# Presentation: 509309

## Data ElementStandards ProposalPerson Name Prefix Code

**Data Element****Standards Proposal****Person Name Prefix Code**

**VCDE WS Small Group Recommendations**
**Mary Cooper, Kristel Dobratz, Rakesh Nagarajan (Lead), Linda Schmandt, Daniela Smith, Grace Stafford **
**and Lynne Wilkens**
**9/6/2007**

## Issues for Consideration

_**Focus**_
- 	Abbreviations for prefix social titles used with a person’s name
- 	Harmonize existing value domains
_**Specificity**_
- 	Speaking (ex., Dr. Smith)
- 	Written Address (ex., Mr. Smith)
- 	Uniformed Services Prefixes
_**Applicable Standards/References**__ _
- 	HL7 v2.x and 3 Ballot, CDISC, DICOM, ANSI HISPP MSDS, EPA, HR-XML
_**Out of Scope**_
- 	Abbreviations used as suffixes, such as academic degrees
- 	Position Honorifics (HRH, His Holiness, President)
- 	Royalty or Lineage Titles (Duke, Earl, Prince)

## Recommendations for Standardization

- Person Name Prefix Code
- Enumerated list of Permissible Values
- Person US Military Rank Name Prefix Code
- List of values provided by reference
- Department of Defense
- US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
- 2 Template CDEs

## Candidate Data Element Details

- Person Name Prefix Code
- Object Class = Person (C25190)
- Property + Qualifier = Name (C42614) Prefix (C54066)
**Definition** - The code that describes an affix occurring before the beginning of a word or group of words for the title that precedes an individual's name.
- Value Domain (reused/harmonized existing)
- Representation Term = Code (C25162)
- Data type = Character
- Max. Length = 20
- Permissible Values – next slide

## Recommendation DetailsName Prefix Code - Permissible Values

| Permissible Value | Value Meaning | Concept Code | Value Meaning Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bish. | Bishop  |  C69162 | A courtesy title for a person who supervises a number of local churches or a diocese, being in the Greek, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other churches a member of the highest order of the ministry. |
| Br. | Brother |  C48648 | A courtesy title for a member of a religious order, fraternity, movement, or other group. |
| Ch. | Chaplain  |  C69163 | A courtesy title for an ecclesiastic attached to the chapel of a royal court, college, etc., or to a military unit.  |
| Dr. | Doctor |  C69164 | A courtesy title for a person who has received a doctoral degree. |
| Fr. | Father |  C69165 | A courtesy title of reverence, as for church dignitaries, officers of monasteries, monks, confessors, and especially priests. |
| Mr. | Mister |  C69166 | A courtesy title of respect for a man.  |
| Miss | Miss |  C69167 | A courtesy title of respect for an unmarried woman. |
| Mrs. | Mrs  |  C69168 | A courtesy title of respect prefixed to the name of a married woman. |
| Ms. | Ms  | C69169 | A courtesy title used before the name of a woman without making a distinction between married or unmarried status. |
| Prof. | Professor | C69170 | A courtesy title for a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university. |
| R. | Rabbi | C69171 | A courtesy title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher.  |
| Rev. | Reverend | C69172 | A courtesy title of respect applied or prefixed to the name of a member of the clergy or a religious order. |
| Sr. | Sister | C48649 | A courtesy title for a member of a religious order, fraternity, movement, the nursing profession, or other group. |

## Recommendation DetailsPrefix Abbreviations for US Military Ranks

**Person US Military Rank Name Prefix Code**
**Object Class** = Person (C25190)
**Property + Qualifiers **= United States (C17234), Military (C68638), Rank (C48904), Name (C42614), Prefix (C54066)
**Definition** - The abbreviations that represent the rank for personnel in the United States uniformed services as an affix occurring at or before the beginning of an individual's name.
**Value Domain** (new)
- Representation Term = Code (C25162)
- Data type = Character
- Max. Length = 15
- Permissible Values – available from references
- Department of Defense Source - _[http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/insignias/officers.html](http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/insignias/officers.html)_
- _[http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/insignias/enlisted.html ](http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/insignias/enlisted.html)_
- US Public Health Commissioned Corps Source:
- _[http://commcorps.shs.net/aboutus/uniforms.aspx](http://commcorps.shs.net/aboutus/uniforms.aspx)__ _

## Template Data Element Details

- Template [Object Class] Name Prefix Code
- Template [Object Class] US Military Rank Name Prefix Code
- Templates allow for creation of new Data Element Concepts
- New Class with reuse of Attributes and Value Domains
- EXAMPLES –
**Participant **Name Prefix Code
- Definition:  The codes that describes an affix occurring before the beginning of a word or group of words indicating the identity of someone who takes part in an activity.
**Participant **US Military Rank** **Name Prefix Code
- Definition:  The abbreviations that represent the rank for personnel in the United States uniformed services as an affix occurring at or before the beginning of a word or group of words for someone who takes part in an activity.

## Suggested UML Guidance

- Goal is to provide reusable/searchable metadata for manual and automated curation methods
- Standardize CDEs from existing caDSR content
- Two acceptable UML models shown, in order of preference
- Highly recommended: UML model to fit proposed standard CDEs
- Acceptable: Use standard attribute and value domain if alternate class name is necessary

## UML Model Guidance(Highly Recommended)

**Person Name Prefix Code - 2663165 **** **
**Person US Military Rank Name Prefix Code - 2665353**

**Map attributes to Standard CDEs**

**UML Model**

## UML Model Guidance(Acceptable)

**Include a Class in a model with any Class name and attribute namePrefix (C54066:C25191).  Map attribute to Value Domain Person Name Prefix Code  (Public ID 2179427).**

**[Object Class] Name Prefix Code**

**Object Class**
**- namePrefix (C42614:C54066)**

**UML Model**

**Use Template CDE to create new CDE from existing (Slides 13 and 15)**

## Discussion/Decision

**Questions**
**Vote to send candidate proposal to caBIG Community for 30 day review**