Entity [Milestone Dependency]

Entity [Milestone Dependency]

Comment

Description: Directional dependency or semantic relationship between two milestone expectations. Usage: This associative business record is used in the 02 Developmental Taxonomy subject area as the authoritative representation of milestone dependency data. It is referenced through Milestone is Prerequisite, Milestone is Dependent. It stores two distinct milestone roles—prerequisite and dependent—and hard prerequisite records must be validated as an acyclic directed graph.


Name

Comment

Dependency ID

Description: Stable system identifier for a Milestone Dependency record. Usage: Used as the conceptual primary identifier and as the stable reference from relationships to Milestone Dependency. Required for every record.

Dependency Type

Description: Controlled classification value for dependency type. Usage: Used to select business rules, validate compatible relationships, group records, filter queries, and drive user-interface behavior. Required for every record.

Strength2

Description: Normalized numeric measure representing strength. Usage: Used by evaluation, ranking, threshold, explanation, and quality-control logic; it must not be presented as clinical certainty unless explicitly validated. Optional and recorded only when known or applicable.

Is Required

Description: Boolean control indicating whether is required applies. Usage: Used as a deterministic rule switch in validation, eligibility, workflow, or presentation logic. Required for every record.

Rationale

Description: Human-readable content for rationale on the Milestone Dependency record. Usage: Used by authoring, localization, parent-facing presentation, explainability, or reviewer workflows according to the entity context. Optional and recorded only when known or applicable.

Confidence

Description: Normalized numeric measure representing confidence. Usage: Used by evaluation, ranking, threshold, explanation, and quality-control logic; it must not be presented as clinical certainty unless explicitly validated. Optional and recorded only when known or applicable.

Source Reference3

Description: Traceable reference used to locate, correlate, or audit the source reference. Usage: Used to select business rules, validate compatible relationships, group records, filter queries, and drive user-interface behavior. Optional and recorded only when known or applicable.

Review Status2

Description: Governance state showing whether content or a mapping is proposed, reviewed, approved, rejected, or retired. Usage: Used to gate workflow transitions, exclude inactive or incomplete records, support operations dashboards, and preserve processing history. Required for every record.

Effective From3

Description: Start of the period during which the Milestone Dependency record or rule is effective. Usage: Used for scheduling, recency rules, effective dating, audit history, and chronological reporting. Optional and recorded only when known or applicable.

Effective To3

Description: End of the period during which the Milestone Dependency record or rule is effective. Usage: Used for scheduling, recency rules, effective dating, audit history, and chronological reporting. Optional and recorded only when known or applicable.