The accepted definition and use of registration status for data elements and other administered Items are explained below.
Status | Definition |
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Standard | The Administered Component has all necessary metadata, has met all quality requirements, and has been approved for usage in all contexts. |
Candidate | The Administered Component has all the necessary metadata, has met all quality requirements, and has been proposed for usage in all contexts. |
Qualified | The Administered Component has met all quality requirements, and is ready to be reviewed for usage in all contexts. |
Retired | The Administered Component is no longer recommended for use as a NCI standard. |
Superseded | The Administered Component is no longer recommended for use in the NCI community because it has been replaced by another preferred Administered Component. |
Application | The Administered Component is part of a computer program or application and may not have all the metadata generally required by the registry. |
The following registration statuses are assigned to administered items used across all NCI contexts. The relationships with Workflow Statuses are explained below.
Registration Status | Workflow Status | Definition |
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Standard | Released | An Administered Component in the "Standard" status indicates that the Context Administrators confirm that the Administered Component is of sufficient quality and of broad interest for use in all contexts. There may be more than one "Standard" Administered Component that addresses the same function, concept, etc. |
Candidate | Released | An Administered Component in the "Candidate" status shall indicate that it has been proposed for standardization review by the Context Administrators. To be considered a "Candidate" an Administered Component must be promoted to a Workflow Status of "Released". |
Qualified | Released | An Administered Component has met all quality requirements, and is ready to be reviewed for usage in all contexts. The Context Administrators have confirmed that the mandatory metadata attributes are complete and conform to applicable quality requirements. An Administered Component can be assigned a "Qualified" Registration Status when it reaches one of the Workflow Statuses listed. It will be reviewed to determine if it represents an information concept of interest across contexts. If the context administrators determine the Administered Component should become a candidate for standardization, it can be promoted to a Registration Status of "Proposed." If the Context Administrators determine that the Administered Component is not a candidate for standardization, a Registration Status of "Suspended" will be assigned. |
The following registration statuses are assigned to administered Items that are no longer recommended across contexts or have been recorded in the registry from another source. These statuses are static and are not anticipating changes after being assigned. The relationships with Workflow Statuses are explained below.
Registration Status | Workflow Statuses | Notes |
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Superceded | Released | An Administered Component in the "Superseded" status indicates that the Context Administrators have decided that the Administered Component is no longer recommended for use in the registry community. A "Superseded" Administered Component may be used but the successor-Administered Component is the preference for use. Such Administered Items are retained in the Registry for historic reference purposes. |
Retired | Released | A Retired Administered Component should not be used in new applications or studies but may continue to be used in applications or studies that were using the Administered Component before it was Retired. Retired Administered Items are retained in the Registry for historic reference purposes. |
Application | Released-non-compliant | Administered Items with the "Application" status may be from application systems and not have fully attributed registry metadata. |