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Table (DB Name)

Table

Field

Community Convergence

DB Field Name

commConvergence

Req'd?

required

Data Type

varchar (20)

Misc Flag

n/a

References

n/a

List?

closed

Notes

n/a

Definition

This is the descriptive attribute that is used to relate the congruence between two concepts.

closed List of Values:
Value	Description	Sorting
equal	The two concepts are exactly the same.	1
greater than	The reference concept (referenced in table:Status) fully contains the correlated concept (referenced in table:Concept), but also includes additional entities.	2
less than	The reference concept is fully included in the correlated concept, but the latter concept contains additional entities.	3
not equal	The two concepts are not exactly the same. This leaves the possibilities that the reference concept is greater than, less than, overlapping, similar, or disjunct relative to the correlated concept.	4
overlapping	The two concepts contain at least one common entity, and each concept also contains at least one entity that the other does not contain. Neither concept is fully contained in the other.	5
similar	The two concepts contain at least one common individual.	6
disjunct	The two concepts in question contain no common entities.	7
undetermined	Although some correlation is likely, the party responsible for the this correlation has not made a determination.	8