Dear all,
The Production release of the July 2018 SNOMED CT® International Edition is now available to everyone, from the MLDS distribution site.
All files distributed for the July 2018 International Edition are available from the “July 2018 v1.0” version in the “SNOMED CT International Edition” project, which can be found on the “IHTSDO Releases” page in MLDS, accessed here:
https://mlds.ihtsdotools.org/#/ihtsdoReleases
The SNOMED CT International Edition contains SNOMED CT files in Release Format 2 (RF2) only, distributed in a zipped file archive:
- SnomedCT_InternationalRF2_PRODUCTION_20180731T120000Z.zip
The Release Notes ("doc_SnomedCTReleaseNotes_Current_en-US_INT_20180731.pdf”) can be downloaded as distinct files from the same MLDS release version, or accessed online:
Those Members using MLDS as their distribution site will find that their affiliates have access to the new release automatically.
All vendors and affiliates should please contact their National Release Centre (NRC) for information on when the latest release package will be available for download from the NRC website. Contact details for all NRC's can be found here - http://www.snomed.org/members/.
Please refresh your memory of all changes to this release (and future releases), as published on the Early Visibility page here: https://confluence.ihtsdotools.org/display/RMT/Early+Visibility+-+Planned+changes+to+upcoming+SNOMED+International+Release+packages and in the Release Notes in section "3.3 Technical updates". In addition, section "2.3.1 Logic Profile Enhancements" of the Release Notes contains links to documentation and instructional videos regarding the new Description Logic enhancements.
If you have any questions about the July 2018 International Edition, or have difficulties downloading the files from the distribution site, please contact SNOMED International at support@snomed.org with “July 2018 International Edition release question” in the subject line.
Kind regards,
Andrew Atkinson | Release Manager