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The Articles of Association for SNOMED International can be found here: http://snomed.org/articles.
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Figure 2 Obligations of Members....
Table 1. NRC Responsibility areas
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Manage licenses (manually or automatically) | 
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Distribute International Releases |
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Manage Extensions
(Authoring, release, distribution and maintenance) |
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Manage Reference sets
(Authoring, release, distribution and maintenance) |
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Manage Mappings
(Authoring, release, distribution and maintenance) |
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Manage Translations
(Authoring, release, distribution and maintenance) |
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Offer Tooling- As user service: To enable users to access and explore SNOMED CT
- As NRC tool: Support SNOMED CT management
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Manage change requests for organizations in the country |
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Offer education, promotion and training |
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Engage stakeholders |
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Offer implementation consultancy |
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NRC competencies
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The following core competencies are typical for the work of an NRC. Some of these competency areas can be considered assignment-specific, as they will not be required as a constant competency within the NRC but are required to fulfill specific assignments, such as translation, mapping and development of Reference sets.
General competencies required |
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Technical and IT skills |
Communication |
Implementation |
Education |
Assignment-specific competencies |
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| Clinical and scientific domain specialty knowledge |
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Linguistics and translation |
Specific competencies required to undertake particular NRC related tasks are outlined in Table 2.
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Table 2 Competencies and skills required to undertake particular NRC tasks| Footnote Macro |
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Tasks | Main competencies | Knowledge/Skills areas |
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Distribute International Release and National Extension | - Communication
- Technical/IT
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- Tooling support for access to the International Release and National Extension
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| - Terminology
- Domain specialty
- Translation
| - Content development
- Terminologies, description logic
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(See "Technical/IT" responsibility)
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| Manage Reference sets |
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| - Terminology
- Domain specialty
(clinical experts, etc.)
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- Domain insight, depending on the purpose of the Reference Set
- Concept selection
- Logical and concept model
- Search techniques
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(See "Technical/IT" responsibility)
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| Manage Mappings |
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| - Terminology
- Domain specialty
| - Map development and maintenance
- Knowledge of current practice for use of classifications and terminologies in the Member territory
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(See "Technical/IT" responsibility)
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Tooling Developments - Browsing, Developing
content, and Refsets,
QA, Distribution
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- Software and database design and development
- Information modeling/information model standards
- SNOMED CT search and data entry techniques and software
- Authoring and distribution requirements
- Quality assurance techniques
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Manage translations | - Terminology
- Linguistics
- Domain specialty
| - Translation processes
- Concept definition
- Quality assurance
- Terminology authoring technology
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Change requests | - Communication
- Terminology
- Translations
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- Terminologies, description logic
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- Tooling support for change request submissions and management of change requests.
(See "Technical/IT" responsibility)
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Education, promotion and training
Engaging stakeholders | - Communication
- Implementation
- Education
| - Dissemination competencies
- Users and user needs
- Broad and deep knowledge of SNOMED CT, users and implementation aspects.
- Examples, use cases
- National health IT-infrastructure, current practices and regulation
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Implementation consultancy | - Implementation
- Technical/IT
- Business Analysis
| - Broad and deep knowledge of SNOMED CT, users and
implementation aspects. - Examples, use cases
- Implementation levels and technical opportunities
- Ability to understand requirements and relate to terminology
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Manage licenses (manually or automatically) | - Communication
- Technical/IT
| - Communication with Affiliates
- Tooling support, e.g. license repository
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