Concept help - Conceptual Domain
A conceptual domain may be associated with either a data element concept or a value domain. A conceptual domain is not a mandatory association, and there may be a one-to-many relationship between a data element concept and a conceptual domain, or a value domain and a conceptual domain.
Countries of the world can be expressed as a conceptual domain. The concept of countries can be measured by both enumerated and non-enumerated value domains. An enumerated value domain may reference the Australian Standard Classification of Countries (2011) and provide a four digit code (i.e. NNNN). A non-enumerated value domain may still reference the same classification, but collect country names using a textual field instead (i.e Text X[X(99)]. Both the enumerated and non-enumerated value domains could be associated with the conceptual domain for countries. The conceptual domain might also be associated with several data element concepts which incorporate country as a central theme, such as Person —country of birth, Person — country of residence, or Person — country of citizenship.
ISO/IEC 11179-3 Section 11.3.2.1Conceptual_Domain is a class, each instance of which models a conceptual domain (3.2.21), a set of value meanings (3.2.141) which may either be enumerated or expressed via a description. Conceptual_Domain is an abstract class, which has two possible subclasses: Enumerated_Conceptual_Domain (11.3.2.2) and Described Conceptual_Domain (11.3.2.4). Every Conceptual_Domain instance must be either an Enumerated_Conceptual_Domain or a Described Conceptual_Domain or a combination of the two.
Fields available on this metadata type
Field | ISO definition |
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Name | The primary name used for human identification purposes. |
Definition | Representation of a concept by a descriptive statement which serves to differentiate it from related concepts. (3.2.39) |
Is Federated | |
Is Not Federable | |
Version | Unique version identifier of this metadata item. |
References | Significant documents that contributed to the development of the metadata item which were not the direct source for the metadata content. |
Origin | The source (e.g. document, project, discipline or model) for the item (8.1.2.2.3.5) |
Comments | Descriptive comments about the metadata item (8.1.2.2.3.4) |
Deleted | The date after which the item has been soft deleted and is no longer visible in the registry |
Description | Description or specification of a rule, reference, or range for a set of all value meanings for a Conceptual Domain |
Official Definition
A concept that expresses its description or valid instance meanings ISO/IEC 11179 - Clause 3.2.21