. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 24.

Published in final edited form as: Pac Symp Biocomput. 2004:202–213. doi: 10.1142/9789812704856_0020

Table 3.

Examples of Problematic Mappings

Mapping Problem	Examples
Mapping Problem	Phenoslim	SNOMED
(i) erroneous mapping	“…premature death”	“immature” + “death”
(ii) partial mapping	“Hematology…”	Partially mapped missing “hematological system”
(iii) relevant mappings omitted by M³	“…postnatal lethality””	“postneonatal death”
(iv) redundancy	“coat: hair texture defects”	“hair texture (body structure)”, “Texture of hair (observable entity), Hair texture, function (observable entity)
(v) ambiguity	“renal system…”,	Including the bladder, the urogenital?
(vi) inconsistency	“neurological/behavioral: … movement anomalies” “neurological/behavioral: … nociception abnormalities”
(vii) Not in SNOMED	“Coat…”, “Vibrissae…”	-
(viii) Context / Representation Scope	“Embryonic…”	“Fetal…” + “Embryonic…”