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Term	Definition	Reference
Association	One of eleven resource kinds defined by the CTS2 specification. See the Functionality list for more detail.	CTS2 6.2
Bargain	You say it may be but its not
CIM	A "computationally independent model";	OMG
Code System Catalog	One of eleven resource kinds defined by the CTS2 specification. See the Functionality list for more detail.	CTS2 6.2
Code System Version Catalog	One of eleven resource kinds defined by the CTS2 specification. See the Functionality list for more detail.	CTS2 6.2
Code System and Code System Version Catalog Services	One of seven sections of the CTS2 specification defining code system-related services	CTS2 Code System and Code System Version Catalog Services
Concept Domain Binding	One of eleven resource kinds defined by the CTS2 specification. See the Functionality list for more detail.	CTS2 6.2
Concept Domain Catalog	One of eleven resource kinds defined by the CTS2 specification. See the Functionality list for more detail.	CTS2 6.2
Concept Domain and Concept Domain Binding Services	One of seven sections of the CTS2 specification defining concept domain-related services	CTS2 Concept Domain and Concept Domain Binding Services
Core Model Elements	One of seven sections of the CTS2 specification defining the foundational services on which the other sections are built	CTS2 Core Model Elements
DirectoryURI	A URI that identifes a resource that is a collection of other resources
Entity Description	One of eleven resource kinds defined by the CTS2 specification. See the Functionality list for more detail.	CTS2 6.2
Entity Description Services	One of seven sections of the CTS2 specification defining entity-related services	CTS2 Entity Description Services
FP_AUTHORING	A functional profile indicating that the service supports the ability to create ChangeSets.	CTS2 2.1
FP_EXPORT	A functional profile indicating that the implementation supports the ability to export elements of the associated structural profiles in one or more external formats	CTS2 2.1
FP_IMPORT	A functional profile indicating that the implementation supports the ability to import resources from one or more external formats into elements of the associated structural profiles	CTS2 2.1
FP_QUERY	A functional profile indicating that the implementation supports search and enumerate access for artifacts of the associated structural profile	CTS2 2.1
FP_READ	A functional profile indicating that the implementation supports direct read access for artifacts of the associated structural profile.	CTS2 2.1
FP_TEMPORAL	A functional profile indicating that the system supports the ability to read and query (as supported by the service) the service in the context of a date and time different	CTS2 2.1
FP_UPDATE	A functional profile indicating that the service supports the ability to apply incremental updates (ChangeSets) to the associated resources	CTS2 2.1
History	A set of functions that identify changes that have occurred over defined periods	CTS2 6.2
History services	The part of a section outlining the history services	CTS2 6.2
IHTSDO	International Healthcare Terminology Standards Development Organization	IHTSDO
IP_CRDF	An implemetation profile indicating that the service supports the “Canonical RDF” PSM	CTS2 2.1
IP_REST	An implemetation profile indicating that the service supports the REST PSM	CTS2 2.1
IP_SOAP	An implemetation profile indicating that the system supports the SOAP implementation profile	CTS2 2.1
Maintenance	A set of functions that manage sets of changes to resources	CTS2 6.2
Maintenance services	The part of a section outlining the maintenance services	CTS2 6.2
Map Catalog	One of eleven resource kinds defined by the CTS2 specification. See the Functionality list for more detail.	CTS2 6.2
Map Services	One of seven sections of the CTS2 specification defining map-related services	CTS2 Map Services
Map Version	One of eleven resource kinds defined by the CTS2 specification. See the Functionality list for more detail.	CTS2 6.2
OMG	Object Management Group	OMG
PIM	A "platform independent model"; i.e., a logical model that applies design patterns in the interest of reuse and interoperability but strives to exclude technical constraints
PSM	A "platform specific model"; i.e., a model that addresses all requirements necessary to be implemented on a specific platform
Query	A set of functions that return sets of resources based on query parameters	CTS2 6.2
Query services	The part of a section outlining the query services	CTS2 6.2
ROA	Resource Oriented Architecture
Read	A set of functions that return representations of identified resources	CTS2 6.2
Read services	The part of a section outlining the read services	CTS2 6.2
Resolved Value Set	A value set presented as as collection of values appropriate for use in an identified context, rather than as a name, definition, or other abstract representation
Resource directory and list model	The part of a section outlining the static model of a directory the germane resources	CTS2 6.2
Resource information model	The part of a section outlining the static model of data elements	CTS2 6.2
SP_ASSOCIATION	A structural profile indicating that the implementation supports the Association resource	CTS2 2.1
SP_CODE_SYSTEM	A structural profile indicating that the implementation supports the Code System Catalog resource	CTS2 2.1
SP_CODE_SYSTEM_VERSION	A structural profile indicating that the implementation supports the Code System Version Catalog resource	CTS2 2.1
SP_CONCEPT_DOMAIN	A structural profile indicating that the implementation supports the Concept Domain Catalog resource	CTS2 2.1
SP_CONCEPT_DOMAIN_BINDING	A structural profile indicating that the implementation supports the Concept Domain Binding resource	CTS2 2.1
SP_ENTITY_DESCRIPTION	A structural profile indicating that the implementation supports the Entity Description resource	CTS2 2.1
SP_MAP	A structural profile indicating that the implementation supports the Map Catalog resource	CTS2 2.1
SP_MAP_VERSION	A structural profile indicating that the implementation supports the Map Version Catalog resource	CTS2 2.1
SP_VALUE_SET	A structural profile indicating that the implementation supports the Value Set Catalog resource	CTS2 2.1
SP_VALUE_SET_DEFINITION	A structural profile indicating that the implementation supports the Value Set Definition Catalog resource	CTS2 2.1
SP_VALUE_SET_RESOLUTION	A structural profile indicating that the implementation supports the Resolved Value Set resource	CTS2 2.1
Specialized	A service-specific function such as the association reasoning services, the map entry services and the resolved value set services	CTS2 6.2
Statement	One of eleven resource kinds defined by the CTS2 specification. See the Functionality list for more detail.	CTS2 6.2
Statement Services	One of seven sections of the CTS2 specification defining statement-related services	CTS2 Statement Model and Services
Temporal	A function that provides a representation of a resource in the state it occupied at a defined point in time	CTS2 6.2
URI	Uniform resource identifier. A scheme for identifying resources uniquely described in IETF RFC XXX.
Update	A set of functions that modify the representation of identified resources	CTS2 6.2
Value Set Catalog	One of eleven resource kinds defined by the CTS2 specification. See the Functionality list for more detail.	CTS2 6.2
Value Set Definition	One of eleven resource kinds defined by the CTS2 specification. See the Functionality list for more detail.	CTS2 6.2
Value Set Services	One of seven sections of the CTS2 specification defining value set-related services	CTS2 Value Set Services
catalog	The complete set of information about a set of resources known to a service, including all metadata for all resources
change set	A collection of well-defined modifications made to a resource
context	External and environmental factors that serve to discriminate among multiple possible selections	CTS2 Core Model Elements
directory	A subset of resources from a catalog including a subset of metadata per resource
federation	A design principle holding that clients and services should be capable of delegating tasks to different services, and that centralized implementation logic is neither necessary nor desirable
foo	testing
linear value proposition	A design principle holding that simple capabilities should be simple to implement, and not burdened by design constraints supporting more complex capabilities
list	A subset of resources from a catalog including all metadata for selected resources
modular design	A design principle holding that capabilities should be independent of one another to the extent possible
open state	A state of a resource indicating that it is in the process of undergoing a change set	CTS2_ Core Model Elements
reference	something (as a sign or indication) that refers a reader or consulter to another source of information	Merriam-Webster
resolve	To provide a more complete resource description in response to a resource identifier
resource	A resource R is a temporally varying membership function MR(t), which for time t maps to a set of entities, or values, which are equivalent. The values in the set may be resource representations and/or resource identifiers.	UCI.edu
resourceType	A classification of a resource. Values are listed in the Resource class.
service	A discrete unit of application logic that exposes loosely coupled message-based interfaces suitable for being accessed across a network.	SKMT

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