# Support Terminology Authoring and Review

This section identifies terminology services required to support the authoring and review of SNOMED CT content. This includes the creation and editing of concepts, descriptions, relationships, and reference sets. The terminology services described in this section are primarily used by terminology authors and reviewers working in terminology development environments. However, some of these services may also be used by applications that need to validate terminology content or provide terminology editing capabilities.

## Services Required to Support Terminology Authoring and Review

The table below shows a summary of the terminology services required to support terminology authoring and review processes.

<table data-full-width="true"><thead><tr><th width="385.26953125">Practical Requirement</th><th width="350.671875">Required Services</th><th>Dependencies</th><th data-hidden>Status</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Enable the selection of SNOMED CT edition and version to be used.<br><br>REQUIRED</td><td><a href="../4-terminology-service-types/4.1-select-edition-and-version">Select Edition and Version</a></td><td>N/A</td><td>REQUIRED</td></tr><tr><td>Get concepts, descriptions, and relationships for review and editing.<br><br>REQUIRED</td><td><a href="../4-terminology-service-types/4.2-get-a-concept-description-or-relationship">Get a Concept, Description or Relationship</a></td><td>N/A</td><td>REQUIRED</td></tr><tr><td>Get terms for concepts to display in terminology editing interfaces.<br><br>REQUIRED</td><td><a href="../4-terminology-service-types/4.3-get-terms-for-a-concept">Get Terms for a Concept</a></td><td>N/A</td><td>REQUIRED</td></tr><tr><td>Get concept definitions for review and validation.<br><br>REQUIRED</td><td><a href="../4-terminology-service-types/4.4-get-definition-of-a-concept">Get Definition of a Concept</a></td><td>N/A</td><td>REQUIRED</td></tr><tr><td>Test concept subsumption relationships during authoring and review.<br><br>REQUIRED</td><td><a href="../4-terminology-service-types/4.5-get-and-test-concept-subtypes-and-supertypes">Get and Test Concept Subtypes and Supertypes</a></td><td>N/A</td><td>REQUIRED</td></tr><tr><td>Test reference set membership during authoring and review.<br><br>REQUIRED</td><td><a href="../4-terminology-service-types/4.6-get-and-test-reference-set-membership">Get and Test Reference Set Membership</a></td><td>N/A</td><td>REQUIRED</td></tr><tr><td>Validate expression constraints during authoring and review.<br><br>REQUIRED</td><td><a href="../4-terminology-service-types/4.7-validate-and-apply-expression-constraints">Validate and Apply Expression Constraints</a></td><td>N/A</td><td>REQUIRED</td></tr><tr><td>Find concepts for use in terminology authoring and review.<br><br>REQUIRED</td><td><a href="../4-terminology-service-types/4.8-find-concepts">Find Concepts</a></td><td>N/A</td><td>REQUIRED</td></tr><tr><td>Get concept model rules to ensure proper authoring.<br><br>REQUIRED</td><td><a href="../4-terminology-service-types/4.13-get-concept-model-rules">Get Concept Model Rules</a></td><td>N/A</td><td>REQUIRED</td></tr><tr><td>Validate concept definitions and expressions during authoring.<br><br>REQUIRED</td><td><a href="../4-terminology-service-types/validate-concept-definitions-and-expressions">Validate Concept Definitions and Expressions</a></td><td>N/A</td><td>REQUIRED</td></tr><tr><td>Test expression subsumption during authoring and review.<br><br>OPTIONAL</td><td><a href="../4-terminology-service-types/4.15-test-expression-subsumption">Test Expression Subsumption</a></td><td>N/A</td><td>OPTIONAL</td></tr><tr><td>Get reference set data for review and editing.<br><br>OPTIONAL</td><td><a href="../4-terminology-service-types/4.10-get-data-from-a-reference-set">Get Data from a Reference Set</a></td><td>N/A</td><td>OPTIONAL</td></tr><tr><td>Get mapping data for review and editing.<br><br>OPTIONAL</td><td><a href="../4-terminology-service-types/4.12-get-mapping-data">Get Mapping Data</a></td><td>N/A</td><td>OPTIONAL</td></tr></tbody></table>

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note:** The terminology services described in this section provide the foundation for terminology authoring and review. However, actual terminology editing applications typically require additional functionality beyond these services, such as:

* User interface components for editing terminology content
* Workflow management for authoring and review processes
* Version control and change tracking
* Integration with terminology classification engines
* Export and import capabilities for terminology content

These additional capabilities are outside the scope of this guide and are typically provided by specialized terminology authoring tools.
{% endhint %}

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