Dear all,
The Production release of the April 2024 SNOMED CT® International Edition is now available to all users, from the MLDS distribution site.
All files distributed for the April 2024 International Edition are available from the “April 2024 v1.0" version in the "SNOMED CT International Edition" project, which can be found on the "SNOMED Releases" page in MLDS, accessed here:
The SNOMED CT International Edition contains SNOMED CT files in Release Format 2 (RF2) only, distributed in a zipped file archive:
- SnomedCT_InternationalRF2_PRODUCTION_20240401T120000Z.zip
The Release Notes ("doc_SnomedCTReleaseNotes_Current-en-US_INT_20240401.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 major changes to this upcoming release, as published on the Early Visibility page here: https://confluence.ihtsdotools.org/display/RMT/2024+Early+Visibility+Release+Notifications, and in the Release Notes (where changes to the final Production package made throughout the Release cycle are logged).
If you have any questions about the April 2024 International Edition release, or have difficulties downloading the files from the distribution site, please contact SNOMED International at release@snomed.org with “April 2024 International Edition release question" in the subject line.
Kind regards,
Andrew Atkinson | Release Manager
Dear all,
The Production release of the March 2024 SNOMED CT® Spanish Edition is now available to everyone from the MLDS distribution site. This release contains the Spanish language version of the February 2024 SNOMED CT® International Edition.
All files distributed for the March 2024 SNOMED CT® Spanish Edition are available from the “March 2024 v1.0” version in the “SNOMED CT Spanish package - Edición en Español” project, which can be found on the “SNOMED Releases” page in MLDS, accessed here:
https://mlds.ihtsdotools.org/#/ihtsdoReleases
The SNOMED CT® Spanish Edition Production release is distributed as a single zipped file archive:
SnomedCT_SpanishRelease-es_PRODUCTION_20240331T120000Z.zip
The Release Notes and Starter Guide have been separated from the Spanish Edition package, and can be viewed online on SNOMED International’s Release Management Confluence website:
- Release Notes:
- Starter Guide:
The Release Notes have also been published as a .pdf file alongside the release package, in the same MLDS repository.
If you have any questions about the March 2024 SNOMED CT® Spanish Edition Production release, or have difficulties downloading the files, please contact SNOMED International at support@snomed.org with “March 2024 Spanish Edition Production release” in the subject line.
Kind regards,
Andrew Atkinson | Release Manager
Dear all,
Please find below early visibility of the upcoming changes to the SNOMED International Derivative release packages. These changes are targeted for roll-out during 2024, as part of the next release cycle of each of the Derivative products, and will have little to no impact on most users.
After consultation in 2023, SNOMED International are planning to implement changes to the format of the Derivative product packages, including Reference Sets and Maps such as GP/FP, ICNP, MedDRA, etc.
These Derivatives are solely single refsets/maps, and so don’t mean anything to end users without the supporting terms and other components from the International content. The nature of these products is therefore such that we necessarily create Derivative packages that are inherently dependent on the relevant International Edition content.
Previously, therefore, we have always created the metadata components (refset/module concepts, descriptions, relationships, etc) in the International Edition release packages, with the Derivative products being dependent on the relevant International content. Whilst this dependency on the International content would continue, the transition would include the metadata components in the Derivative packages themselves, rather than in the International Edition packages – this will involve:
- Inactivation (but not complete removal) of the current components in the International Edition
- Creation of the Metadata components in each of the Derivative release packages
The consensus is that moving the Metadata components into the Derivative packages will bring benefits to both the Derivative maintainers, and also to the end users who will no longer need to pull this particular data down from the dependent International Edition in order to use the Derivative products. It enables maintainers to move to a more efficient model of hosting the Derivative content in termServer branches, rather than importing Delta files from external tools.
Please review the above information and send any questions to “release@snomed.org”.
Kind regards,
Andrew Atkinson | Release Manager
Dear all,
The Production release of the March 2024 SNOMED CT® International Edition is now available to all users, from the MLDS distribution site.
All files distributed for the March 2024 International Edition are available from the “March 2024 v1.0" version in the "SNOMED CT International Edition" project, which can be found on the "SNOMED Releases" page in MLDS, accessed here:
The SNOMED CT International Edition contains SNOMED CT files in Release Format 2 (RF2) only, distributed in a zipped file archive:
- SnomedCT_InternationalRF2_PRODUCTION_20240301T120000Z.zip
The Release Notes ("doc_SnomedCTReleaseNotes_Current-en-US_INT_20240301.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 major changes to this upcoming release, as published on the Early Visibility page here: https://confluence.ihtsdotools.org/display/RMT/2024+Early+Visibility+Release+Notifications, and in the Release Notes (where changes to the final Production package made throughout the Release cycle are logged).
If you have any questions about the March 2024 International Edition release, or have difficulties downloading the files from the distribution site, please contact SNOMED International at release@snomed.org with “March 2024 International Edition release question" in the subject line.
Kind regards,
Andrew Atkinson | Release Manager