# \#links

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## [Values for LINK.meaning](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/values-for-link-meaning/4919)

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**Author:** [@emmanuel.eschmann](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/emmanuel.eschmann)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [7 August 2025 09:50 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/values-for-link-meaning/4919 "2025-08-07T09:50:03Z")

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The openEHR specifications mentions (in section Common Information Model) that possible values for LINK.meaning are listed in the ISO 13606 specification: “\[…\] Values for meaning include those described in Annex C, ENV 1…

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## [Is it possible to follow a link in AQL?](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/is-it-possible-to-follow-a-link-in-aql/6994)

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**Author:** [@emmanuel.eschmann](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/emmanuel.eschmann)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [26 July 2025 15:20 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/is-it-possible-to-follow-a-link-in-aql/6994 "2025-07-26T15:20:32Z")

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The locatable class provides a links attribute with which, for example, structures in other compositions can be referenced. We have tried to use a single AQL query to read a composition and, within the same AQL query, r…

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## [Query information stored in a link](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/query-information-stored-in-a-link/5611)

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**Author:** [@Cartwright](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/Cartwright)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [23 August 2024 15:05 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/query-information-stored-in-a-link/5611 "2024-08-23T15:05:37Z")

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Dear all, I want to retrieve the target item stored in a link. Using the following AQL query: SELECT c/links FROM EHR e CONTAINS COMPOSITION c I could output the list of links (containing one link only): \[ \[ …

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## [Cross-reference, citations and a solution for managed lists](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/cross-reference-citations-and-a-solution-for-managed-lists/1355)

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**Author:** [@thomas.beale](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/thomas.beale)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [12 February 2024 20:01 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/cross-reference-citations-and-a-solution-for-managed-lists/1355 "2024-02-12T20:01:36Z")

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\[All: this is a long post on an important topic, so I’ve made it a wiki post i.e. directly editable by others. Feel free to make inline additions, but please try to retain the general integrity. I suggest to add your ini…

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## [Archetyping links and references](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/archetyping-links-and-references/3112)

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**Author:** [@thomas.beale](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/thomas.beale)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [31 October 2022 15:02 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/archetyping-links-and-references/3112 "2022-10-31T15:02:52Z")

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For a very long time we have wanted a way of constraining links of various kinds in the RM (or anywhere) such that the constraint can say what kind of thing the link target points to - both at RM level (e.g. must be an E…

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## [Links between data elements in different archetypes](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/links-between-data-elements-in-different-archetypes/146)

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**Author:** [@heather.leslie](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/heather.leslie)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [19 December 2019 11:26 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/links-between-data-elements-in-different-archetypes/146 "2019-12-19T11:26:12Z")

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I note the commentary in the specs on Links - https://specifications.openehr.org/releases/RM/latest/common.html#\_link\_class. However, despite feeling judged by the commentary :slight\_smile:, I have what appears to be a …