Special Vocabulary Considerations for Harmonization Processes

• Bound Value Set Changes

Many existing Value Sets have defined Context Bindings in the current vocabulary. Occasionally, changes to one or more of these Value Sets are brought as proposals to a Harmonization Meeting. When proposed changes are submitted to a Value Set that has one or more Context Bindings currently existing, a number of specific questions must be considered based upon the type of proposed change(s):

• • Is the Value Set being deprecated?

When a bound Value Set is deprecated, the binding(s) must be evaluated. Either they also must be deprecated, or they should be changed to identify a different Value Set that is not deprecated. In either case, text documentation describing the binding change and the reason(s) for it must be submitted.