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CodeSystem: Knowledge graph: publication type

Official URL: http://smart.who.int/base/CodeSystem/KGPublicationType Version: 0.3.0
Active as of 2026-10-06 Computable Name: KGPublicationType

What kind of normative publication an L1 publication is. A summary table restates recommendations made elsewhere, and conflating it with a guideline makes provenance wrong. A publication that is none of these (a data portal, a reporting form) leaves the property unset rather than being forced into one. Source: smart-kg ontology/l1/l1.json class publication note ('a guideline, guidance, recommendation summary, or classification') and propertyNote.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

This case-sensitive code system http://smart.who.int/base/CodeSystem/KGPublicationType defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinition
guideline Guideline A normative WHO guideline: it makes recommendations.
guidance Guidance Guidance that operationalises recommendations without making new ones.
summary-table Summary table A summary that restates recommendations made elsewhere.
classification Classification A classification, such as the Classification of Digital Health Interventions.