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where [sctid] is the concept id that identifies the given SNOMED CT edition (based on the identifier of the most dependent module), and "YYYYMMDD" is the date of release. Examples of sctids that identfy a specific edition are shown in the table below:

SNOMED CT Editionsctid
International edition900000000000207008
Australian
extension edition32506021000036107Australian
edition (with drug extension)
900062011000036108

32506021000036107

Canadian English edition20621000087109
Canadian French edition

20611000087101

Canadian Refset edition22091000087100
Danish edition554471000005108
Dutch edition11000146104
Spanish edition449081005
Swedish edition45991000052106
UK clinical edition999000021000000109
UK edition (with drug extension)999000031000000106
US edition731000124108
US edition (with ICD-10-CM maps)5991000124107

Note that many implementations are in the habit of simply using the date of release in the form YYYYMMDD (e.g. "20140531"), and assuming that the edition is known. However this is not always safe, so implementations that populate the version element must use the URI form.

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