Terminology Syndication Feed Implementation Guide
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Terminology Syndication Feed Implementation Guide, published by Australian e-Health Research Centre. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/FHIR/fhir-syndication-ig/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

SNOMED CT Extensions

SNOMED CT Extensions

Namespace URI: http://snomed.info/syndication/sct-extension/1.0.0 Conventional prefix: sct

The SNOMED CT extension namespace carries SNOMED-specific metadata — package dependencies and the legacy MD5 file hash.

Entry-level elements

<sct:packageDependency>

Inter-package dependencies for this SNOMED CT artefact. Present only when the artefact is a SNOMED CT extension or derivative — never on the International Edition itself.

Cardinality Type
0..1 container

Contains zero or more of each of:

<sct:editionDependency>

Versioned SNOMED CT URI of an edition this package depends on.

Cardinality Type Format
0..* xs:anyURI http://snomed.info/(x)?sct/<moduleId>/version/<YYYYMMDD>
<sct:derivativeDependency>

Versioned SNOMED CT URI of a derivative this package depends on.

Cardinality Type Format
0..* xs:anyURI http://snomed.info/(x)?sct/<moduleId>/version/<YYYYMMDD>

A consumer MUST install all transitively-referenced edition and derivative dependencies before installing the artefact.

sct:md5Hash

Lowercase-hex MD5 of the artefact byte stream. 32 hex characters. Used as an attribute on <link>.

sct:md5Hash is the legacy hash mechanism used by SNOMED International release feeds. New publishers SHOULD use ncts:sha256Hash instead, or in addition.

Example

A SNOMED CT-International Spanish Extension entry depending on the International Edition and another derivative:

<entry>
  <!-- … core Atom + ncts: elements omitted … -->
  <category term="SCT_RF2_SNAPSHOT" label="SNOMED CT RF2 Snapshot"
            scheme="http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/ncts/syndication/asf/scheme/1.0.0"/>
  <link rel="alternate" type="application/zip"
        href="https://mlds.ihtsdotools.org/api/.../download"
        length="266118090"
        sct:md5Hash="a8fc30a504960ce9e5adc956368f49ce"/>
  <ncts:contentItemIdentifier>http://snomed.info/sct/450829007</ncts:contentItemIdentifier>
  <ncts:contentItemVersion>http://snomed.info/sct/450829007/version/20221031</ncts:contentItemVersion>
  <sct:packageDependency>
    <sct:editionDependency>http://snomed.info/sct/900000000000207008/version/20220731</sct:editionDependency>
    <sct:derivativeDependency>http://snomed.info/sct/816211006/version/20220131</sct:derivativeDependency>
  </sct:packageDependency>
</entry>