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Vocabulary Name Description
AccessReasonCode Reason why the data is being accessed.
AcknowledgementDetailType The severity of issues carried in an acknowledgement.
AcknowledgementExceptionCode The messaging error which has caused the message to be rejected by the receiver.
AcknowledgementType The action taken by the receiver on receipt of the message.
ActDetectedIssueCode Generic vocabulary listing individual error/issue code systems.
ActUncertainty The uncertainty associated with an act.
AdministrationSiteSnCT Places on the body where a medicine can enter it.
AdministrationSnCT Codes representing the administration of a single dose, cycle or complete course of medication to a patient, and its status.
AdminResult The coded outcome of an appointment.
AdminResultType A code denoting the type of administrative result.
AdministrationType Whether medication administration is of a dose / cycle / course.
AdministrativeObservationType To indicate the type of observed information.
AdministrativeProcedureTypeSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes an administrative procedure.
AdviceAndInformationSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes advice and information given to the patient or patient's representative.
AlcoholSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes the lifestyle of the patient in relation to alcohol.
AllergyOrAdverseReactionDESnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes diagnosis events of adverse reactions.
AllergyOrAdverseReactionIdentSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes identified allergies.
AlertCode Flags whether an Alert exists for a Legitimate Relationship.
AlertErrorCode Code used to indicate error in a received alert message.
AlertReasonCode Code identifying the reason or situation that made the alert message a necessity.
AlertType Code identifying the general context or domain that the alert is being raised in, i.e. the type of the alert message overall.
AppointmentStatus A code which denotes the status of the appointment.
AssessmentOutcome This describes the coded outcome of a clinical assessment.
AssessmentStatus Status of the CPA assessment.
AssignmentReasonType
Code used to indicate the type of reason for an assignment to a care provider.
AuthorFunctionType Identifies the function of the author within a CDA document.
AttitudeToIssueSnCT Attitude of person of a care issue (e.g. diagnosis).
AvoidMedicationTypeSnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing that a medication should NOT be administered to a patient. If required, it may indicate the routes (e.g. intravenous) and/or the site(s) of administration (e.g. left arm) to be avoided. If route and site information is absent, then medication administration is to be avoided via all routes & sites.
AvoidNonMedicationTypeSnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing avoidance of a non-medication type.
AwarenessOfIssueSnCT Awareness of a person of a care issue (e.g. a diagnosis).
BloodPressureSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes a finding that is a blood pressure.
BodyWeightSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes a finding that is a measurement of body weight.
CaBAnnotation This describes the meaning of the status value.
CaBAssessmentStatus A code indicating the status of an assessment being made.
CaBGenderType A code indicating the type of gender being treated.
CaBReasonCode This code allows an appointment request to be flagged as a 'diagnostic appointment request'.
CaBReferralType A list of codes to identify the type of referral being made.
CaBReviewStatus A code indicating the status of a review being made.
CaBWaitStartTimeType A code indicating the type of wait which the appointment is in.
CallbackConsent Whether a person consents to being called back or not.
CancellationReason Why a prescription or prescription item was cancelled.
CancellationResponseReason Possible responses to prescription /item cancellation request.
CancelRequestMessageType Identifies the type and version of the Cancel Request message used to replace an abstract CancelRequest placeholder within a message.
CareSettingTypeSnCT The setting in which a care event occurs, such as home, GMP surgery.
CDAActCode Code to describe the type of CDA Act.
CDAAdministrationType Indicates whether the associated medication administration is of a dose or course.
CDACareSettingTypeSnCT A subset of Snomed-CT that describes the setting in which a care event occurs, such as home, GMP surgery, outpatient, etc.
CDAEncounterSnCT A subset of Snomed-CT that describes an encounter between a care professional and the patient (or patient's record).
CDAJobRoleName To identify the role of a person where the information is not known to SDS.
CDAOrganizationType The type of organization.
CDAPersonRelationshipType A relationship between one person and another. These relationships are not necessarily mutually exclusive, for example a parent may be a child's next of kin.
CDAPrescriptionAnnotation Describes the type of annotations and observations that may be made to a prescription either to convey incidental information for reimbursement, or to manage the business processes around prescriptions.
ClinicalProductForm The physical forms of clinical products.
ClinicalTermsReadV3 The Clinical Terms (Read Codes) Version 3.
ClinicalView The kinds of data being retrieved by a PSIS Query.
ClinicType A code denoting the clinic type of the classification.
ConfirmationRespType The types of response required.
Consent A patient's consent to their clinical details' use by the NHS.
ConsentSnCT Consent status (for organ donation only here).
ConsultationEventType To indicate the type of event applying to the consultation encounter of Out of Hours and NHS Direct domains.
ContextualModifier This describes the meaning of the status value.
CorrespondenceCode Flags whether correspondence to be copied to person.
CorrespondenceSuppression Flags whether correspondence should be suppressed or not.
CountryCode A unique code representing a Country.
CountryOrUkInternalCode A code representing a country or a constituent internal part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
CREType A categorisation of patient Care Record Elements.
CRETypeSnCT A categorisation of Care Record Elements using SnomedCT.
CriteriaCode This describes the meaning of the status value.
DeathNotification The sources of a death notification relating to a patient.
DeliveryLocationType The type of organization where a birth took place.
DemographicConsentObservationType Types of personal demographic consent data.
DemographicObservationType Types of personal demographic data.
DemographicRegistrationType To indicate the type of registration.
DetailsRespType Types of response required.
DetectedIssueQualifier Qualifiers classifying the severity of the issue or error carried in the Detected Issue Event.
Determiner Whether an entity is a kind of, quantified kind of or instance.
DeviceTypeSnCT A subset of Snomed-CT that describes a device.
DiagnosisSnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing a diagnosis.
DiagnosisTypeSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes a diagnosis.
DIProcedureSnCT The type of a Diagnostic Imaging Procedure.
DINumericResultsSnCT A DI Procedure or subtype that has numeric results.
DischargeMethod How a patient was discharged.
DischargeTypeSnCT A categorisation of a patient discharge event.
DiscontinuationReasonSnCT The reason why the administration of a medication should be discontinued.
DiscontinueMedicationTypeSnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing that a medication being administered to a patient should be discontinued.
DispenseClaimMessageType Code used to identify the type and version of Dispense Claim Information message.
DispenseEventStatus The status of an item dispensing event.
DispenseHistoryRebuildMessageType Code used to identify the type and version of Dispense Notification or Dispense Notification with Claim Information message.
DispenseNotificationMessageType Code used to identify the type and version of Dispense Notification message.
DispenseNotificationWithClaimMessageType Code used to identify the type and version of Dispense Notification with Claim Information message.
DispenseReturnReason Why a prescription was returned rather than dispensed.
DispensingEndorsement The Dispensing Endorsement types a dispenser may use.
DispensingSitePreference The roles played by a pharmacy when supplying medication.
DispositionLocationSnCT A subset of SnomedCT (UK) codes that represents a location that a patient might be sent to on completion of an Out of Hours or Emergency Department encounter.
DissentOverride A code indicating the Dissent Override.
DocumentTypeSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describe a type of document.
DosageChangeTypeSnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing that the dosage of an ongoing medication should be changed, e.g. from '1 tablet 3 times a day with food' to '2 tablets 3 times a day with food.
EBSResponseCodes A consolidated list of error/issue codes for EBS messages.
EgtonCodes Clinical codes for GPs developed by EMIS Ltd.
EhrActState The truth states of an Act in a GP2GP message.
EhrAgentType The types of an agent (person, organisation or device).
EhrAttachmentCode The content types of attachments to a GP record.
EhrCategory A code specifying the category that an EhrStatement belongs to in a GP2GP message.
EhrCompositionName Composition name set based on a superset of used types.
EhrCompoundCode A category for the associated clinical statement.
EhrCompoundLevel The granularity of the associated clinical statement.
EhrDeviceType Device types (e.g. ECG machine).
EhrDiscontinueReason Reasons for discontinuing a medication.
EhrExtractSpec The types of GP record transfer that may be requested.
EhrGP2GPCompoundCode The types of subjects being described by a compound statement.
EhrInterpret An interpretation of an observation by the originator.
EhrLinkSetType Types of a link set.
EhrLocationType Types of place involved in an Act.
EhrMedicationPriority The priority associated with a medication statement.
EhrMedicationState Indicates if an action is pending against a medication order.
EhrMedicinalProdCode Identifies a virtual or actual medicinal product or pack.
EhrNarrativeStatementType A code specifying the category that an EhrStatement belongs to in a GP2GP message.
EhrObservationCode Types of clinical finding, eg observation, measurement or diagnosis.
EhrOrgType Types of organisation.
EhrParticipationSignature Whether an EHR component has been 'signed' or not.
EhrPersonalRels Roles of a person in relation to the patient.
EhrPlanCode The nature of a planned action or observation.
EhrPriority Priority types associated with an observation or other statement.
EhrReferralCode Why a service request / referral was made.
EhrReferralPriority The priority or urgency of a referral or investigation request.
EhrRegistrationCode Types of GP-patient registration.
EhrRequestAckCode A consolidated list of error/issue codes for GP2GP messages.
EhrRequestMode Modes by which a service request was sent.
EhrSupplyState Indicates if an action is pending against a prescription.
EhrSupplyType Indicates the legal/contractual nature of a prescription.
EMISDrugCodes Drug information codes for GPs developed by EMIS Ltd.
EncounterSnCT Any code from the SnomedCT UK subset that describes an encounter.
EncounterDispositionSnCT Any code from the SnomedCT UK subset that describes the way in which the encounter ended.
EthnicCategory The Ethnic category which the patient regards as their own.
EthnicCategorySnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing the Ethnic category to which the patient genetically belongs.
ETPSpineRejectionReasons Very general reasons why a message may be rejected.
EventTypeSnCT Snomed codes for the Event Type of the Focal Act of the message.
ExemptionDateType The types of Exemption date that an observation can describe.
FamilyHistorySnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes family history relevant to the patient.
FindingSnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing a finding.
FindingTypeSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes a finding that is NOT a blood pressure, body weight, height measurement or temperature finding.
FocalActCategory Business categorisation for message elements.
HcpType Types of healthcare professional.
HealthspaceRegistration Possible statuses of a person's Health Space registration.
HearingStatus Levels of personal hearing ability.
HeightSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes a finding that is a height measurement.
HistoricDataIndicator Flags whether historic data should be returned.
HL7StandardVersionCode Valid UK versions of HL7 v3.
HumanLanguage Languages people may use.
IdentifierType The type of identifier. .
IgnoreHistoryType To indicate whether to search historic data while performing a trace. .
IncidentalLocationTypeSnCT A SnomedCT code to describe a incidental location such as the scene of an RTA.
InformationSensitivity The degree and reason regarding sensitive information.
InteractionTypeSnCT An interaction method, e.g.- telephone, email , face to face.
Interpretation A person's interpretations of the normality of a finding.
InterpreterRequiredIndicator Whether an interpreter is required during encounters with the patient.
InvestigationTypeSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes investigative procedures.
ItemStatus The status of a prescribed item.
JobRoleName Identifies the role of a person when the information is not known to SDS.
LegalStatusClassification This vocabulary identifies the statutory classification under the Mental Health Act 1983 (England and Wales) under which an individual is sectioned.
LifestyleSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes the lifestyle of the patient.
LinkAssertionSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that can be asserted between two clinical statements - such as naming of a problem.
LocationTypeSnCT A categorization of a location.
LRCurrentStatus A code indicating the current status of the Legitimate Relationship.
LRResponseCodes A consolidated list of error/issue codes for LR messages.
LRType Legitimate Relationship types.
MaintainMedicationTypeSnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing that administration of a medication should be continued (typically following a medication review).
ManifestItemType Keywords used to identify the characteristics of payload items held in a batch manifest.
ManufacturedMaterialSnCT Type of drug or personal medical device.
MedicationActType Subtypes of the medication act, e.g. prescribe, administer.
MedicationAdministrationTypeSnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing that a medication should be administered to a patient. If required, it may indicate the routes (e.g. intravenous) and/or the site(s) of administration (e.g. left arm) to be used.
MedicationChangeTypeSnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing that the administration of a medication should be changed.
MedicationChargePayment Values in ETP message codes table 14.
MedicationReviewTypeSnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing that administration of a medication should be reviewed.
MedicationSubstitutionTypeSnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing that a different medication should be substituted for an existing medication.
MessageControl A vocabulary describing actions pertaining to message control.
MHResponseCodes A consolidated list of error/issue codes for Mental Health messages.
NationalSystemCode Codes to represent national systems.
NewStatusType Possible new statuses of the Legitimate Relationships.
NHAISRemovalReasonCode To indicate the reason for removal from NHAIS registration.
NhaisRegistration Indicates that the patient has no current NHAIS posting.
NOKCode Flags whether the person is next of kin or not.
NominatedBatchInfo Indicates whether or not the batch response contains the permitted maximum number of nominated prescriptions.
NonMedicationAdministrationTypeSnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing a non-medication administration type.
NotDispensedReason Why a prescription item was not dispensed.
ObservationCode Types of clinical observation.
ObservationInterpretationSnCT An interpretation of an observation result when compared to a reference value.
ObservationTypeSnCT An observation about a person expressed in SnomedCT.
ObsInterpretationChangeSnCT Interprets the result in terms of the significance if its increase/decrease compared to the quoted Change Value.
ObsInterpretationNormalitySnCT Interprets the result against the quoted Reference or Therapeutic range.
ObsInterpretationSusceptibilitySnCT Interprets the Susceptibility of an organism to a specified antibiotic.
OOPRoleType The role of a person in Out of Practice events.
OrganizationRoleName To identify the role of an organization where the information is not known to SDS.
OrganizerTypeSnCT A type of compound clinical statement.
OrganizationType Types of organization.
PaperRecordTransferFlag The status of the transfer of a patient's paper medical record.
PaperRecordTransferPriority Code used to indicate the priority of the transfer of the paper record.
ParentPrescriptionMessageType Code used to identify the type and version of Parent Prescription message.
ParticipationType Types of participations of agents in an activity.
PatientAdministrativeCategory The Administrative charging category for the patient for the episode of care.
PatientCareProvisionType Types of patient care provision.
PDSResponseCodes A consolidated list of error/issue codes for PDS messages.
PersonalPreferenceSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes personal preferences of the patient.
PersonRelationshipType Relationships between one person and another.
POCResponseCodes A consolidated list of error/issue codes for POC messages.
PointToPointResponseCodes List of response codes for use in point to point messaging.
PreferredContactMethod Preferred methods of contacting people.
PreferredWrittenCommunicationFormat A person's preferred written communication format.
PrescriberEndorsement Endorsement types a prescriber may apply to a prescription.
PrescriberRoleType The type of health care professional who authorised the prescription.
PrescriptionAnnotation Annotation & observation types relevant to a prescription.
PrescriptionChargeExemption Why someone need not pay prescription charges.
PrescriptionReleaseRejectionReason Reasons for refusing the return of the prescription.
PrescriptionResponseMessageType Code used to identify the type and version of Prescription Response message used to replace an abstract PrescriptionResponse placeholder within a message.
PrescriptionStatus Statuses of a prescription or an item on a prescription.
PrescriptionTreatmentType The management reasons for a prescription being issued.
PrescriptionType A classification of a prescription.
PrescriptionWithdrawReason A code indicating the reason for a prescription being withdrawn.
PrescriptionWithdrawType A code indicating the type of prescription withdrawal.
PresentingComplaintSnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing a presenting complaint.
PreviousNhsContact Flag for previous NHS contact made or not.
PriorityType The priority of a service request / referral.
ProcedureCode Types of clinical procedure.
ProcedureTypeSnCT A clinical procedure expressed in SnomedCT.
ProcessingID Types of environments messages must be used in.
ProcessingMode Modes message can be sent in.
ProtocolCondition The protocol under which the administration was performed.
PSClaimMessageType Identifies the type and version of the PS Claim Information message used to replace an abstract DispenseClaim placeholder within a message.
PSISBusinessCodeType A vocabulary to state the types of business codes that can be stored on PSIS.
PSISCareRecordState A state used by PSIS to classify the current state of the service-users entire PSIS record.
PSISDataStatus The value set that can be used to describe the PSISMetaDataType of '2 - Status'.
PSISDocumentType A vocabulary to state the types of documents that can be sent to PSIS.
PSISMetadataType A classification of the types of metadata that can be used to describe provenance etc. of the components of a PSIS Query response.
PSISResponseCodes A consolidated list of error/issue codes for PSIS messages.
PSNotificationMessageType Identifies the type and version of the PS Notification message used to replace an abstract DispenseNotification placeholder within a message.
PSNotificationWithClaimMessageType Identifies the type and version of the PS Notification With Claim Information message used to replace an abstract DispenseNotificationWithClaim placeholder within a message.
QualificationOfDetectedIssue This vocabulary formally specifies how two code systems shall use qualifiers from the DetectedIssueQualifier code system.
QueryActType A code specifying the particular kind of act that the Act instance represents in a query.
QueryResponse A code classifying the general nature of a response to a query and carried by the QueryAck.queryResponseCode.
RangeCriterionSnCT The criteria on which a reference value is based.
ReadCodes4Byte The UK 4-byte version (version 1) of the Read Codes.
ReadCodesVersion2 The UK 5-byte (version 2) of the Read Codes.
ReasonFor Reason for medication act state change.
ReasonForApptCancel Reason why an appointment was cancelled.
ReasonForDna Reasons why a provider can reject a referral.
ReasonForDocumentNullification Defines codes to identify the reason for nullifying a document.
ReasonQualifier Codes defining qualifiers to be applied to text-based referral reasons (e.g. 'suspected').
ReferralCategoryHeading Headings used in a referral message.
RegisteringAuthorityType Types of registering authority.
RegistrationReason To indicate the reason for registration (at a GP practice).
ReimbursementRejectionReason Reasons for rejecting reimbursement claims.
RejectionReason Why a request for an appointment has been rejected by EBS.
RelationshipReason Codes which indicate how the UBRN/s are related to the main referral (e.g. linked appointment, onward referral).
RelationshipTypeSnCT Type of relationship existing between two clinical statements.
RelationshipTypeSnCT Type of relationship existing between two clinical statements.
RelevantHistorySnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing a relevant history.
ReligiousAffiliation Types of personal religious affiliations.
RequesterRelationshipType A request to abort an existing medication supply request.
RequestMedicationSupplyAbortSnCT A request to abort an existing medication supply request.
RequestStatus This describes the meaning of the status value.
RequestType An indicator of the type of request to be created after the seamless transition is performed.
RiskToPersonSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes a risk to someone other than the patient.
RouteOfAdministration Routes by which medications are administered.
RouteofAdministrationSnCT Routes of administration for drugs.
RxEventQueryOrganizationType The organisation type of a prescription query sender.
SCReasonCode Reasons why a Legitimate Relationship status may change.
SDSObservationType Types of observation about information held on SDS.
SDSJobRoleName Identifies the job role associated with a person's SDS role profile.
SDSRegistrationType Types of registration where information on SDS is being updated.
SealEventActionCode Identifies an action relating to sealed envelopes, either a seal status change, or a change of who has permission to see sealed information.
SealingActType Indicates the type of sealing related act.
SearchParameter Specifies algorithm to be used when searching for patients in PDS.
SealingRefusalReason The reasons for a clinician refusing to seal a item of information.
ServiceClinicType This describes the meaning of the status value.
ServiceSpecialty This describes the meaning of the status value.
ServicesSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes services provided, requested, promised, etc to the patient.
ServiceTypeRequested Types of service requested by referrers.
Sex The administrative sex of a person.
SmokingSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes the lifestyle of the patient in relation to smoking.
SnomedCT The UK subset of the Snomed-CT codes.
SocialOrPersonalCircumstanceSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes a social or personal circumstance of the patient.
Specialty This describes the Specialty of the Service. These are actually treatment function codes in the Choose and Book messages.
SpecimenMaterialTypeSnCT The type of substance collected for analysis.
SpecimenTypeSnCT Type of specimen taken from a patient.
StatusDisplayValue This describes the coded Valid Status values for release 3 are listed. In brackets are the status meaning values they relate to.
StatusMeaning This describes the meaning of the status value.
StillbornType Indicates whether or not a baby is stillborn.
Substance Therapeutic moieties in medications.
SubstanceAdministrationSnCT Refinement of the SBADM act class code.
SummaryTypeSnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing the type of summary contained in the message.
SuperSpecialty This describes the meaning of the status value.
SupplyActSnCT Refinement of the SPLY act class code.
SupplyRequestSnCT Codes representing a pharmaceutical product supply request.
SupplySnCT Codes representing a pharmaceutical product supply action.
SuspectedCongenitalAbnormalityType Indicates if a congenital abnormaility is suspected.
TargetAwarenessSnCT Patient / Carer awareness of diagnosis / problem.
TemperatureObservationTypeSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes a finding that is an observation of body temperature.
TransportNeed Type of transport requested for discharge.
TreatmentTypeSnCT A subset of the Snomed-CT clinical terminology (i.e. coding system) intended for use in the UK that describes treatment given to the patient.
TextType The type of text associated with the Act.
TypeDisplayValue A string that is displayed to users to represent the type of additional requirement.
UkInternalCode A unique code representing a constituent internal part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
UpdateType Flags whether an update is a correction or a change.
VitalSignTypeSnCT Codes taken from the UK subset of SnomedCT representing a vital sign type.
WithdrawalReason Defines codes to identify reasons for requesting the withdrawal of messages.
WorkgroupAttribute Indicates a type of act that describes information about a Workgroup.
WorkgroupStatus Indicates information about the status of a workgroup.
WorkgroupType Indicates the type of workgroup.
x_ClinicalStatement Classes of clinical statements.
x_CompoundStatement Indicates 1 of 4 levels of containment within a composition.
x_DosageMood Distinguishes a dosage instruction from an actual dose.
x_MedicationMood Distinguishes between medication event states.
x_RelAgentType Type of agent participations in the context of compositions.
x_RelatedPerson Types of related person role.
x_StatementMood Distinguishes between action states, e.g. requested & actual.