SNOMED CT® Release Format 1 (RF1) Guide - ihtsdo
SNOMED CT® Release Format 1 (RF1) Guide - ihtsdo
SNOMED CT® Release Format 1 (RF1) Guide - ihtsdo
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Contents | 3<br />
<strong>Release</strong> <strong>Format</strong> 1 - Detailed specification.................................................................139<br />
The Stated relationships tables.................................................................................215<br />
Cross Mappings <strong>Guide</strong>..............................................................................................215<br />
Text Definitions..........................................................................................................231<br />
Enumerated values....................................................................................................267<br />
<strong>Release</strong> <strong>Format</strong> 2 Update <strong>Guide</strong>..........................................................................................271<br />
Introduction................................................................................................................271<br />
Principles used in the design of RF2.........................................................................272<br />
Rationale for moving from <strong>RF1</strong> to RF2......................................................................273<br />
Details of Key Changes.............................................................................................275<br />
<strong>SNOMED</strong> CT - File Naming Conventions.............................................................................292<br />
File Naming Convention - Overview..........................................................................293<br />
FileType element.......................................................................................................293<br />
ContentType element.................................................................................................295<br />
ContentSubType element..........................................................................................296<br />
Country|Namespace element....................................................................................298<br />
VersionDate element.................................................................................................298<br />
Extension element.....................................................................................................299<br />
Chapter 4: Terminology services <strong>Guide</strong> (<strong>RF1</strong>)..............................300<br />
Representing <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT in an application......................................................................300<br />
Direct use of release files in a relational database....................................................300<br />
Alternative relational structure...................................................................................300<br />
Non-relational structures...........................................................................................301<br />
Importing and updating from <strong>Release</strong> Files.........................................................................302<br />
Importing distribution files..........................................................................................302<br />
Importing new releases and updates.........................................................................303<br />
Importing Extensions.................................................................................................304<br />
Providing access to history information.....................................................................305<br />
Foundation Terminology services.........................................................................................305<br />
Access to release information...................................................................................306<br />
Access to components..............................................................................................306<br />
Access to essential concept Identifiers......................................................................306<br />
User Interface Terminology services....................................................................................308<br />
Text Searches............................................................................................................308<br />
Hierarchical Navigation..............................................................................................317<br />
Applying Subsets.......................................................................................................332<br />
Access to qualifiers and refinable characteristics......................................................342<br />
Testing and traversing subtype Relationships......................................................................343<br />
Top-level ancestor checking......................................................................................343<br />
Navigation concept checking.....................................................................................343<br />
Subtype descendant testing......................................................................................343<br />
Subtype search scope restriction..............................................................................343<br />
Optimizing concept subsumption testing...................................................................343<br />
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