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A SNOMED CT Template contains one or more slots, which provide a placeholder in an expression, expression constraint or query, whose specific value can be completed at a subsequent time. The SNOMED CT Template Syntax therefore defines the syntax used for these slots, and how the slot syntax is to be incorporated into the other languages.
Each template slot contains either … <To be completed>
Figure 1 below illustrates the overall structure of a template slot. Please note that no specific semantics should be attributed to each arrow in this abstract diagram.
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Figure 1: Abstract Model of SNOMED CT Template Syntax