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SNOMED CT Release File Specification
  • SNOMED CT Document Library
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  • SNOMED CT Release File Specification
  • Introduction
  • LOGICAL MODEL
    • High Level Logical Model of SNOMED CT
    • Representation of the Logical Model
    • Concept Definitions
      • Stated and Inferred Concept Definitions
      • Necessary Conditions and Sufficient Definitions
      • Additional Logic Features
      • Representing Concept Definitions
        • Concept Definitions Represented as Relationships
        • Concept Definitions Represented in OWL
  • RELEASE TYPES, PACKAGES and FILES
    • Overview
    • Common Features of All Release Files
      • General Structure of Release Files
      • Release File Data Types
      • Fields Present in All Release Files
      • Meaning of the Active Field
      • History Mechanism
      • Module Identification
    • Release Types
    • Naming Conventions for Release Packages and Files
      • Release Package Naming Conventions
      • Release File Naming Convention
    • Release Package Contents
  • COMPONENT RELEASE FILE SPECIFICATION
    • Overview
    • Associations Between Release Files
    • File Format Specifications
      • Concept File Specification
      • Description File Specification
      • Relationship File Specification
      • Identifier File Specification
      • Transitive Closure Files
      • Concrete Value File Specification
    • Metadata Hierarchy
  • REFERENCE SET RELEASE FILE SPECIFICATION
    • Overview
    • Basic Reference Set Member File Format
    • Extending the Basic Reference Set Member File Format
    • Naming Conventions for Reference Sets
    • Metadata Supporting Reference Sets
    • Reference Set Types
      • Content Reference Sets
        • Simple Reference Set
        • Attribute Value Reference Set
          • Component Inactivation Reference Sets
        • Association Reference Set
          • Historical Association Reference Sets
        • DEPRECATED: Annotation Reference Set
        • Query Specification Reference Set
        • DEPRECATED: Ordered Reference Set
          • Ordered Association Reference Set
          • Ordered Component Reference Set
        • Owl Expression Reference Set
        • Postcoordinated Expression Type Reference Set
      • Language Reference Sets
      • Map Reference Sets
        • Simple Map from SNOMED CT Reference Set
        • Simple Map to SNOMED CT Reference Set
        • Complex and Extended Map from SNOMED CT Reference Sets
        • Map to SNOMED CT with Correlation and Origin Reference Set
        • Code to Expression Reference Set
        • Simple map with correlation from SNOMED CT type Reference Set
        • Simple map with correlation to SNOMED CT type Reference Set
        • Simple map with correlation from SNOMED CT to SNOMED CT type Reference Set
      • Metadata Reference Sets
        • Reference Set Descriptor
        • Module Dependency Reference Set
        • Description Format Reference Set
        • MRCM Domain Reference Set
        • MRCM Attribute Domain Reference Set
        • MRCM Attribute Range Reference Set
        • MRCM Module Scope Reference Set
        • Component Annotation String Value Reference Set
        • Member Annotation String Value Reference Set
  • SNOMED CT IDENTIFIERS
    • Overview
    • SCTID Data Type
    • SCTID Representation
    • SCTID Constraints
    • Partition Identifier
    • Namespace-Identifier
    • Item-Identifier Digits
    • Example SNOMED CT identifiers
    • The Namespace Hierarchy
  • APPENDICES
    • Appendix A: Notes on Release File Changes
    • Appendix B. Specification Reference Information
      • A
        • acceptabilityId (field)
        • active (field)
        • alternateIdentifier (field)
        • annotation (field)
        • attributeDescription (field)
        • attributeOrder (field)
        • attributeType (field)
      • B
        • Boolean (data type)
      • C
        • caseSignificanceId (field)
        • characteristicTypeId (field)
        • Concept file
        • conceptId (field)
        • correlationId (field)
      • D
        • definitionStatusId (field)
        • Description file
        • descriptionFormat (field)
        • descriptionLength (field)
        • destinationId (field)
        • Dualkey (field)
        • Dualkey table
      • E
        • effectiveTime (field)
        • Excluded word (field)
        • Excluded words table
      • I
        • Identifier file
        • id (field)
        • identifierSchemeId (field)
        • Integer (data type)
      • K
        • Keyword (field)
      • L
        • languageDialectCode (field)
        • linkedToId (field)
      • M
        • mapAdvice (field)
        • mapCategoryId (field)
        • mapGroup (field)
        • mapPriority (field)
        • mapRule (field)
        • mapSource (field)
        • mapTarget (field)
        • modifierId (field)
        • moduleId (field)
      • O
        • order (field)
        • Owl Expression Reference Set file
      • Q
        • query (field)
      • R
        • referencedComponentId (field)
        • Reference Set file
        • refsetId (field)
        • Relationship file
        • relationshipGroup (field)
        • referencedMemberId (field)
      • S
        • SCTID (data type)
        • sourceEffectiveTime (field)
        • sourceId (field)
        • Stated Relationship file
        • String (data type)
      • T
        • targetComponentId (field)
        • targetEffectiveTime (field)
        • term (field)
        • Time (data type)
        • Transitive closure file
        • typeid (field)
      • U
        • Unicode
        • UTF-16
        • UTF-8
        • UUID (data type)
      • V
        • value (field)
        • valueId (field)
      • W
        • WordBlockNumber (field)
        • WordRole (field)
        • WordText (field)
        • WordType (field)
        • WordKey table
        • Word equivalents table
    • Appendix C. Unicode UTF-8 encoding
    • Appendix D: Concept Definition Illustrations
    • Appendix E: Concept Enumerations
      • E.1 Concept Enumerations for moduleId
      • E.2 Concept Enumerations for definintionStatusId
      • E.3 Concept Enumerations for Description typeId
      • E.4 Concept Enumerations for caseSignificanceId
      • E.5 Concept Enumerations for characteristicTypeId
      • E.6 Concept Enumerations for modifierId
      • E.7 Concept Enumerations for Relationship typeId
      • E.8 Concept Enumerations for Reference Set Attribute Values
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  1. RELEASE TYPES, PACKAGES and FILES

Common Features of All Release Files

This subsection explains features that apply to all SNOMED CT release files.

  • General Structure of Release Files

  • Release File Data Types

  • Fields Present in All Release Files

  • Meaning of the Active Field

  • History Mechanism

  • Module Identification

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