Why do it the hard way? The case for an expressive description logic for SNOMED.
There has been major progress both in description logics and ontology design since SNOMED was originally developed. The emergence of the standard Web Ontology language in its latest revision, OWL 1.1 is leading to a rapid proliferation of tools. Combined with the increase in computing power in the past two decades, these developments mean that many of the restrictions that limited SNOMED's original formulation no longer need apply. We argue [...]
Author(s): Rector, Alan L, Brandt, Sebastian
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2797