This guide describes ( ), to be used for official production releases of . This format is not mandated for internal terminology development usage or as an interchange mechanism between terminology development systems.
The purpose of is to provide a format that is flexible, unambiguous and useful. Its primary aim is to strengthen by providing a format that is simple and stable, while enabling innovation through adaptations to cater for changing requirements.
This specification was developed by harmonizing proposals reviewed by the Enhanced Project Group, including:
- The "Enhanced Specification" ( International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation. Enhanced Proposed Specification , 21 June 2007).
- The " Specification" ( International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation. - Proposed Specification , 31 July 2007).
- The "Alternate " proposed by NEHTA in coordination with their Australian Affiliates.
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