CorrespondenceType¶
Describes the commonalities and differences between two items using a textual description of both commonalities and differences plus an optional coding of the type of commonality, a commonality expresses as a 0 to 1 weighting factor (expressing degree of comparability) and a user defined correspondence property which is specific to an organization or community of use.
Properties¶
Name |
Type |
Description |
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|---|---|---|---|
Commonality |
0..1 |
A description of the common features of the two items using a StructuredString to support multiple language versions of the same content as well as optional formatting of the content. |
|
Difference |
0..1 |
A description of the differences between the two items using a StructuredString to support multiple language versions of the same content as well as optional formatting of the content. |
|
CommonalityTypeCoded |
0..1 |
A brief description describing the commonality of the two schemes/items, i.e., “Identical”, “High”, “Medium”, “Low”, “None”. Supports the use of an external controlled vocabulary. |
|
CommonalityWeight |
float |
0..1 |
A value between 0 and 1 expressing the degree of commonality (0 indicates none, 1 indicates that they are identical). |
UserDefinedCorrespondenceProperty |
0..n |
An alternate means of expressing commonality within a specific system. A system specific user defined correspondence expressed as a key/value pair. As this is specific to an individual system the use of controlled vocabularies for the key is strongly recommended. |
