Features

Concept model supported editing

When a new relationship is added, values for the attribute type and the target concept are classified either as Sanctioned or as Unsanctioned. Sanctioned means that those values are valid based on the Machine Readable Concept Model (MRCM), while Unsanctioned values are invalid based on MRCM rules.

The international version of Snow Owl ships with SNOMED International's concept model

However, this concept model is incomplete which means that many valid SNOMED CT concepts may be reported as violating their own model. Hence, these violations are indicated as warnings rather than errors.

That's also why we allow entering descriptions and properties that are not permitted (Unsanctioned) by the current concept model.

Bookmarking

Bookmarked concepts can be viewed by activating the Bookmarks View.

Editing

The icons on the right side of the sections allow you to make changes to the concept. They perform the following actions:

Descriptions

Properties

Axiom Properties

Tooltips

Hovering over one of the descriptions will reveal a tooltip with additional details. This feature is also available in the properties section.

Error message display

Error-, warning-, and information type messages are displayed at the top of the concept editor.

Hovering over the hyperlink will display the messages.

Unpublished changes

Unpublished changes are indicated at the top of the concept editor with an information message.

In case of unpublished changes for descriptions, a box around the description type is also displayed. Once a version is created, the box disappears and only a simple text is displayed, meaning the value cannot be modified anymore.

For more information about versioning please refer to the chapter in the Client Reference.