# navigation

## navigation

The process of locating a concept by traversing links represented by relationships or reference set members.

#### Notes

* *Navigation* can supplement term based searching by providing logical or intuitive routes through SNOMED CT.

#### Examples

* Viewing and/or selecting concepts that:
  * are more specific (or more general) by following subtype relationships.
  * share a common defining characteristic by traversing attribute relationships.
  * are practically related to a common use case by following links specified by an *association reference set*
  * are presented in a rational order represented by an *ordered association reference set.*

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