Validation

The following validation rules are enforced when creating a Local Code System

• ID, Title, URL fields are mandatory, ID and URL have to be unique.

• ID, OID, URL, Title fields cannot be edited after the creation.

The following validation rules are enforced when creating a Local Code

• Code and Preferred Term fields are mandatory, Code is autogenerated if it is not filled out.

• Code and Term are unique within the same terminology.

• Code field cannot be edited after creation.

Run validation

The Local Code System validation can be executed via a toolbar menu option: Tools > Validate Local Termonologies.

Validate Local Terminologies option

Once the validation wizard is invoked, the Local Code System targeted for validations needs to be selected from the list of available Local Code Systems.

Validation configuration wizard

The execution of the rules works the same as that of the general Snow Owl validation rules.

For the results, there is a dedicated tab within the Validation Issues View, where users can browse the reported rule violations. Double-clicking on one of the reported issues will open the relevant Local Code's editor.

Local Code System related results in the Validation Issues view

Editing and authoring Reference Sets

Local Codes can be added as a map target in Map type Reference Sets.

For more information about editing and authoring Reference Sets, please refer to the section below.

Adding Reference Set Members