SNOMED CT edition

A complete set of SNOMED CT components and reference set members that either belong to an identified SNOMED CT module or belong to one of the modules on which that module depends.

The module used to define the scope of an edition is referred as the focus module of that edition.
All SNOMED CT editions (except the International Edition) are a combination of one or more extension modules, together with the modules from the SNOMED CT International Edition.
A complete SNOMED CT edition may be prepared and released by SNOMED International or by the provider of a SNOMED CT Extension. Alternatively, a SNOMED CT edition may be derived from one or more release packages, by combining the contents of an identified focus module with the contents of the relevant version of all modules on which the focus module depends.
The dependencies between modules are represented using the | Module dependency reference set (foundation metadata concept)| .
A SNOMED CT edition can be identified using a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) as specified by the URI Standard (2.1 URIs for Editions and Versions).

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