RxNorm Extension long names are cut and missing

[Alexdavv]

In "RxNorm Extension" the concept_name is cut if it's longer than 255 chars (according to concept table DDL). The full original name is not added to the concept_synomym table as opposed to the "RxNorm" implementation where they're added as synonyms.

RxNorm Extension example:

RxNorm example:

I don't know if the logic wasn't added by design or didn't work out for a portion of concepts - it requires further investigation. A quick guess is that the buildRxE function doesn't contribute to the concept_synomym table at all.

The expectation is to add original long names as synonyms. Otherwise, the semantics of the concept could be only deciphered using the attributive links that could be deprecated, and, therefore, not consistent over time.