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Table 2 Mapping between the SCT compositional grammar, ontology, and DL operators

From: SNOMED CT standard ontology based on the ontology for general medical science

SCT compositional grammar

OWL construct

DL construct

expression, subExpression

Axiom

Axiom

sctid = conceptReference = conceptid = term

String

String

numericalValue

Float/integer

Float/integer

Plus

objectIntersectionOf

⊓

definitionStatus (<<<, ===)

subClassOf, equivalentClasses

⊑, ≡

focusConcept

Class

C

refinement

some, objectIntersectionOf

∃, ⊓

attributeGroup

objectIntersectionOf

⊓

attributeSet

objectIntersectionOf

⊓

attributeValue

Data property, object property

Roles

expressionValue

objectIntersectionOf

⊓