# AD support for multilingual editing of templated value sets

**Category:** [Archetype Designer](https://discourse.openehr.org/c/archetype-designer/30)
**Created:** 2024-09-27 08:07 UTC
**Views:** 135
**Replies:** 7
**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/ad-support-for-multilingual-editing-of-templated-value-sets/5752

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## Post #1 by @siljelb

As per [Multilingual templates and templated value sets - Specifications - openEHR](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/multilingual-templates-and-templated-value-sets/4118/13), it is actually possible to support multilingual value sets in the OPT format. This is an important functionality to us, and very likely also for others operating in a multilingual environment. Currently AD only supports monolingual templated value sets, as opposed to archetyped value sets which can be translated. Could this feature be enabled also for templated value sets?

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## Post #2 by @borut.fabjan

Hi Silje,

It's a bit of a grey zone, but it could be supported in .opt as follows;


```
<component_ontologies archetype_id="openEHR-EHR-OBSERVATION.atest.v0">
        <term_definitions language="sl">
            <items code="at0001">
                <items id="text">History</items>
                <items id="description">@ internal @</items>
            </items>
            <items code="at0002">
                <items id="text">Any event</items>
                <items id="description">@ internal @</items>
            </items>
            <items code="at0003">
                <items id="text">Tree</items>
                <items id="description">@ internal @</items>
            </items>
            <items code="at0004">
                <items id="text">*DV_CODED_Internal (en)</items>
                <items id="description"></items>
            </items>
            <items code="at0005">
                <items id="text">Ena</items>
                <items id="description"></items>
            </items>
            <items code="at0006">
                <items id="text">Dve</items>
                <items id="description"></items>
            </items>
            <items code="at0007">
                <items id="text">Tri</items>
                <items id="description"></items>
            </items>
            <items code="at0008">
                <items id="text">*DV_CODED_Templated (en)</items>
                <items id="description"></items>
            </items>
            <items code="at0000">
                <items id="text">*aTest (en)</items>
                <items id="description">*aTest (en)</items>
            </items>
            <items code="local_terms::1">
                <items id="text">localterm_one</items>
            </items>
            <items code="local_terms::2">
                <items id="text">localterm_two</items>
            </items>
            <items code="local_terms::3">
                <items id="text">localterm_three</items>
            </items>
        </term_definitions>
    </component_ontologies>
```

How does it sound to put local term(s) into term definition for each language? It looks good to me ;)

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## Post #3 by @siljelb

Yep, it could be whatever is in this box, right?
![image|571x499, 50%](upload://yfiraLSeHcGsVc4im2KdCYtgVFR.png)

So for this example, it'd be something like
```xml
<attributes xsi:type="C_SINGLE_ATTRIBUTE">
    ...
    <children xsi:type="C_CODE_PHRASE">
        ...
        <terminology_id>
            <value>SNOMED-CT</value>
        </terminology_id>
        <code_list>182678001</code_list>
    </children>
</attributes>

<term_definitions language="en">
    ...
    <items code="182678001">
        <items id="text">Hyposensitivation to allergens</items>
    </items>
</term_definitions>

<term_definitions language="nb">
    ...
    <items code="182678001">
        <items id="text">Hyposensitivering for allergener</items>
    </items>
</term_definitions>
```

(because do we really need the `terminology_id::code` syntax in `<items>`when the applicable `terminology_id` for the relevant element is defined further up?)

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## Post #4 by @borut.fabjan

Correct. 

```
...
            <items code="SNOMED-CT::182678001">
                <items id="text">Hyposensitivering for allergener</items>
            </items>
...
```

.. and yes, we need the **terminology_id::code**_syntax.
It makes every item quite unique ;)

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## Post #5 by @siljelb

I can live with that.

But what do you think about this? :grin:
```
<items code="SNOMED-CT::182678001">
    <items id="text">Hyposensitivation to allergens</items>
    <items id="description">A procedure involving exposing the individual to an allergen in a controlled environment, to reduce the body's sensitivity to the allergen.</items>
</items>
```

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## Post #6 by @borut.fabjan


Adding description? Easy ;)

 @ian.mcnicoll  you're good with proposed solution for multi-language support in .opt for valuesets?

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## Post #7 by @ian.mcnicoll

Looks good to me.  I approve prepending the terminologyId. @sebastian.garde might have some thoughts here as well

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## Post #8 by @yampeku

I think at some time a few years ago we ended up adding brackets to the codes (e.g. [SNOMED-CT::182678001]) in order to be able to distinguish them from URI ones (e.g. http://snomed.info/id/182678001)
Second ones were needed for supporting ECL valuesets (e.g. http://snomed.info/ecl/%3c404684003:%3c%3c47429007=%3c%3c79654002 ) but I would assume it will also help when dealing with FHIR terminology service links (e.g. http://snomed.info/sct?fhir_vs=ecl/<<19829001 minus <<301867009 )

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