Request for Feedback on Draft MRCM Design

Description

The Machine Readable Concept Model (MRCM) represents rules in the SNOMED CT concept model in a form that can be read by a computer and applied to test that concept definitions and expressions comply with the rules. The MRCM may be used for a variety of purposes, including the authoring and validation of SNOMED CT concepts, expressions, expression constraints and queries, Natural Language Processing and terminology binding to support semantic interoperability.

The SNOMED CT MRCM Specification and Guide (WIP) defines and describes the proposed structural design of the SNOMED CT MRCM, and discusses the background and considerations that were taken into account during its design. This document is intended to be read in conjunction with a preview of the SNOMED CT MRCM represented using this draft design.

The document presents the specification of the SNOMED CT MRCM, including the reference sets and attributes used to represent and distribute the international SNOMED CT MRCM. It also documents the background, use cases, requirements, logical design and design considerations, including versioning and extensibility of the MRCM.

Objectives

MAG Members are requested to review the revised Draft MRCM Design and provide inline comments to the WIP Confluence Space by Friday 12th August 2016. 

Following consideration of the MAG review comments, this draft design will be distributed to the broader SNOMED CT Community for their review.

Note that in the attached spreadsheet the grey columns containing human readable terms are for information only and would not be included in the proposed reference sets.

Relevant Documents

Draft MRCM WIP Specification:  http://snomed.org/-mrcm/

MRCM Preview: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Rzaun8VwVYWZwaCAT6c-8yX-PM8h9AOwsErhtosFmM4/