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SNOMED CT® Release Format 1 (RF1) Guide - ihtsdo

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306 | <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT <strong>Release</strong> <strong>Format</strong> 1 (<strong>RF1</strong>) <strong>Guide</strong> July 2012<br />

4.3.1. Access to release information<br />

Terminology servers should enable client applications and users to access the current <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT release<br />

version information (3.2.8.4).<br />

4.3.2. Access to components<br />

4.3.2.1. Access to concepts<br />

A terminology server should enable client applications to rapidly find any Concept by any of the following<br />

criteria:<br />

• ConceptId;<br />

• <strong>SNOMED</strong>ID<br />

• CTV3ID<br />

Once a Concept has been found, the client application should be able to read the values. Any of the properties<br />

of that Concept included in the Concepts Table should be accessible.<br />

4.3.2.2. Access to Descriptions<br />

A terminology server should enable client applications to rapidly find any Description or set of Descriptions<br />

by any of the following criteria:<br />

• DescriptionId;<br />

• ConceptId;<br />

• ConceptIdand DescriptionType<br />

Once a Description has been found the client application should be able to read the values of any of the<br />

properties of that Description included in the Descriptions Table.<br />

4.3.2.3. Access to Relationships<br />

A terminology server should enable a client application to rapidly find any Relationship or set of Relationships<br />

by any of the following criteria:<br />

• ConceptId1;<br />

• ConceptId1, CharacteristicType and RelationshipType;<br />

• ConceptId1, CharacteristicType, Relationship group and RelationshipType;<br />

• ConceptId2;<br />

• ConceptId2, CharacteristicType, and RelationshipType.<br />

Once a Relationship has been found the client application should be able to read the values of any of the<br />

properties of that Relationship included in the Relationships Table.<br />

4.3.3. Access to essential concept Identifiers<br />

Terminology servers should provide efficient access to the Identifiers that represent concepts with structurally<br />

significant Roles within the terminology. Table 236 lists the concepts that have the most clear-cut structurally<br />

significant Roles. A terminology server should enable access to these Identifiers by an easy to use name of<br />

enumeration. In addition a terminology server should provide a service that rapidly determines whether a<br />

given concept is a subtype of any of these concepts. It is also useful to for the terminology server to extend<br />

similar functionality to all direct subtypes of the root concept ( | <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT Concept |) and to subtype<br />

descendants of | concept model attribute |.<br />

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