New BC and DSS status attribute

[landel00]

The BC and SDTM Dataset Specializations (DSS) Data Models need to include a 'Status' attribute to indicate whether a BC or DSS is active vs. retired.

Rationale: BCs and DSS may need to be retired, e.g., when NCI retires a concept or when a decision has been made by the BC Curation team to change how the BC is constructed. Currently, there's no mechanism to retire BCs or DSS. Our work around is to update the short_name and definition with [RETIRED] to indicate that the BC or DSS should not be used.

[chowsanthony]

Unless there is a better and established manner, my recommendation is to use ISO 11179 Part 6 Registration for this status attribute. Excerpted from ISO/IEC 11179-6:2023:

Status criteria
registration status category

Lifecycle statuses

Incomplete
The submitter wishes to make the community that uses this registry aware
of the existence of an administered item in their local domain.
Candidate The administered item has been proposed for progression through the regis-
tration levels.

Recorded
The registration authority has confirmed that
— all mandatory metadata attributes have been completed.

Qualified
The registration authority has confirmed that
— the mandatory metadata attributes are complete and
— the mandatory metadata attributes conform to applicable quality require-
ments.

Standard
The registration authority confirms that the administered item is
— of sufficient quality and
— of broad interest for use
in the community that uses this registry.
Preferred Standard The registration authority confirms that the administered item is
— preferred for use within the community that uses this registry.

Superseded
The registration authority determined that the administered item is
— no longer recommended for use by the community that uses this registry,
and
— a successor administered item is now preferred for use.

Retired
The registration authority has approved the administered item as
— no longer recommended for use in the community that uses this registry
and
— should no longer be used.