Characteristic
| Description
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Definition and purpose
| A dictionary type is a name or identifier for the metadata for a dictionary. You create a coding map for a verbatim using a dictionary type.
The dictionary type specifies the metadata for all versions of a dictionary, including:
- Verbatim types.
- Dictionary levels.
- Dictionary level types, such as Term or Code.
- Where applicable, context meanings.
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Dictionary types in the installation
| The following dictionary types are installed with the Central Designer application:
- MedDRA—Medical Dictionary for Drug Regulatory Activities.
- MedDRAJ—Japanese version of the MedDRA dictionary.
- WHO-DD—World Health Organization Drug Dictionary (formerly WHO-DRL—World Health Organization Drug Reference List).
- JDrug—Japanese drug dictionary.
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Importing
| You can import other standard dictionary types as well as custom dictionary types in the Central Designer Administrator application.
For more information, see Importing and overwriting a dictionary type.
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Multiple versions
| The Central Designer application supports multiple versions of a dictionary type.
A version consists of dictionary metadata and dictionary data. In most cases, versions are different only in data, but new versions can also contain new metadata.
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Using in a study or library
| To use a coding dictionary in a study or library to create coding maps, you must use the following process:
- Import the dictionary type.
- Enable the dictionary type.
- Select the dictionary type for a study or library (in the InForm Design Guide).
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Association with verbatim types
| You can associate multiple verbatim types with a single dictionary type.
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Deployment
| Dictionary types that are used in the coding maps are deployed to the InForm application as MedML DICTIONARY objects.
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