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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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