Concept description


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Description

"Descriptions" in OpenMRS refer generically to all the various ways people describe a given concept. Descriptions have one to many different locales (english, french).

Attributes

Column Name Type Default Description
Primary Key concept_description_id int Unique key for this table.
Required concept_id concept.concept_id int Reference back to concept which is being described.
Required description text Actual description for a given concept. Well designed concepts have long, fully descriptive definitions.
Required locale varchar(50) Locale of name. List of possible values described here.
Required creator users.user_id int User who created description.
Required date_created datetime 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Date the description was created.
changed_by users.user_id int NULL User who last changed the description.
date_changed datetime NULL Date the description was last changed.
Required voided bit It's true if desscription has been terminated for use in the system.
voided_by users.user_id int NULL User who terminated the description.
date_voided datetime 0000-00-00 00:00:000 Date the description was voided.
void_reason varchar (255) NULL Reason why the description was voided.
Primary Key primary key, Required required