Clinical Quality Language Release 1 (Development Build)

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CQL Structure Diagram (CQL.g4)

These diagrams provide an alternative, visual representation of the CQL grammar. Note that the grammar represented here is simplified for the purposes of presentation. Some semantics such as operator precedence are encoded in the full grammar, but omitted here. As such, the contents of this page (and the railroad diagrams included in the rest of the specification) are strictly informative.

library

libraryDefinition definition statement EOF

libraryDefinition

'library' qualifiedIdentifier 'version' STRING

definition

usingDefinition includeDefinition codesystemDefinition valuesetDefinition codeDefinition conceptDefinition parameterDefinition

usingDefinition

'using' identifier 'version' STRING

includeDefinition

'include' qualifiedIdentifier 'version' STRING 'called' identifier

accessModifier

'public' 'private'

parameterDefinition

accessModifier 'parameter' identifier typeSpecifier 'default' expression

codesystemDefinition

accessModifier 'codesystem' identifier ':' STRING 'version' STRING

valuesetDefinition

accessModifier 'valueset' identifier ':' STRING 'version' STRING codesystems

codesystems

'codesystems' '{' qualifiedIdentifier ',' qualifiedIdentifier '}'

codeDefinition

accessModifier 'code' identifier ':' STRING 'from' qualifiedIdentifier displayClause

conceptDefinition

accessModifier 'concept' identifier ':' '{' qualifiedIdentifier ',' qualifiedIdentifier '}' displayClause

typeSpecifier

namedTypeSpecifier listTypeSpecifier intervalTypeSpecifier tupleTypeSpecifier choiceTypeSpecifier

namedTypeSpecifier

qualifiedIdentifier

listTypeSpecifier

'List' '<' typeSpecifier '>'

intervalTypeSpecifier

'Interval' '<' typeSpecifier '>'

tupleTypeSpecifier

'Tuple' '{' tupleElementDefinition ',' tupleElementDefinition '}'

tupleElementDefinition

identifier typeSpecifier

choiceTypeSpecifier

'Choice' '<' typeSpecifier ',' typeSpecifier '>'

statement

expressionDefinition contextDefinition functionDefinition

expressionDefinition

'define' accessModifier identifier ':' expression

contextDefinition

'context' qualifiedIdentifier

functionDefinition

'define' accessModifier 'fluent' 'function' identifier '(' operandList ')' 'returns' typeSpecifier ':' functionBody 'external'

operandList

operandDefinition ',' operandDefinition

operandDefinition

identifier typeSpecifier

functionBody

expression

querySource

retrieve qualifiedIdentifier '(' expression ')'

aliasedQuerySource

querySource identifier

queryInclusionClause

withClause withoutClause

withClause

'with' aliasedQuerySource 'such that' expression

withoutClause

'without' aliasedQuerySource 'such that' expression

retrieve

'[' qualifiedIdentifier '->' namedTypeSpecifier ':' codePath codeComparator terminology ']'

codePath

simplePath

codeComparator

'in' '=' '~'

terminology

qualifiedIdentifier expression

query

sourceClause letClause queryInclusionClause whereClause aggregateClause returnClause sortClause

sourceClause

'from' aliasedQuerySource ',' aliasedQuerySource

letClause

'let' letClauseItem ',' letClauseItem

letClauseItem

identifier ':' expression

whereClause

'where' expression

returnClause

'return' 'all' 'distinct' expression

aggregateClause

'aggregate' 'all' 'distinct' identifier startingClause ':' expression

startingClause

'starting' simpleLiteral quantity '(' expression ')'

sortClause

'sort' sortDirection 'by' sortByItem ',' sortByItem

sortDirection

'asc' 'ascending' 'desc' 'descending'

sortByItem

expressionTerm sortDirection

qualifiedIdentifier

identifier '.' identifier

simplePath

identifier simplePath '.' identifier simplePath '[' simpleLiteral ']'

simpleLiteral

STRING NUMBER

expression

expressionTerm retrieve query booleanExpression typeExpression castExpression unaryLogicalExpression betweenExpression durationExpression comparisonExpression expression intervalOperatorPhrase expression membershipExpression binaryLogicalExpression setExpression

booleanExpression

expression 'is' 'not' 'null' 'true' 'false'

typeExpression

expression 'is' 'as' typeSpecifier

castExpression

'cast' expression 'as' typeSpecifier

unaryLogicalExpression

'not' 'exists' expression

comparisonExpression

expression '=' '!=' '~' '!~' '<=' '<' '>' '>=' expression

binaryLogicalExpression

expression 'and' 'or' 'xor' 'implies' expression

membershipExpression

expression 'in' 'contains' dateTimePrecisionSpecifier expression

setExpression

expression '|' 'union' 'intersect' 'except' expression

betweenExpression

expression 'properly' 'between' expressionTerm 'and' expressionTerm

durationExpression

'duration' 'difference' 'in' pluralDateTimePrecision 'between' expressionTerm 'and' expressionTerm 'of' expressionTerm

dateTimePrecision

'year' 'month' 'week' 'day' 'hour' 'minute' 'second' 'millisecond'

pluralDateTimePrecision

'years' 'months' 'weeks' 'days' 'hours' 'minutes' 'seconds' 'milliseconds'

dateTimeComponent

dateTimePrecision 'date' 'time' 'timezoneoffset'

expressionTerm

term invocationExpressionTerm indexerExpressionTerm conversionExpressionTerm polarityExpressionTerm dateTimeComponentExpressionTerm unaryIntervalExpressionTerm typeExtentExpressionTerm binaryArithmeticExpressionTerm ifExpressionTerm caseExpressionTerm aggregateExpressionTerm setAggregateExpressionTerm

unaryIntervalExpressionTerm

'start' 'end' 'width' 'successor' 'predecessor' 'of' 'singleton' 'point' 'from' expressionTerm

invocationExpressionTerm

expressionTerm '.' invocation

invocation

identifier function

indexerExpressionTerm

expressionTerm '[' expression ']'

conversionExpressionTerm

'convert' expression 'to' typeSpecifier unit

polarityExpressionTerm

'+' '-' expressionTerm

dateTimeComponentExpressionTerm

dateTimeComponent 'from' expressionTerm

typeExtentExpressionTerm

'minimum' 'maximum' namedTypeSpecifier

aggregateExpressionTerm

'distinct' 'flatten' expression

setAggregateExpressionTerm

'expand' 'collapse' expression 'per' dateTimePrecision expression

binaryArithmeticExpressionTerm

expressionTerm '^' '*' '/' 'div' 'mod' '+' '-' '&' expressionTerm

ifExpressionTerm

'if' expression 'then' expression 'else' expression

caseExpressionTerm

'case' expression caseExpressionItem 'else' expression 'end'

caseExpressionItem

'when' expression 'then' expression

dateTimePrecisionSpecifier

dateTimePrecision 'of'

relativeQualifier

'or before' 'or after'

offsetRelativeQualifier

'or more' 'or less'

exclusiveRelativeQualifier

'less than' 'more than'

quantityOffset

quantity offsetRelativeQualifier exclusiveRelativeQualifier quantity

temporalRelationship

'on or' 'before' 'after' 'before' 'after' 'or on'

intervalOperatorPhrase

concurrentWithIntervalOperatorPhrase includesIntervalOperatorPhrase includedInIntervalOperatorPhrase beforeOrAfterIntervalOperatorPhrase withinIntervalOperatorPhrase meetsOrOverlapsIntervalOperatorPhrase startsOrEndsIntervalOperatorPhrase

concurrentWithIntervalOperatorPhrase

'starts' 'ends' 'occurs' 'same' dateTimePrecision relativeQualifier 'as' 'start' 'end'

includesIntervalOperatorPhrase

'properly' 'includes' dateTimePrecisionSpecifier 'start' 'end'

includedInIntervalOperatorPhrase

'starts' 'ends' 'occurs' 'properly' 'during' 'included in' dateTimePrecisionSpecifier

beforeOrAfterIntervalOperatorPhrase

'starts' 'ends' 'occurs' quantityOffset temporalRelationship dateTimePrecisionSpecifier 'start' 'end'

withinIntervalOperatorPhrase

'starts' 'ends' 'occurs' 'properly' 'within' quantity 'of' 'start' 'end'

meetsOrOverlapsIntervalOperatorPhrase

'meets' 'overlaps' 'before' 'after' dateTimePrecisionSpecifier

startsOrEndsIntervalOperatorPhrase

'starts' 'ends' dateTimePrecisionSpecifier

term

identifier literal selector function iterationIdentifier externalConstant '(' expression ')'

iterationIdentifier

'$this' '$index' '$total'

function

identifier '(' paramList ')'

paramList

expression ',' expression

selector

intervalSelector tupleSelector instanceSelector listSelector codeSelector conceptSelector

literal

'true' 'false' 'null' STRING NUMBER LONGNUMBER DATETIME DATE TIME quantity ratio

quantity

NUMBER unit

unit

dateTimePrecision pluralDateTimePrecision STRING

ratio

quantity ':' quantity

externalConstant

'%' identifier STRING

intervalSelector

'Interval' '[' '(' expression ',' expression ']' ')'

tupleSelector

'Tuple' '{' ':' tupleElementSelector ',' tupleElementSelector '}'

tupleElementSelector

identifier ':' expression

instanceSelector

namedTypeSpecifier '{' ':' instanceElementSelector ',' instanceElementSelector '}'

instanceElementSelector

identifier ':' expression

listSelector

'List' '<' typeSpecifier '>' '{' expression ',' expression '}'

displayClause

'display' STRING

codeSelector

'Code' STRING 'from' qualifiedIdentifier displayClause

conceptSelector

'Concept' '{' codeSelector ',' codeSelector '}' displayClause

keyword

'after' 'aggregate' 'all' 'and' 'as' 'asc' 'ascending' 'before' 'between' 'by' 'called' 'case' 'cast' 'code' 'Code' 'codesystem' 'codesystems' 'collapse' 'concept' 'Concept' 'contains' 'context' 'convert' 'date' 'day' 'days' 'default' 'define' 'desc' 'descending' 'difference' 'display' 'distinct' 'div' 'duration' 'during' 'else' 'end' 'ends' 'except' 'exists' 'expand' 'false' 'flatten' 'fluent' 'from' 'function' 'hour' 'hours' 'if' 'implies' 'in' 'include' 'includes' 'included in' 'intersect' 'Interval' 'is' 'let' 'library' 'List' 'maximum' 'meets' 'millisecond' 'milliseconds' 'minimum' 'minute' 'minutes' 'mod' 'month' 'months' 'not' 'null' 'occurs' 'of' 'on or' 'or' 'or after' 'or before' 'or less' 'or more' 'or on' 'overlaps' 'parameter' 'per' 'point' 'predecessor' 'private' 'properly' 'public' 'return' 'same' 'second' 'seconds' 'singleton' 'start' 'starting' 'starts' 'sort' 'successor' 'such that' 'then' 'time' 'timezoneoffset' 'to' 'true' 'Tuple' 'union' 'using' 'valueset' 'version' 'week' 'weeks' 'where' 'when' 'width' 'with' 'within' 'without' 'xor' 'year' 'years'

reservedWord

'aggregate' 'all' 'and' 'as' 'after' 'before' 'between' 'case' 'cast' 'Code' 'collapse' 'Concept' 'convert' 'day' 'days' 'difference' 'distinct' 'duration' 'during' 'else' 'exists' 'expand' 'false' 'flatten' 'from' 'if' 'in' 'included in' 'is' 'hour' 'hours' 'Interval' 'let' 'List' 'maximum' 'millisecond' 'milliseconds' 'minimum' 'minute' 'minutes' 'month' 'months' 'not' 'null' 'occurs' 'of' 'on or' 'or' 'or on' 'per' 'point' 'properly' 'return' 'same' 'second' 'seconds' 'singleton' 'sort' 'such that' 'then' 'to' 'true' 'Tuple' 'week' 'weeks' 'when' 'with' 'within' 'without' 'year' 'years'

keywordIdentifier

'asc' 'ascending' 'by' 'called' 'code' 'codesystem' 'codesystems' 'concept' 'contains' 'context' 'date' 'default' 'define' 'desc' 'descending' 'display' 'div' 'end' 'ends' 'except' 'fluent' 'function' 'implies' 'include' 'includes' 'intersect' 'library' 'meets' 'mod' 'or after' 'or before' 'or less' 'or more' 'overlaps' 'parameter' 'predecessor' 'private' 'public' 'start' 'starting' 'starts' 'successor' 'time' 'timezoneoffset' 'union' 'using' 'valueset' 'version' 'where' 'width' 'xor'

functionIdentifier

'after' 'aggregate' 'all' 'and' 'as' 'asc' 'ascending' 'before' 'between' 'by' 'called' 'case' 'cast' 'code' 'Code' 'codesystem' 'codesystems' 'collapse' 'concept' 'Concept' 'contains' 'context' 'convert' 'date' 'day' 'days' 'default' 'define' 'desc' 'descending' 'difference' 'display' 'distinct' 'div' 'duration' 'during' 'else' 'end' 'ends' 'except' 'exists' 'expand' 'false' 'flatten' 'fluent' 'from' 'function' 'hour' 'hours' 'if' 'implies' 'in' 'include' 'includes' 'included in' 'intersect' 'Interval' 'is' 'let' 'library' 'List' 'maximum' 'meets' 'millisecond' 'milliseconds' 'minimum' 'minute' 'minutes' 'mod' 'month' 'months' 'not' 'null' 'occurs' 'of' 'or' 'or after' 'or before' 'or less' 'or more' 'overlaps' 'parameter' 'per' 'point' 'predecessor' 'private' 'properly' 'public' 'return' 'same' 'singleton' 'second' 'seconds' 'start' 'starting' 'starts' 'sort' 'successor' 'such that' 'then' 'time' 'timezoneoffset' 'to' 'true' 'Tuple' 'union' 'using' 'valueset' 'version' 'week' 'weeks' 'where' 'when' 'width' 'with' 'within' 'without' 'xor' 'year' 'years'

typeNameIdentifier

'Code' 'Concept' 'date' 'time'

identifier

IDENTIFIER DELIMITEDIDENTIFIER QUOTEDIDENTIFIER

QUOTEDIDENTIFIER

'"' ESC any char '"'

DATE

'@' DATEFORMAT

DATETIME

'@' DATEFORMAT 'T' TIMEFORMAT TIMEZONEOFFSETFORMAT

TIME

'@' 'T' TIMEFORMAT

DATEFORMAT

[0-9] [0-9] [0-9] [0-9] '-' [0-9] [0-9] '-' [0-9] [0-9]

TIMEFORMAT

[0-9] [0-9] ':' [0-9] [0-9] ':' [0-9] [0-9] '.' [0-9]

TIMEZONEOFFSETFORMAT

'Z' '+' '-' [0-9] [0-9] ':' [0-9] [0-9]

IDENTIFIER

[A-Za-z] '_' [A-Za-z0-9] '_'

DELIMITEDIDENTIFIER

'`' ESC any char '`'

STRING

''' ESC any char '''

NUMBER

[0-9] '.' [0-9]

LONGNUMBER

[0-9] 'L'

WS

[ \r\n\t]

COMMENT

'/*' any char '*/'

LINE_COMMENT

'//' not [\r\n]

ESC

'\' [`'"\/fnrt] UNICODE

UNICODE

'u' HEX HEX HEX HEX

HEX

[0-9a-fA-F]