HSE Terminology

Abstract

A controlled vocabulary for the Health Service Executive public health terminology including code schemes for data catalogues and health indicators. This terminology provides standardized terms and classifications for health data management, supporting interoperability and consistent data cataloguing across the Irish health system.

HSE Terminology : A-Z

Access Rights Code
- DEF : A code scheme for categorizing data access rights and restrictions.
- NT : Non public
- NT : Public
- NT : Restricted
ADMIN
- DEF : healthcare-related administrative data, including on dispensations, reimbursement claims and reimbursements
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category
AGGREGATED
- DEF : aggregated data on healthcare needs, resources allocated to healthcare, the provision of and access to healthcare, healthcare expenditure and financing
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category
ANNUAL
- DEF : an event that is updated at intervals up to one year.
- BT : Frequency Code
- TT : Frequency Code
APROF
- DEF : An application profile is a profile which specifies and describes the metadata used in a particular application.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
AS NEEDED
- DEF : tem is updated as deemed necessary.
- BT : Frequency Code
- TT : Frequency Code
ATTO LEX
- DEF : Table of EUR-Lex domain in ATTO, internal translation manager application of the Publications Office of the European Union.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
ATTO PUB
- DEF : Table of Publications domain in ATTO, internal translation manager application of the Publications Office of the European Union.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
BIOBANK
- DEF : health data from biobanks and associated databases
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category
Carlow Kilkenny and Tipperary South IHA
- DEF : Carlow Kilkenny and Tipperary South IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Cavan Monaghan IHA
- DEF : Cavan Monaghan IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Clare and Limerick County IHA
- DEF : Clare and Limerick County IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Carlow
- DEF : Co. Carlow ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Cavan
- DEF : Co. Cavan ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Clare
- DEF : Co. Clare ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Cork
- DEF : Co. Cork ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Donegal
- DEF : Co. Donegal ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Dublin
- DEF : Co. Dublin ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Galway
- DEF : Co. Galway ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Kerry
- DEF : Co. Kerry ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Kildare
- DEF : Co. Kildare ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Kilkenny
- DEF : Co. Kilkenny ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Laois
- DEF : Co. Laois ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Leitrim
- DEF : Co. Leitrim ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Limerick
- DEF : Co. Limerick ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Longford
- DEF : Co. Longford ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Louth
- DEF : Co. Louth ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Mayo
- DEF : Co. Mayo ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Meath
- DEF : Co. Meath ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Monaghan
- DEF : Co. Monaghan ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Offaly
- DEF : Co. Offaly ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Roscommon
- DEF : Co. Roscommon ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Sligo
- DEF : Co. Sligo ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Tipperary
- DEF : Co. Tipperary ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Waterford
- DEF : Co. Waterford ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Westmeath
- DEF : Co. Westmeath ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Wexford
- DEF : Co. Wexford ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Co. Wicklow
- DEF : Co. Wicklow ,County
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
CODE LIST
- DEF : A code list is a complete set of data element values of a coded simple data element.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
Community-based and Clinical Care Organisations
- BT : Publisher Type Code
- TT : Publisher Type Code
Consent
- DEF : Consent of the Data Subject for specified process or activity
- BT : Legal Basis Code
- TT : Legal Basis Code
Contract Performance
- DEF : Fulfilment or performance of a contract involving specified processing of data or technologies
- BT : Legal Basis Code
- TT : Legal Basis Code
CORE COMP
- DEF : A core component is a context-free semantic building block for creating clear and meaningful data models, vocabularies and information exchange packages.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
Cork North and East IHA
- DEF : Cork North and East IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Cork South and West IHA
- DEF : Cork South and West IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Count
- DEF : The actual number of events, cases or items in the population.
- BT : Indicator Type Code
- TT : Indicator Type Code
County
- DEF : One of Ireland's counties
- BT : Spatial Granularity Code
- TT : Spatial Granularity Code
DAILY
- DEF : an event that is updated at intervals up to one day.
- BT : Frequency Code
- TT : Frequency Code
Data Controller Contract
- DEF : Creation, completion, fulfilment, or performance of a contract, with Data Controllers as parties being Joint Data Controllers, and involving specified processing of data or technologies
- BT : Legal Basis Code
- TT : Legal Basis Code
Data Processor Contract
- DEF : Creation, completion, fulfilment, or performance of a contract, with the Data Controller and Data Processor as parties, and involving specified processing of data or technologies
- BT : Legal Basis Code
- TT : Legal Basis Code
Data Subject Contract
- DEF : Creation, completion, fulfilment, or performance of a contract, with the Data Controller and Data Subject as parties, and involving specified processing of data or technologies
- BT : Legal Basis Code
- TT : Legal Basis Code
Data Transfer LegalBasis
- DEF : Specific or special categories and instances of legal basis intended for justifying data transfers
- BT : Legal Basis Code
- TT : Legal Basis Code
Data Type Code
- DEF : A code scheme for categorizing different types of datasets.
- NT : APROF
- NT : ATTO LEX
- NT : ATTO PUB
- NT : CODE LIST
- NT : CORE COMP
- NT : DIRECTORY
- NT : DOMAIN MODEL
- NT : DSCRP SERV
- NT : GEOSPATIAL
- NT : GLOSSARY
- NT : HVD
- NT : IEPD
- NT : MAPPING
- NT : NAL
- NT : ONTOLOGY
- NT : OP DATPRO
- NT : PERSONAL DATA
- NT : RELEASE
- NT : SCHEMA
- NT : STATISTICAL
- NT : STYLES
- NT : SYNTAX ECD SCHEME
- NT : SYNTHETIC DATA
- NT : TAXONOMY
- NT : TEST DATA
- NT : THESAURUS
DEV REGISTRIES
- DEF : data from registries for medicinal products and medical devices
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category
DIRECTORY
- DEF : A directory contains information about individual entities (e.g. persons) and their (probably) hierarchical organisation and related entities. It is used to browse individuals in their organisational context.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
Domain Code
- DEF : A code scheme for categorizing health and wellbeing domains relevant to older adults.
- NT : CHRONIC DISEASES
- NT : CONNECTIONS AND PARTICIPATION
- NT : DEMOGRAPHICS
- NT : EDUCATION AND SKILLS
- NT : FINANCES
- NT : HEALTHCARE AVAILABILITY AND INTEGRATION
- NT : HEALTHCARE USE
- NT : HEALTH BEHAVIOURS
- NT : HEALTH STATUS
- NT : HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENT
- NT : PROVIDING CARE
- NT : VULNERABLE GROUPS
DOMAIN MODEL
- DEF : A domain model is a conceptual view of a system or an information exchange that identifies the entities involved and their relationships.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
Donegal IHA
- DEF : Donegal IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
dpv:AnonymisedData
- DEF : Personal Data that has been (fully and completely) anonymised so that it is no longer considered Personal Data. For example by aggregation.
- BT : Personal Data Code
- TT : Personal Data Code
dpv:CollectedPersonalData
- DEF : Personal Data that has been collected from another source such as the Data Subject
- BT : Personal Data Code
- TT : Personal Data Code
dpv:DerivedPersonalData
- DEF : Personal Data that is obtained or derived from other data
- BT : Personal Data Code
- TT : Personal Data Code
dpv:GeneratedPersonalData
- DEF : Personal Data that is generated or brought into existence without relation to existing data i.e. it is not derived or inferred from other data
- BT : Personal Data Code
- TT : Personal Data Code
dpv:IdentifyingPersonalData
- DEF : Personal Data that explicitly and by itself is sufficient to identify a person
- BT : Personal Data Code
- TT : Personal Data Code
dpv:NonPersonalData
- DEF : Use this to indicate it is known that no personal data is in this data source.
- BT : Personal Data Code
- TT : Personal Data Code
dpv:PersonalData
- DEF : Use to indicate presence of personal data. Defined as data directly or indirectly associated or related to an individual. More specific types below:
- BT : Personal Data Code
- TT : Personal Data Code
dpv:PseudonymisedData
- DEF : Pseudonymised Data is data that has gone a partial or incomplete anonymisation process by replacing the identifiable information with artificial identifiers or 'pseudonyms', and is still considered as personal data
- BT : Personal Data Code
- TT : Personal Data Code
dpv:SensitivePersonalData
- DEF : Personal data that is considered 'sensitive' in terms of privacy and/or impact, and therefore requires additional considerations and/or protection
- BT : Personal Data Code
- TT : Personal Data Code
DSCRP SERV
- DEF : A service description is a set of documents that describe the interface to and semantics of a service.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
Dublin North City and West IHA
- DEF : Dublin North City and West IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Dublin North County IHA
- DEF : Dublin North County IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Dublin South and Wicklow IHA
- DEF : Dublin South and Wicklow IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Dublin South City and West IHA
- DEF : Dublin South City and West IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Dublin South West IHA
- DEF : Dublin South West IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Duration Code
- DEF : A code scheme for expressing standard time durations using ISO 8601 format.
- NT : P1D
- NT : P1M
- NT : P1W
- NT : P1Y
- NT : P3M
EHR
- DEF : electronic health data from EHRs
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category
Enter Into Contract
- DEF : Processing necessary to enter into contract
- BT : Legal Basis Code
- TT : Legal Basis Code
European Legislation Identifier (ELI)
- BT : Legislation Code
- TT : Legislation Code
EVERY 2 YEARS
- DEF : an event that is updated at intervals up to two years.
- BT : Frequency Code
- TT : Frequency Code
EVERY 3 YEARS
- DEF : an event that is updated at intervals up to three years.
- BT : Frequency Code
- TT : Frequency Code
EVERY 4 YEARS
- DEF : an event that is updated at intervals up to four years.
- BT : Frequency Code
- TT : Frequency Code
EVERY 5 YEARS
- DEF : an event that is updated at intervals up to five years.
- BT : Frequency Code
- TT : Frequency Code
Frequency Code
- DEF : A code scheme for expressing how frequently data is updated or events occur.
- NT : ANNUAL
- NT : AS NEEDED
- NT : DAILY
- NT : EVERY 2 YEARS
- NT : EVERY 3 YEARS
- NT : EVERY 4 YEARS
- NT : EVERY 5 YEARS
- NT : MONTHLY
- NT : NEVER
- NT : QUARTERLY
- NT : WEEKLY
Galway Roscommon IHA
- DEF : Galway Roscommon IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
GENETIC
- DEF : human genetic, epigenomic and genomic data
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category
GEOSPATIAL
- DEF : Geospatial data is data that has explicit geographic positioning information included within it in either vector or raster format.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
GLOSSARY
- DEF : A glossary is a simple list of terms and their definitions. A glossary focuses on creating a complete list of the terminology of domain-specific terms and acronyms.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
Health Data Category
- DEF : A code scheme for categorizing different types of health-related data.
- NT : ADMIN
- NT : AGGREGATED
- NT : BIOBANK
- NT : DEV REGISTRIES
- NT : EHR
- NT : GENETIC
- NT : IMPACT FACTORS
- NT : MED REGISTRIES
- NT : MOLECULAR
- NT : OTHER DEV
- NT : PATHOGENS
- NT : PERSONAL DEV
- NT : POPULATION
- NT : PROFESSIONAL
- NT : SURVEY
- NT : TRIALS
- NT : WELLNESS
Health Departments
- BT : Publisher Type Code
- TT : Publisher Type Code
Health Region
- DEF : HSE Health Region
- BT : Spatial Granularity Code
- TT : Spatial Granularity Code
Health Theme
- DEF : A code scheme for thematic categorization of health-related content.
- NT : Health Themes
Health Themes
- BT : Health Theme
- TT : Health Theme
Hospitals and Healthcare Providers
- BT : Publisher Type Code
- TT : Publisher Type Code
HSE Dublin and Midlands
- DEF : HSE Dublin and Midlands ,Health region
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
HSE Dublin and North East
- DEF : HSE Dublin and North East ,Health region
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
HSE Dublin and South East
- DEF : HSE Dublin and South East ,Health region
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
HSE Midwest
- DEF : HSE Midwest ,Health region
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
HSE South West
- DEF : HSE South West ,Health region
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
HSE West and North West
- DEF : HSE West and North West ,Health region
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
HVD
- DEF : Dataset whose re-use is associated with important benefits for society, the environment and the economy, in particular because of its suitability for the creation of value-added services, applications and new, high-quality and decent jobs, and of the number of potential beneficiaries of the value-added services and applications based on this dataset.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
IEPD
- DEF : An information exchange package (IEP) description is a collection of artefacts that define and describe the structure and content of an IEP. An Information Exchange Package Documentation has a specific information exchange context and may refer to other semantic assets.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
IHA
- DEF : HSE Integrated Health Area
- BT : Spatial Granularity Code
- TT : Spatial Granularity Code
IMPACT FACTORS
- DEF : data on factors impacting on health, including socioeconomic, environmental and behavioural determinants of health
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category
Indicator Type Code
- DEF : A code scheme for categorizing types of statistical indicators.
- NT : Count
- NT : Projection
- NT : Proportion
- NT : Rate
- NT : Ratio
Ireland
- DEF : Ireland ,Country
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Kerry IHA
- DEF : Kerry IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Kildare West Wicklow IHA
- DEF : Kildare West Wicklow IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
LAU
- DEF : Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) Local Administrative Units i.e. local electoral areas in Ireland
- BT : Spatial Granularity Code
- TT : Spatial Granularity Code
Legal Basis Code
- DEF : A code scheme for categorizing legal bases for data processing activities.
- NT : Consent
- NT : Contract Performance
- NT : Data Controller Contract
- NT : Data Processor Contract
- NT : Data Subject Contract
- NT : Data Transfer LegalBasis
- NT : Enter Into Contract
- NT : Legal Obligation
- NT : Legitimate Interest
- NT : Official Authority Of Controller
- NT : Public Interest
- NT : Third Party Contract
- NT : Vital Interest
Legal Obligation
- DEF : Legal Obligation to conduct the specified activities
- BT : Legal Basis Code
- TT : Legal Basis Code
Legislation Code
- DEF : A code scheme for referencing relevant legislation and legal frameworks.
- NT : European Legislation Identifier (ELI)
Legitimate Interest
- DEF : Legitimate Interests of a Party as justification for specified activities
- BT : Legal Basis Code
- TT : Legal Basis Code
LHO
- DEF : HSE Local Health Office
- BT : Spatial Granularity Code
- TT : Spatial Granularity Code
Limerick City and Tipperary North IHA
- DEF : Limerick City and Tipperary North IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Location Code
- DEF : A code scheme for geographic locations within Ireland including counties
- NT : Co. Carlow
- NT : Carlow Kilkenny and Tipperary South IHA
- NT : Co. Cavan
- NT : Cavan Monaghan IHA
- NT : Co. Clare
- NT : Clare and Limerick County IHA
- NT : Co. Cork
- NT : Cork North and East IHA
- NT : Cork South and West IHA
- NT : Co. Donegal
- NT : Donegal IHA
- NT : Co. Dublin
- NT : Dublin North City and West IHA
- NT : Dublin North County IHA
- NT : Dublin South City and West IHA
- NT : Dublin South West IHA
- NT : Dublin South and Wicklow IHA
- NT : Co. Galway
- NT : Galway Roscommon IHA
- NT : HSE Dublin and Midlands
- NT : HSE Dublin and North East
- NT : HSE Dublin and South East
- NT : HSE Midwest
- NT : HSE South West
- NT : HSE West and North West
- NT : Ireland
- NT : Co. Kerry
- NT : Kerry IHA
- NT : Co. Kildare
- NT : Kildare West Wicklow IHA
- NT : Co. Kilkenny
- NT : Co. Laois
- NT : Co. Leitrim
- NT : Co. Limerick
- NT : Limerick City and Tipperary North IHA
- NT : Co. Longford
- NT : Co. Louth
- NT : Louth Meath IHA
- NT : Co. Mayo
- NT : Mayo IHA
- NT : Co. Meath
- NT : Midlands IHA
- NT : Co. Monaghan
- NT : Co. Offaly
- NT : Co. Roscommon
- NT : Co. Sligo
- NT : Sligo Leitrim IHA
- NT : Co. Tipperary
- NT : Co. Waterford
- NT : Waterford Wexford IHA
- NT : Co. Westmeath
- NT : Co. Wexford
- NT : Co. Wicklow
Louth Meath IHA
- DEF : Louth Meath IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
MAPPING
- DEF : A mapping is a relationship between a concept in one vocabulary and one or more concepts in another.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
Mayo IHA
- DEF : Mayo IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
MED REGISTRIES
- DEF : data from medical registries and mortality registries
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category
Midlands IHA
- DEF : Midlands IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
MOLECULAR
- DEF : other human molecular data such as proteomic, transcriptomic, metabolomic, lipidomic and other omic data
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category
MONTHLY
- DEF : an event that is updated at intervals up to one month.
- BT : Frequency Code
- TT : Frequency Code
NAL
- DEF : A name authority list is a controlled vocabulary for use in naming particular entities consistently.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
National
- DEF : The state of Ireland as a whole.
- BT : Spatial Granularity Code
- TT : Spatial Granularity Code
National Mapping Agency
- BT : Publisher Type Code
- TT : Publisher Type Code
National Public Health Institute
- BT : Publisher Type Code
- TT : Publisher Type Code
NEVER
- DEF : The item is never updated.
- BT : Frequency Code
- TT : Frequency Code
Non public
- DEF : Not publicly accessible for privacy, security or other reasons. Usage note: This category may include resources that contain sensitive or personal information.
- BT : Access Rights Code
- TT : Access Rights Code
NUTS1
- DEF : Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) major socio-economic regions defined by the EU. i.e. Ireland.
- BT : Spatial Granularity Code
- TT : Spatial Granularity Code
NUTS2
- DEF : Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) basic regions (for regional policies) defined by the EU i.e. Northern and Western Region, Souther Region or Eastern and Midland Region for Ireland.
- BT : Spatial Granularity Code
- TT : Spatial Granularity Code
NUTS3
- DEF : Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics(NUTS) small regions (for specific diagnoses) defined by the EU, i.e. Border, West, Mid-West, South-East, South-West, Dublin, Mid-East or Midland for Ireland.
- BT : Spatial Granularity Code
- TT : Spatial Granularity Code
Official Authority Of Controller
- DEF : Activities are necessary or authorised through the official authority granted to or vested in the Data Controller
- BT : Legal Basis Code
- TT : Legal Basis Code
ONTOLOGY
- DEF : An ontology is a formal, explicit specification of a shared conceptualisation.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
OP DATPRO
- DEF : Provisional Data
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
Other codes as needed
- BT : Publisher Type Code
- TT : Publisher Type Code
OTHER DEV
- DEF : other health data from medical devices
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category
P1D
- DEF : Day
- BT : Duration Code
- TT : Duration Code
P1M
- DEF : Month
- BT : Duration Code
- TT : Duration Code
P1W
- DEF : Week
- BT : Duration Code
- TT : Duration Code
P1Y
- DEF : Year
- BT : Duration Code
- TT : Duration Code
P3M
- DEF : Quarter
- BT : Duration Code
- TT : Duration Code
PATHOGENS
- DEF : data on pathogens that impact human health
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category
PERSONAL DATA
- DEF : Data that is associated with an individual. This is a mandatory value if the dataset includes personal data
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
Personal Data Code
- DEF : A code scheme for categorizing personal data types and their characteristics.
- NT : dpv:AnonymisedData
- NT : dpv:CollectedPersonalData
- NT : dpv:DerivedPersonalData
- NT : dpv:GeneratedPersonalData
- NT : dpv:IdentifyingPersonalData
- NT : dpv:NonPersonalData
- NT : dpv:PersonalData
- NT : dpv:PseudonymisedData
- NT : dpv:SensitivePersonalData
PERSONAL DEV
- DEF : personal electronic health data automatically generated through medical devices
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category
POPULATION
- DEF : data from population-based health data registries such as public health registries
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category
PROFESSIONAL
- DEF : data on professional status, and on the specialisation and institution of health professionals involved in the treatment of a natural person
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category
Projection
- DEF : An estimate or forecast of future values based on current or historical data and assumptions about trends.
- BT : Indicator Type Code
- TT : Indicator Type Code
Proportion
- DEF : A type of fraction where the numerator is included in the denominator, expressing part of a whole.
- BT : Indicator Type Code
- TT : Indicator Type Code
Public
- DEF : Publicly accessible by everyone. Usage note: Permissible obstacles include registration and request for API keys, as long as anyone can request such registration and/or API keys.
- BT : Access Rights Code
- TT : Access Rights Code
Public Interest
- DEF : Activities are necessary or beneficial for interest of the public or society at large
- BT : Legal Basis Code
- TT : Legal Basis Code
Publisher Type Code
- DEF : A code scheme for categorizing types of data publishers and organizations.
- NT : Community-based and Clinical Care Organisations
- NT : Health Departments
- NT : Hospitals and Healthcare Providers
- NT : National Mapping Agency
- NT : National Public Health Institute
- NT : Other codes as needed
- NT : Statistical Agency
- NT : Universities and Research Centers
QUARTERLY
- DEF : an event that is updated at intervals up to every 3 months.
- BT : Frequency Code
- TT : Frequency Code
Rate
- DEF : A measure that relates the frequency of an event to a population over a specified time period.
- BT : Indicator Type Code
- TT : Indicator Type Code
Ratio
- DEF : A relationship between two numbers, where the numerator is not part of the denominator.
- BT : Indicator Type Code
- TT : Indicator Type Code
RELEASE
- DEF : dataset that accompanies and describes other published datasets, for instance in the scope of the EU Vocabularies publications; it may contain information about differences between the state of the concerned dataset on last publication and on current publication
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
Restricted
- DEF : Information that is not disclosed. Usage note: Disclosure of this data could cause damage to interested parties such as public administrations and businesses. It may refer to personal and professional information as well as to information in the context of business, commerce or trade.
- BT : Access Rights Code
- TT : Access Rights Code
SCHEMA
- DEF : A schema is a concrete view on a system or information exchange, describing the structure, content and semantics of data.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
Sligo Leitrim IHA
- DEF : Sligo Leitrim IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
Spatial Granularity Code
- DEF : A code scheme for expressing the geographic granularity or resolution of spatial data.
- NT : County
- NT : Health Region
- NT : IHA
- NT : LAU
- NT : LHO
- NT : NUTS1
- NT : NUTS2
- NT : NUTS3
- NT : National
STATISTICAL
- DEF : Statistical data is data which holds information that is of a statistical nature.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
Statistical Agency
- BT : Publisher Type Code
- TT : Publisher Type Code
Status Code
- DEF : A code scheme for indicating the status of indicators or datasets in the catalogue and profiles.
- NT : Exclude from Catalogue
- NT : Exclude from Profile
- NT : Include in Catalogue
- NT : Include in Profile
- NT : Under Consideration
STYLES
- DEF : Style sheets are a set of rules which describes the presentation of a document written in a markup language.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
SURVEY
- DEF : data from research cohorts, questionnaires and surveys related to health, after the first publication of the related results
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category
SYNTAX ECD SCHEME
- DEF : Syntax Encoding Schemes indicate that the value is a string formatted in accordance with a formal notation, such as "2000-01-01" as the standard expression of a date.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
SYNTHETIC DATA
- DEF : Synthetic data is data which is (artificially) created entirely or partially for use in tests, and to meet specific needs or conditions in the real-world that (existing) real-world data may not represent, e.g. anonymised datasets, typically used for proof of concept or simulation.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
TAXONOMY
- DEF : A taxonomy is a scheme of categories and subcategories that can be used to sort and otherwise organise items of knowledge or information.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
TEST DATA
- DEF : Test data is data which is created for use in tests, which should be syntactically correct but which may not necessarily represent any real-world phenomena, e.g. datasets with ‘dummy data’, typically used in system integration.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
THESAURUS
- DEF : A thesaurus is a controlled and structured vocabulary in which concepts are represented by terms, organised so that relationships between concepts are made explicit, and preferred terms are accompanied by lead-in entries for synonyms or quasi-synonyms.
- BT : Data Type Code
- TT : Data Type Code
Third Party Contract
- DEF : Creation, completion, fulfilment, or performance of a contract, with the Data Controller and Third Party as parties, and involving specified processing of data or technologies
- BT : Legal Basis Code
- TT : Legal Basis Code
TRIALS
- DEF : data from clinical trials, clinical studies, clinical investigations and performance studies subject to Regulation (EU) No 536/2014, Regulation (EU) 2024/1938 of the European Parliament and of the Council(35), Regulation (EU) 2017/745 and Regulation (EU) 2017/746
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category
Universities and Research Centers
- BT : Publisher Type Code
- TT : Publisher Type Code
Vital Interest
- DEF : Activities are necessary or required to protect vital interests of a data subject or other natural person
- BT : Legal Basis Code
- TT : Legal Basis Code
Waterford Wexford IHA
- DEF : Waterford Wexford IHA , IHA
- BT : Location Code
- TT : Location Code
WEEKLY
- DEF : an event that is updated at intervals up to one week.
- BT : Frequency Code
- TT : Frequency Code
WELLNESS
- DEF : data from wellness applications
- BT : Health Data Category
- TT : Health Data Category

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