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Table 2 Code system elements and their corresponding elements in OWL ontologies

From: Ontoserver: a syndicated terminology server

Code System

OWL

Comments

Id

-

The id of the resource is local so it can be passed in as a parameter to the transformation.

Url

Ontology IRI

The IRI is optional in an OWL ontology. If it is not present then the transformation stops.

Version

Ontology version

If the ontology has no version, then the version is set to ’NA’. The user can modify this or remove the version altogether.

Name

rdfs:label, Ontology IRI

If the ontology has been annotated with an RDFS label, then the first occurrence is used as the code system’s name. Otherwise the ontology’s IRI is used.

Publisher

Publisher

This element can be configured (the default value is http://purl. org/dc/elements/1.1/publisher).

Description

Subject, rdfs:comment

These elements can be configured (defaults values are http://purl. org/dc/elements/1.1/subject and http://www.w3.org/2000/01/ rdf-schema#comment).

Status

-

Always set to ACTIVE.

ValueSet

Ontology IRI

Set by default to the same URI as the code system.

HierarchyMeaning

-

Always set to SUBSUMES.