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Retire content considered "inappropriate" - concepts, descriptions or relationships

It is recognized that there are components within the International release that are erroneous. These is a current issue tracker IHTSDO-724 - Retire inappropriate synonyms, that will address the presence of inappropriate synonyms. The existence of other components deemed inappropriate by a national extension are often context or realm dependent.  The inactivation of international release components within a national extension can result in substantial deviation from the International release and thus an alternative representation of SNOMED core content.  The integrity of SNOMED as an internationally consistent terminology would thus be compromised. 

Proposed policy

    1. Inactivation of components (concepts, descriptions, stated relationships) originating in the International release, by a national extension, is not allowed.
    2. Identified inappropriate components shall be communicated to SNOMED International via the content request system as internal quality errors to be addressed by the SNOMED International editorial team
    3. The identification of these errors as impacting a national extension will be added to the request in order to escalate its priority in resolution by the editorial team.