Conditionnames

Conditionnames refers to the set of identifiers used to label conditions within a system that tracks states, events, or predicates. The term is used across domains such as software engineering, data management, and clinical informatics to provide a stable vocabulary for referring to conditions without implying a specific implementation.

In software, a condition name is an identifier that maps to a boolean expression or predicate. It allows rules, alerts, or workflows to reference a condition by name rather than by its logic, improving readability and maintainability. In data management or clinical datasets, condition names label patient states or diseases and are often linked to a controlled vocabulary or ontology.

Conventions and validation: Condition names typically use ASCII letters, digits, and underscores; they are case-sensitive in some systems but often normalized to lowercase. They should be unique within a namespace; synonyms are managed via mappings. It is common to maintain a registry or dictionary that associates each name with its definition, evaluation logic, and metadata such as scope and version.

Usage examples: conditionnames = ["fever", "hypertension", "diabetes"] in a data dictionary; in a rules engine, a condition named is_adult may be defined as age >= 18. In clinical informatics, condition names map to ICD or SNOMED concepts.

See also: controlled vocabulary, ontology, predicate, rule engine.