Determiner Codes

Determiner codes are used to classify whether a tuple in the entity table represents an actual thing or a classification of things. There are three types of determiner classifications for objects listed in .

Determiner	Description	Example
Specific	The entry in the database represents a one or more occurrences of an entity.	A patient, a facility, an organization, etc.
Kind	The entry represents a classification of entities.	A type of material, a type of organization, a type of device.
Quantified Kind	Represents a kind of object which is quantified such as X number of Y.	A dose of vaccine (5ml, etc.)