The Vision (potential)

A sketch of the vision based on the objectives in the Project Poster

Aspects to consider when defining the vision include:

• Technical

  • SNOMED CT content - How should SNOMED CT content be organized. For example:

    • What module structure is required to support the vision?

    • Does the current URI for the SNOMED CT International Edition need to stay the same?

    • What should the history mechanism look like? What happens if the history grows much more rapidly with a potential increase in content changes? What does a 'Delta' look like?

    • How should SNOMED CT reference sets (including subsets, maps etc) be created and distributed?

  • Authoring - Terminology authoring tools and functionality, including for distributed authoring and promotion of content

  • QA - QA tools and mechansims for quality improvements (both at time of authoring and post-authoring)

  • Distribution - Distribution mechanism, release format and frequency of releases

• Governance & Process

  • Responsibility for editorial rules, authoring, quality assurance (manual and technical) and education

  • Who authors what content and when?

  • Who processes which requests and when?

  • Who quality assures what content and when?

  • Who distributes what content and when? (including how frequently)

  • What automated processes could be introduced to each stage in the production of a release

  • What skills are required by terminology authors and reviewers, what accreditation should be required, and how should this accreditation be achieved?

• Perspectives - SNOMED International, NRCs, vendors, implementers and clinicians