2013AA Release Information

Release Metadata and Statistics

Columns and Data Elements: Lists column and data element abbreviations, names and descriptions in Metathesaurus files in alphabetical order by abbreviation; includes field length and SQL92 datatype information. Provided for both Rich Release and Original Release Formats.

Attribute Names: Lists column and data element abbreviations, names and descriptions in Metathesaurus files in alphabetical order by abbreviation; includes field length and SQL92 datatype information. Provided for both Original Release and Rich Release Formats.

Abbreviations Used in Data Elements: Lists abbreviations and definitions of abbreviations used in Metathesaurus data elements, alphabetically by attribute type; includes relationship attributes.

Source Vocabularies: Lists alphabetically by source abbreviation vocabularies and classifications that are the sources of the concepts, terms and relationships in the Metathesaurus. HIPAA standard and CHI recommended vocabularies and code sets are noted.

Source and Term Types: Default Order of Precedence and Suppressibility: Lists sources and term types in default order of rank or precedence, used to determine referred names in the Metathesaurus, and notes the default suppressibility status assigned to each Source|Term Type.

Statistics: Provides an overview of the current Metatheasaurus, including summary counts of concepts, names, sources and languages.