Universe

Describes a universe which may also be known as a population. A Universe describes the “object” of a Data Element Concept or Data Element as defined by ISO/IEC 11179. A universe may be organized into hierarchical sub-universes. In addition to the standard name, label, and description, the universe may provide a generation code (how the universe is differentiated or split out from another universe), a definition of hierarchical sub-settings for the universe, and an attribute that indicates if the description of the universe is stated in terms of what the universe includes.

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Namespace: cc (ConceptualComponent)
Parent Maintainable: UniverseSchemeType
Type: UniverseType
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Universe
 Extension base: Versionable
  @isInclusive
  UniverseName                          (0..n)
  r:Label                               (0..n)
  r:Description                         (0..1)
  DefiningConceptReference              (0..1)
  UniverseGenerationCode                (0..n)
  CHOICE                                (0..n)
    SubUniverseClass
    SubUniverseClassReference
  END CHOICE

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