top level metadata concept

top level metadata concept

A concept that is directly related to the SNOMED CT model component concept by a subtype relationship .

Notes

• The SNOMED CT model component concept is 900000000000441003 | SNOMED CT Model Component (metadata)| .

• All metadata concepts are subtype descendants of at least one top level metadata concept.

• The top level of the metadata hierarchy represents broad groups of metadata as follows:

⬅︎ The root concept ⬅︎ The root metadata concept ⬅︎ Attributes and other linkage concepts ⬅︎ Concepts representing namespaces ⬅︎ Metadata supporting components ⬅︎ Metadata supporting refsets