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The following ABNF definition specifies the Long Syntax the the SNOMED CT Expression Constraint Language. Please note that all keywords are case insensitive.
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This ABNF syntax and the ANTLR syntax is maintained in the SNOMED Expression Constraint Language GitHub repository.
expressionConstraint = ws ( refinedExpressionConstraint / compoundExpressionConstraint /
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dottedExpressionConstraint /
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subExpressionConstraint ) ws refinedExpressionConstraint =
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subExpressionConstraint ws ":" ws
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eclRefinement compoundExpressionConstraint = conjunctionExpressionConstraint / disjunctionExpressionConstraint / exclusionExpressionConstraint
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conjunctionExpressionConstraint = subExpressionConstraint 1*(ws conjunction ws subExpressionConstraint)
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disjunctionExpressionConstraint = subExpressionConstraint 1*(ws disjunction ws subExpressionConstraint)
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exclusionExpressionConstraint = subExpressionConstraint ws exclusion ws subExpressionConstraint
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dottedExpressionConstraint =
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subExpressionConstraint 1*(ws dottedExpressionAttribute) dottedExpressionAttribute = dot ws eclAttributeName subExpressionConstraint= [constraintOperator ws] (
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( [memberOf
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ws] (eclFocusConcept / "("
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ws expressionConstraint ws ")")
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*(ws memberFilterConstraint)) / (eclFocusConcept / "(" ws expressionConstraint ws ")") ) *(ws (descriptionFilterConstraint / conceptFilterConstraint)) [ws historySupplement] eclFocusConcept = eclConceptReference / wildCard / altIdentifier dot = "." memberOf = ( "^" / ("m"/"M") ("e"/"E") ("m"/"M") ("b"/"B") ("e"/"E") ("r"/"R") ("o"/"O") ("f"/"F") ) [ ws "[" ws (refsetFieldNameSet / wildCard) ws "]" ] refsetFieldNameSet = refsetFieldName *( ws "," ws refsetFieldName ) refsetFieldName = 1*alpha eclConceptReference = conceptId [ws "|" ws term ws "|"] eclConceptReferenceSet = "(" ws eclConceptReference 1*(mws eclConceptReference) ws ")" conceptId = sctId term = 1*nonwsNonPipe *( 1*SP 1*nonwsNonPipe ) altIdentifier = (QM altIdentifierSchemeAlias "#" altIdentifierCodeWithinQuotes QM / altIdentifierSchemeAlias "#" altIdentifierCodeWithoutQuotes) [ws "|" ws term ws "|"] altIdentifierSchemeAlias = alpha *(dash / alpha / integerValue) altIdentifierCodeWithinQuotes = 1*anyNonEscapedChar altIdentifierCodeWithoutQuotes = 1*(alpha / digit / dash / "." / "_") wildCard = "*" / ( ("a"/"A") ("n"/"N") ("
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y"/"
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Y")
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) constraintOperator = childOf / childOrSelfOf / descendantOrSelfOf / descendantOf / parentOf / parentOrSelfOf / ancestorOrSelfOf / ancestorOf / top / bottom descendantOf = "<
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" / ( ("
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d"/"
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D") ("
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e"/"
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E") ("
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s"/"
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S") ("
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c"/"
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C") ("
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e"/"
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E") ("
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n"/"
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N") ("
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d"/"
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D"
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)
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(
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"a"/"A") ("n"/"N") ("
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t"/"
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T") ("
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o"/"
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O") ("
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f"/"
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F") mws ) descendantOrSelfOf = "<<" / ( ("
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d"/"
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D") ("
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e"/"
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E") ("
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s"/"
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S") ("
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c"/"
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C") ("
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e"/"
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E")
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("
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n"/"N") ("
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d"/"
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D") ("
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a"/"
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A") ("
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n"/"
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N") ("t"/"T") ("o"/"O") ("r"/"R
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"
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) (
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"
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s"/"S") ("e"/"E") ("l"/"L") ("f"/"F") ("o"/"O") ("f"/"F") mws )
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childOf = "
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<!" / (("
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c"/"
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C") ("
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h"/"
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H") ("
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i"/"
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I") ("
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l"/"
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L") ("
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d"/"
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D") ("
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o"/"O") ("f"/"F") mws )
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childOrSelfOf = "<<!" / (("
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c"/"
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C") ("
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h"/"
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H") ("
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i"/"
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I")
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("
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l"/"
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L") ("d"/"D") ("o"/"O") ("r"/"R")
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("s"/"S") ("
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e"/"
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E") ("
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l"/"
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L") ("
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f"/"
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F") ("
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o"/"
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O") ("
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f"/"
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F") mws
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) ancestorOf =
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">"
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/ ( ("a"/"A") ("n"/"N") ("c"/"C") ("e"/"E") ("s"/"S") ("t"/"T") ("o"/"O") ("r"/"R") ("o"/"O") ("f"/"F") mws ) ancestorOrSelfOf = ">>" / ( ("a"/"A") ("n"/"N") ("c"/"C") ("e"/"E") ("s"/"S") ("t"/"T") ("o"/"O") ("r"/"R") ("o"/"O") ("r"/"R") ("s"/"S") ("e"/"E") ("l"/"L") ("f"/"F") ("o"/"O") ("f"/"F") mws ) parentOf = ">!" / (("p"/"P") ("a"/"A") ("r"/"R") ("e"/"E") ("n"/"N") ("t"/"T") ("o"/"O") ("f"/"F") mws ) parentOrSelfOf = ">>!" / (("p"/"P") ("a"/"A") ("r"/"R") ("e"/"E") ("n"/"N") ("t"/"T") ("o"/"O") ("r"/"R") ("s"/"S") ("e"/"E") ("l"/"L") ("f"/"F") ("o"/"O") ("f"/"F") mws ) top = "!!>" / (("t"/"T") ("o"/"O") ("p"/"P") mws ) bottom = "!!<" / (("b"/"B") ("o"/"O") ("t"/"T") ("t"/"T") ("o"/"O") ("m"/"M") mws ) conjunction = (("a"/"A") ("n"/"N") ("d"/"D") mws) / "," disjunction = ("o"/"O") ("r"/"R") mws exclusion = ("m"/"M") ("i"/"I") ("n"/"N") ("u"/"U") ("s"/"S") mws eclRefinement = subRefinement ws [conjunctionRefinementSet / disjunctionRefinementSet] conjunctionRefinementSet = 1*(ws conjunction ws subRefinement) disjunctionRefinementSet = 1*(ws disjunction ws subRefinement) subRefinement = eclAttributeSet / eclAttributeGroup / "(" ws eclRefinement ws ")" eclAttributeSet = subAttributeSet ws [conjunctionAttributeSet / disjunctionAttributeSet] conjunctionAttributeSet = 1*(ws conjunction ws subAttributeSet) disjunctionAttributeSet = 1*(ws disjunction ws subAttributeSet) subAttributeSet = eclAttribute / "(" ws eclAttributeSet ws ")" eclAttributeGroup = ["[" cardinality "]" ws] "{" ws eclAttributeSet ws "}" eclAttribute = ["[" cardinality "]" ws] [reverseFlag ws] eclAttributeName ws (expressionComparisonOperator ws subExpressionConstraint / numericComparisonOperator ws "#" numericValue / stringComparisonOperator ws (typedSearchTerm / typedSearchTermSet) / booleanComparisonOperator ws booleanValue) cardinality = minValue to maxValue minValue = nonNegativeIntegerValue to = ".." / (mws ("t"/"T") ("o"/"O") mws) maxValue = nonNegativeIntegerValue / many many = "*" / ( ("m"/"M") ("a"/"A") ("n"/"N") ("y"/"Y")) reverseFlag = ( ("r"/"R") ("e"/"E") ("v"/"V") ("e"/"E") ("r"/"R") ("s"/"S") ("e"/"E") ("o"/"O") ("f"/"F")) / "R" eclAttributeName = subExpressionConstraint expressionComparisonOperator = "=" / "!=" / ("n"/"N") ("o"/"O") ("t"/"T") ws "=" / "<>" numericComparisonOperator = "=" / "!=" / ("n"/"N") ("o"/"O") ("t"/"T") ws "=" / "<>" / "<=" / "<" / ">=" / ">" timeComparisonOperator = "=" / "!=" / ("n"/"N") ("o"/"O") ("t"/"T") ws "=" / "<>" / "<=" / "<" / ">=" / ">" stringComparisonOperator = "=" / "!=" / ("n"/"N") ("o"/"O") ("t"/"T") ws "=" / "<>" booleanComparisonOperator = "=" / "!=" / ("n"/"N") ("o"/"O") ("t"/"T") ws "=" / "<>" idComparisonOperator = "=" / "!=" / ("n"/"N") ("o"/"O") ("t"/"T") ws "=" / "<>" descriptionFilterConstraint = "{{" ws [ "d" / "D" ] ws descriptionFilter *(ws "," ws descriptionFilter) ws "}}" descriptionFilter = termFilter / languageFilter / typeFilter / dialectFilter / moduleFilter / effectiveTimeFilter / activeFilter / descriptionIdFilter descriptionIdFilter = descriptionIdKeyword ws idComparisonOperator ws (descriptionId / descriptionIdSet) descriptionIdKeyword = ("i"/"I") ("d"/"D") descriptionId = sctId descriptionIdSet = "(" ws descriptionId *(mws descriptionId) ws ")" termFilter = termKeyword ws stringComparisonOperator ws (typedSearchTerm / typedSearchTermSet) termKeyword = ("t"/"T") ("e"/"E") ("r"/"R") ("m"/"M") typedSearchTerm = ( [ matchKeyword ws ":" ws ] matchSearchTermSet ) / ( wild ws ":" ws wildSearchTermSet ) typedSearchTermSet = "(" ws typedSearchTerm *(mws typedSearchTerm) ws ")" wild = ("w"/"W") ("i"/"I") ("l"/"L") ("d"/"D") matchKeyword = ("m"/"M") ("a"/"A") ("t"/"T") ("c"/"C") ("h"/"H") matchSearchTerm = 1*(nonwsNonEscapedChar / escapedChar) matchSearchTermSet = QM ws matchSearchTerm *(mws matchSearchTerm) ws QM wildSearchTerm = 1*(anyNonEscapedChar / escapedWildChar) wildSearchTermSet = QM wildSearchTerm QM languageFilter = language ws booleanComparisonOperator ws (languageCode / languageCodeSet) language = ("l"/"L") ("a"/"A") ("n"/"N") ("g"/"G") ("u"/"U") ("a"/"A") ("g"/"G") ("e"/"E") languageCode = 2alpha languageCodeSet = "(" ws languageCode *(mws languageCode) ws ")" typeFilter = typeIdFilter / typeTokenFilter typeIdFilter = typeId ws booleanComparisonOperator ws (subExpressionConstraint / eclConceptReferenceSet) typeId = ("t"/"T") ("y"/"Y") ("p"/"P") ("e"/"E") ("i"/"I") ("d"/"D") typeTokenFilter = type ws booleanComparisonOperator ws (typeToken / typeTokenSet) type = ("t"/"T") ("y"/"Y") ("p"/"P") ("e"/"E") typeToken = synonym / fullySpecifiedName / definition typeTokenSet = "(" ws typeToken *(mws typeToken) ws ")" synonym = ("s"/"S") ("y"/"Y") ("n"/"N") [ ("o"/"O") ("n"/"N") ("y"/"Y") ("m"/"M") ] fullySpecifiedName = ( ("f"/"F") ("s"/"S") ("n"/"N") ) / ( ("f"/"F") ("u"/"U") ("l"/"L") ("l"/"L") ("y"/"Y") ("s"/"S") ("p"/"P") ("e"/"E") ("c"/"C") ("i"/"I") ("f"/"F") ("i"/"I") ("e"/"E") ("d"/"D") ("n"/"N") ("a"/"A") ("m"/"M") ("e"/"E") ) definition = ("d"/"D") ("e"/"E") ("f"/"F") [ ("i"/"I") ("n"/"N") ("i"/"I") ("t"/"T") ("i"/"I") ("o"/"O") ("n"/"N") ] dialectFilter = (dialectIdFilter / dialectAliasFilter) [ ws acceptabilitySet ] dialectIdFilter = dialectId ws booleanComparisonOperator ws (subExpressionConstraint / dialectIdSet) dialectId = ("d"/"D") ("i"/"I") ("a"/"A") ("l"/"L") ("e"/"E") ("c"/"C") ("t"/"T") ("i"/"I") ("d"/"D") dialectAliasFilter = dialect ws booleanComparisonOperator ws (dialectAlias / dialectAliasSet) dialect = ("d"/"D") ("i"/"I") ("a"/"A") ("l"/"L") ("e"/"E") ("c"/"C") ("t"/"T") dialectAlias = alpha *( dash / alpha / integerValue) dialectAliasSet = "(" ws dialectAlias [ws acceptabilitySet] *(mws dialectAlias [ws acceptabilitySet]) ws ")" dialectIdSet = "(" ws eclConceptReference [ws acceptabilitySet] *(mws eclConceptReference [ws acceptabilitySet] ) ws ")" acceptabilitySet = acceptabilityConceptReferenceSet / acceptabilityTokenSet acceptabilityConceptReferenceSet = "(" ws eclConceptReference *(mws eclConceptReference) ws ")" acceptabilityTokenSet = "(" ws acceptabilityToken *(mws acceptabilityToken) ws ")" acceptabilityToken = acceptable / preferred acceptable = ("a"/"A") ("c"/"C") ("c"/"C") ("e"/"E") ("p"/"P") ("t"/"T") [ ("a"/"A") ("b"/"B") ("l"/"L") ("e"/"E") ] preferred = ("p"/"P") ("r"/"R") ("e"/"E") ("f"/"F") ("e"/"E") ("r"/"R") [ ("r"/"R") ("e"/"E") ("d"/"D") ] conceptFilterConstraint = "{{" ws ("c" / "C") ws conceptFilter *(ws "," ws conceptFilter) ws "}}" conceptFilter = definitionStatusFilter / moduleFilter / effectiveTimeFilter / activeFilter definitionStatusFilter = definitionStatusIdFilter / definitionStatusTokenFilter definitionStatusIdFilter = definitionStatusIdKeyword ws booleanComparisonOperator ws (subExpressionConstraint / eclConceptReferenceSet) definitionStatusIdKeyword = ("d"/"D") ("e"/"E") ("f"/"F") ("i"/"I") ("n"/"N") ("i"/"I") ("t"/"T") ("i"/"I") ("o"/"O") ("n"/"N") ("s"/"S") ("t"/"T") ("a"/"A") ("t"/"T") ("u"/"U") ("s"/"S") ("i"/"I") ("d"/"D") definitionStatusTokenFilter = definitionStatusKeyword ws booleanComparisonOperator ws (definitionStatusToken / definitionStatusTokenSet) definitionStatusKeyword = ("d"/"D") ("e"/"E") ("f"/"F") ("i"/"I") ("n"/"N") ("i"/"I") ("t"/"T") ("i"/"I") ("o"/"O") ("n"/"N") ("s"/"S") ("t"/"T") ("a"/"A") ("t"/"T") ("u"/"U") ("s"/"S") definitionStatusToken = primitiveToken / definedToken definitionStatusTokenSet = "(" ws definitionStatusToken *(mws definitionStatusToken) ws ")" primitiveToken = ("p"/"P") ("r"/"R") ("i"/"I") ("m"/"M") ("i"/"I") ("t"/"T") ("i"/"I") ("v"/"V") ("e"/"E") definedToken = ("d"/"D") ("e"/"E") ("f"/"F") ("i"/"I") ("n"/"N") ("e"/"E") ("d"/"D") moduleFilter = moduleIdKeyword ws booleanComparisonOperator ws (subExpressionConstraint / eclConceptReferenceSet) moduleIdKeyword = ("m"/"M") ("o"/"O") ("d"/"D") ("u"/"U") ("l"/"L") ("e"/"E") ("i"/"I") ("d"/"D") effectiveTimeFilter = effectiveTimeKeyword ws timeComparisonOperator ws ( timeValue / timeValueSet ) effectiveTimeKeyword = ("e"/"E") ("f"/"F") ("f"/"F") ("e"/"E") ("c"/"C") ("t"/"T") ("i"/"I") ("v"/"V") ("e"/"E") ("t"/"T") ("i"/"I") ("m"/"M") ("e"/"E") timeValue = QM [ year month day ] QM timeValueSet = "(" ws timeValue *(mws timeValue) ws ")" year = digitNonZero digit digit digit month = "01" / "02" / "03" / "04" / "05" / "06" / "07" / "08" / "09" / "10" / "11" / "12" day = "01" / "02" / "03" / "04" / "05" / "06" / "07" / "08" / "09" / "10" / "11" / "12" / "13" / "14" / "15" / "16" / "17" / "18" / "19" / "20" / "21" / "22" / "23" / "24" / "25" / "26" / "27" / "28" / "29" / "30" / "31" activeFilter = activeKeyword ws booleanComparisonOperator ws activeValue activeKeyword = ("a"/"A") ("c"/"C") ("t"/"T") ("i"/"I") ("v"/"V") ("e"/"E") activeValue = activeTrueValue / activeFalseValue activeTrueValue = "1" / "true" activeFalseValue = "0" / "false" memberFilterConstraint = "{{" ws ("m" / "M") ws memberFilter *(ws "," ws memberFilter) ws "}}" memberFilter = moduleFilter / effectiveTimeFilter / activeFilter / memberFieldFilter memberFieldFilter = refsetFieldName ws (expressionComparisonOperator ws subExpressionConstraint / numericComparisonOperator ws "#" numericValue / stringComparisonOperator ws (typedSearchTerm / typedSearchTermSet) / booleanComparisonOperator ws booleanValue / ws timeComparisonOperator ws (timeValue / timeValueSet) ) historySupplement = "{{" ws "+" ws historyKeyword [ historyProfileSuffix / ws historySubset ] ws "}}" historyKeyword = ("h"/"H") ("i"/"I") ("s"/"S") ("t"/"T") ("o"/"O") ("r"/"R") ("y"/"Y") historyProfileSuffix = historyMinimumSuffix / historyModerateSuffix / historyMaximumSuffix historyMinimumSuffix = ("-"/"_") ("m"/"M") ("i"/"I") ("n"/"N") historyModerateSuffix = ("-"/"_") ("m"/"M") ("o"/"O") ("d"/"D") historyMaximumSuffix = ("-"/"_") ("m"/"M") ("a"/"A") ("x"/"X") historySubset = "(" ws expressionConstraint ws ")" numericValue = ["-"/"+"] (decimalValue / integerValue) stringValue = 1*(anyNonEscapedChar / escapedChar) integerValue = digitNonZero *digit / zero decimalValue = integerValue "." 1*digit booleanValue = true / false true = ("t"/"T") ("r"/"R") ("u"/"U") ("e"/"E") false = ("f"/"F") ("a"/"A") ("l"/"L") ("s"/"S") ("e"/"E") nonNegativeIntegerValue = (digitNonZero *digit ) / zero
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sctId = digitNonZero 5*17( digit )
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ws = *( SP / HTAB / CR / LF / comment ) ; optional white space
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mws = 1*( SP / HTAB / CR / LF / comment ) ; mandatory white space
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comment = "/*" *(nonStarChar / starWithNonFSlash) "*/"
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nonStarChar = SP / HTAB / CR / LF / %x21-29 / %x2B-7E /UTF8-2 / UTF8-3 / UTF8-4
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starWithNonFSlash = %x2A nonFSlash
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nonFSlash = SP / HTAB / CR / LF / %x21-2E / %x30-7E /UTF8-2 / UTF8-3 / UTF8-4
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SP = %x20 ;
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space HTAB = %x09 ; tab
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CR = %x0D ; carriage return
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LF = %x0A ; line feed
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QM = %x22 ; quotation mark
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BS = %x5C ; back slash star = %x2A ; asterisk digit = %x30-39 zero = %x30 digitNonZero = %x31-39 nonwsNonPipe = %x21-7B / %x7D-7E / UTF8-2 / UTF8-3 / UTF8-4 anyNonEscapedChar = SP / HTAB / CR / LF / %x20-21 / %x23-5B / %x5D-7E / UTF8-2 / UTF8-3 / UTF8-4
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escapedChar = BS QM / BS BS escapedWildChar = BS QM / BS BS / BS star nonwsNonEscapedChar = %x21 / %x23-5B / %x5D-7E / UTF8-2 / UTF8-3 / UTF8-4
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alpha =
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%x41-5A /
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%x61-7A dash = %x2D UTF8-2 = %xC2-DF UTF8-tail
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UTF8-3 = %xE0 %xA0-BF UTF8-tail / %xE1-EC 2( UTF8-tail ) / %xED %x80-9F UTF8-tail / %xEE-EF 2( UTF8-tail )
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UTF8-4 = %xF0 %x90-BF 2( UTF8-tail ) / %xF1-F3 3( UTF8-tail ) / %xF4 %x80-8F 2( UTF8-tail )
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UTF8-tail = %x80-BF
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