Definitionstatus
Definitionstatus is a term used in information science to describe the current state of a definition attached to a term in a knowledge resource, such as a glossary, ontology, data dictionary, or standards document. It indicates whether the definition is accepted and stable, provisional, disputed, or deprecated.
Common statuses include proposed, approved/accepted, published, superseded, deprecated, and disputed. Definitions typically pass through a lifecycle:
In practice, definitionstatus supports governance and interoperability by making it clear which definitions are authoritative and
Example: a medical term such as Hypertension may carry status accepted with a formal definition; in a
Definitionstatus is a descriptive concept rather than a universal standard, and its exact terminology varies by