Dear Members,
The Member release of the July 2021 SNOMED CT® International Edition is now available to SNOMED International Members only, from the MLDS distribution site.
The July 2021 International Edition should not be distributed to Affiliate Licensees, or any third parties until its public release date on 31st July 2021.
All files distributed to SNOMED International Members for the July 2021 International Edition are available from the “July 2021 v0.3 MEMBER” version in the “Offline & Alpha/Beta versions” section of the “SNOMED CT International Edition” project, which can be found on the “SNOMED 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_MEMBER_20210731T120000Z.zip
The Release Notes are separate from the International Edition release package, and can be downloaded as distinct files from the same MLDS release version:
- doc_SnomedCTReleaseNotes_Current-en-US_INT_20210731_MEMBER.pdf
Please refer to the attached Member Release Notes document for details of changes made following the Beta Release published on 9th June 2021. This document can also be accessed online here:
The latest version of the SNOMED CT International Edition Release Notes can also be accessed online:
Please refresh your memory of all changes to this upcoming release, as published on the Early Visibility page here: https://confluence.ihtsdotools.org/display/RMT/July+2021+Early+Visibility+Release+Notice+-+Planned+changes+to+upcoming+SNOMED+International+Release+packages, and in the Release Notes in section "Technical updates".
Note: Please read the notice in both sets of Release Notes regarding the new content that has been added in for the new COVID vaccines content, which was not included in the BETA release, but which forms part of the Member Release.
If you have any questions about the July 2021 International Edition Member release, or have difficulties downloading the files from the distribution site, please contact SNOMED International at support@snomed.org with “July 2021 International Edition Member release question” in the subject line.
Kind regards,
Andrew Atkinson | Release Manager