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The SNOMED CT Release File Specification formally defines the formats in which SNOMED CT is provided to licensees (Affiliates). For information about SNOMED CT licensing and availability of release files please refer to the Member Licensing and Distribution Service(MLDS) (http://snomed.org/licensing).

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Contents

1. Introduction

2 SNOMED CT Logical Model

3 Release Types, Packages and Files

4 Component Release Files Specification

5 Reference Set Release Files Specification

6 SNOMED CT Identifiers

Appendix A: Notes on Release File Changes

Appendix B. Specification Reference Information

Appendix C. Unicode UTF-8 encoding

Appendix D: Concept Definition Illustrations

Appendix E: Concept Enumerations

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