoping Entity defines or specifies what the playing Entity is. Thus, the player's "being" (Greek: ontos) is specified.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: ROL
  Generalizes (derived): EQUIV GEN INST SUBS

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: definedEntity   Name:Role:player:Entity: defined&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AC_______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AC_______   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: defining&

Definition:

Description: Specifies the player Entity (the equivalent Entity) as an Entity that is considered to be equivalent to a reference Entity (scoper). The equivalence is in principle a symmetric relationship, however, it is expected that the scoper is a reference entity which serves as reference entity for multiple different equivalent entities.

Examples: An innovator's medicine formulation is the reference for "generics", i.e., formulations manufactured differently but having been proven to be biologically equivalent to the reference medicine. Another example is a reference ingredient that serves as basis for quantity specifications (basis of strength, e.g., metoprolol succinate specified in terms of metoprolol tartrate.)

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassOntological
  Generalizes (derived): SAME SUBY

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: equivalentEntity

Definition:

The "same" role asserts an identity between playing and scoping entities, i.e., that they are in fact two records of the same entity instance, and, in the case of discrepancies (e.g different DOB, gender), that one or both are in error.

Usage:

playing and scoping entities must have same classCode, but need not have identical attributes or values.

Example:

a provider registry maintains sets of conflicting demographic data for what is reported to be the same individual.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: EQUIV

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: same   Name:Role:player:Entity: same&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ACE______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ACE______   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: same&

Definition:

Relates a prevailing record of an Entity (scoper) with another record (player) that it subsumes.

Examples: Show a correct new Person object (scoper) that subsumes one or more duplicate Person objects that had accidentally been created for the same physical person.

Constraints: Both the player and scoper must have the same classCode.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: EQUIV

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: subsumedBy   Name:Role:player:Entity: subsuming&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ACD______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ACD______   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: subsumed&

Definition:

Relates a specialized material concept (player) to its generalization (scoper).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassOntological
  Generalizes (derived): GRIC

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: specializedKind   Name:Role:player:Entity: specialized(&|Kind)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ACA______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ACA______   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: generalized(&|Kind)

Definition:

A special link between pharmaceuticals indicating that the target (scoper) is a generic for the source (player).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: GEN

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: entityWithGeneric   Name:Role:player:Entity: specialized(&|Kind)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ACAA_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ACAA_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: generic(&|Kind)

Definition:

An individual piece of material (player) instantiating a class of material (scoper).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassOntological

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: instanceOfKind   Name:Role:player:Entity: &Instance   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ACB______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ACB______   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: kindOf&

Definition:

An entity that subsumes the identity of another. Used in the context of merging documented entity instances. Both the player and scoper must have the same classCode.

The use of this code is deprecated in favor of the term SUBY which is its inverse and is more ontologically correct.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassOntological

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: subsumption   Name:Role:player:Entity: prevailing(&|Entity)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ACC______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ACC______   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: subsumed(&|Entity)

Definition:

An association between two Entities where the playing Entity is considered in some way "part" of the scoping Entity, e.g., as a member, component, ingredient, or content. Being "part" in the broadest sense of the word can mean anything from being an integral structural component to a mere incidental temporary association of a playing Entity with a (generally larger) scoping Entity.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: ROL
  Generalizes (derived): CONT EXPAGTCAR INGR LOCE MBR PART SPEC

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: partOfWhole   Name:Role:player:Entity: part&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: AB_______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: AB_______   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: whole&

Definition:

Relates a material as the content (player) to a container (scoper). Unlike ingredients, the content and a container remain separate (not mixed) and the content can be removed from the container. A content is not part of an empty container.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPartitive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: content   Name:Role:player:Entity: (contained(&-MAT))|content   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABB______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABB______   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: container&

Definition:

An exposure agent carrier is an entity that is capable of conveying an exposure agent from one entity to another. The scoper of the role must be the exposure agent (e.g., pathogen).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPartitive
  Generalizes (derived): EXPVECTOR FOMITE

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: exposureAgentCarrier

Definition:

Description: A vector is a living subject that carries an exposure agent. The vector does not cause the disease itself, but exposes targets to the exposure agent. A mosquito carrying malaria is an example of a vector. The scoper of the role must be the exposure agent (e.g., pathogen).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: EXPAGTCAR

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: exposureVector

Definition:

Description: A fomite is a non-living entity that is capable of conveying exposure agent from one entity to another. A doorknob contaminated with a Norovirus is an example of a fomite. Anyone touching the doorknob would be exposed to the virus. The scoper of the role must be the exposure agent (e.g., pathogen).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: EXPAGTCAR

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: fomite

Definition:

Relates a component (player) to a mixture (scoper). E.g., Glucose and Water are ingredients of D5W, latex may be an ingredient in a tracheal tube.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPartitive
  Generalizes (derived): ACTI ADJV ADTV BASE IACT MECH

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: ingredient   Name:Role:player:Entity: ingredient&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABD______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABD______   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: ingredientOf&

Definition:

Definition: a therapeutically active ingredient (player) in a mixture (scoper), where the mixture is typically a manufactured pharmaceutical. It is unknown if the quantity of such an ingredient is expressed precisely in terms of the playing ingredient substance, or, if it is specified in terms of a closely related substance (active moiety or reference substance).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: INGR
  Generalizes (derived): ACTIB ACTIM ACTIR

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: activeIngredient   Name:Role:player:Entity: activeIngredient&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABDA_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABDA_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: ingredientOf&

Definition:

Description: Active ingredient, where the ingredient substance (player) is itself the "basis of strength", i.e., where the Role.quantity specifies exactly the quantity of the player substance in the medicine formulation.

Examples: Lopressor 50 mg actually contains 50 mg of metoprolol succinate, even though the active moiety is metoprolol, but also: Tenormin 50 mg contain 50 mg of atenolol, as free base, i.e., where the active ingredient atenolol is also the active moiety.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: ACTI

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: activeIngredientBasisOfStrength

Definition:

Description: Active ingredient, where not the ingredient substance (player), but itaTMs active moiety is the "basis of strength", i.e., where the Role.quantity specifies the quantity of the player substance's active moiety in the medicine formulation.

Examples: 1 mL of Betopic 5mg/mL eye drops contains 5.6 mg betaxolol hydrochloride equivalent to betaxolol base 5 mg.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: ACTI

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: activeIngredientMoietyIsBasisOfStrength

Definition:

Description: Active ingredient, where not the ingredient substance (player) but another reference substance with the same active moiety, is the "basis of strength", i.e., where the Role.quantity specifies the quantity of a reference substance, similar but different from the player substance's in the medicine formulation.

Examples: Toprol-XL 50 mg contains 47.5 mg of metoprolol succinate equivalent to 50 mg of metoprolol tartrate.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: ACTI

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: activeIngredientReferenceSubstanceIsBasisOfStrength

Definition:

A component (player) added to enhance the action of an active ingredient (scoper) (in the manner of a catalyst) but which has no active effect in and of itself. Such ingredients are significant in defining equivalence of products in a way that inactive ingredients are not.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: INGR

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: adjuvant

Definition:

An ingredient (player) that is added to a base (scoper), that amounts to a minor part of the overall mixture.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: INGR

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: additive   Name:Role:player:Entity: additive&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABDE_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABDE_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: additiveOf&

Definition:

A base ingredient (player) is what comprises the major part of a mixture (scoper). E.g., Water in most i.v. solutions, or Vaseline in salves. Among all ingredients of a material, there should be only one base. A base substance can, in turn, be a mixture.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: INGR

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: base   Name:Role:player:Entity: base&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABDC_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABDC_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: baseOf&

Definition:

An ingredient which is not considered therapeutically active, e.g., colors, flavors, stabilizers, or preservatives, fillers, or structural components added to an active ingredient in order to facilitate administration of the active ingredient but without being considered therapeutically active. An inactive ingredient need not be biologically inert, e.g., might be active as an allergen or might have a pleasant taste, but is not an essential constituent delivering the therapeutic effect.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: INGR
  Generalizes (derived): COLR FLVR PRSV STBL

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: inactiveIngredient   Name:Role:player:Entity: inactiveIngredient&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABDD_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABDD_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: ingredientOf&

Definition:

A substance (player) influencing the optical aspect of material (scoper).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: IACT

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: colorAdditive   Name:Role:player:Entity: color&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABDDC____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABDDC____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: additiveOf&

Definition:

A substance (player) added to a mixture (scoper) to make it taste a certain way. In food the use is obvious, in pharmaceuticals flavors can hide disgusting taste of the active ingredient (important in pediatric treatments).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: IACT

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: flavorAdditive   Name:Role:player:Entity: flavor&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABDDD____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABDDD____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: additiveOf&

Definition:

A substance (player) added to a mixture (scoper) to prevent microorganisms (fungi, bacteria) to spoil the mixture.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: IACT

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: preservative   Name:Role:player:Entity: preservative&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABDDA____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABDDA____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: preservativeOf&

Definition:

A stabilizer (player) added to a mixture (scoper) in order to prevent the molecular disintegration of the main substance.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: IACT

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: stabilizer   Name:Role:player:Entity: stabilizer&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABDDB____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABDDB____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: stabilizerOf&

Definition:

An ingredient (player) of a medication (scoper) that is inseparable from the active ingredients, but has no intended chemical or pharmaceutical effect itself, but which may have some systemic effect on the patient.

An example is a collagen matrix used as a base for transplanting skin cells. The collagen matrix can be left permanently in the graft site. Because it is of bovine origin, the patient may exhibit allergies or may have cultural objections to its use.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: INGR

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: mechanicalIngredient

Definition:

Relates an entity (player) to a location (scoper) at which it is present in some way. This presence may be limited in time.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPartitive
  Generalizes (derived): STOR

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: locatedEntity   Name:Role:player:Entity: located(&|Entity)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABE______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABE______   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: location(&-PLC)

Definition:

Relates an entity (player) (e.g. a device) to a location (scoper) at which it is normally found or stored when not used.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: LOCE

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: storedEntity   Name:Role:player:Entity: stored(&|Entity)   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABEA_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABEA_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: storageLocation(&-PLC)

Definition:

A role played by an entity that is a member of a group. The group provides the scope for this role.

Among other uses, groups as used in insurance (groups of covered individuals) and in scheduling where resources may be grouped for scheduling and logistical purposes.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPartitive

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: member   Name:Role:player:Entity: member&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABF______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABF______   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: group&

Definition:

Definition: an association between two Entities where the playing Entity (the part) is a component of the whole (scoper) in the sense of an integral structural component, that is distinct from other parts in the same whole, has a distinct function in the whole, and, as an effect, the full integrity of the whole depends (to some degree) on the presence of this part, even though the part may often be separable from the whole.

Discussion: Part is defined in opposition to (a) ingredient (not separable), (b) content (not a functional component), and (c) member (not functionally distinct from other members).

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPartitive
  Generalizes (derived): ACTM

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: partOfWhole   Name:Role:player:Entity: part&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABC______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABC______   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: whole&

Definition:

The molecule or ion that is responsible for the intended pharmacological action of the drug substance, excluding those appended or associated parts of the molecule that make the molecule an ester, salt (including a salt with hydrogen or coordination bonds), or other noncovalent derivative (such as a complex, chelate, or clathrate).

Examples: heparin-sodium and heparin-potassium have the same active moiety, heparin; the active moiety of morphine-hydrochloride is morphine.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: PART

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: activeMoiety   Name:Role:player:Entity: activeMoiety   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABDB_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABDB_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: moietyOf&

Definition:

A role played by a material entity that is a specimen for an act. It is scoped by the source of the specimen.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: _RoleClassPartitive
  Generalizes (derived): ALQT ISLT

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: specimen   Name:Role:player:Entity: specimen&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABA______   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABA______   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: source&

Definition:

A portion (player) of an original or source specimen (scoper) used for testing or transportation.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: SPEC

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: aliquot   Name:Role:player:Entity: aliquot&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABAA_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABAA_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: source&

Definition:

A microorganism that has been isolated from other microorganisms or a source matrix.

Concept Relationships:
  Specializes: SPEC

Concept Properties:   Name:Class: isolate   Name:Role:player:Entity: isolate&   Sort:Entity:playedRole:Role: ABAB_____   Sort:Entity:scopedRole:Role: ABAB_____   Name:Role:scoper:Entity: source&