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Provide ability to provide column-based arguments to terminology functions

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Description

At the moment, arguments to the terminology functions (e.g. value set URI, concept map equivalence) are required to be provided as static, literal values.

We could provide the ability to supply these arguments as columns instead, with the inputs taken from a source data set.

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The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the terminology functions and their current argument handling, then trace how source datasets provide columns. Done means terminology arguments can be supplied from columns rather than only static literal values.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spark
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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