CDISC Procedure for CDISC ODM

BASICDEFINITIONS Statement

Specifies information about measurement units that are used in the study.

Requirement:	Optional for exporting.
Requirement:	Metadata attributes must be stored in a SAS data set that you reference in the DATA= argument. You cannot specify metadata attributes in the BASICDEFINITIONS statement.

BASICDEFINITIONS DATA=libref.member-name ;

Arguments

DATA=libref.member-name

specifies the SAS data set that contains the metadata attributes. The libref, which is assigned with the LIBNAME statement, is an alias for the data storage location where member-name is stored.

MEASUREMENTOID="ODM-identifier"

specifies a symbol or abbreviation that represents a measurement unit. Enclose the identifier in single or double quotation marks. A string of characters up to the maximum OID length that is defined in CDISC ODM is supported.

Requirement:

Required.

NAME="name"

specifies the name of the measurement unit. Enclose the name in single or double quotation marks.

Requirement:

Required.

LANGUAGE="language-identifier"

specifies a language identifier. Enclose the identifier in single or double quotation marks.

Requirement:

Required.

A language identifier, as defined in the XML specification, can be one of the following:

A two-letter language code as defined by ISO 639, "Codes for the representation of names of languages."
A language identifier that has been registered with the IANA. The language identifier begins with the prefix i- or I-.
A language identifier that has been assigned by the user or agreed on between parties in private use. The language identifier must begin with the prefix x- or X- to ensure that it does not conflict with names that are later standardized or registered with IANA.

Enclose the language identifier in single or double quotation marks.

TRANSLATEDTEXT="string"

specifies the name of the measurement unit in the specified language. Enclose the string in double or single quotation marks.

Requirement:

Required.

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