cts2/cts2-specification — Issue #67: Concept Domain Binding = binding.
Author: aestelrich
Created: 2012-03-07 13:41:49+00:00
State: open

Binding involves Concept Domains and Usage Contexts.

In order to provide the service that is expected by the user, a terminology service must be able to support a "double binding" -in a certain Usage Context one must use a particular Value Set which belongs to a Concept Domain (the latter not being always specified). Most times, IHE content profiles (in CDA implementation guides) do not explicitly refer to a Concept Domain.

By having a name of Concept Domain Binding, emphasis is placed on the Concept Domain aspect of the binding, although the definitions indicate both:

11-09-01 - Common Terminology Services 2
Page 17 : « Concept Domain Binding – the coupling of a concept domain with a value set, where the value set provides a list of possible meanings that can be used in a concept domain in a particular use case or context. » In 11-09-03 the definition is again present: “The binding of a ConceptDomain and a Value Set that supplies the set of permissible value meanings in a given context”. Proposition: replace Concept Domain Binding by "binding" as it is done in the HL7 CTS2 SFM.