The Editorial Guide provides the information necessary to model terms in SNOMED CT. It is for those who edit content in the International Release, but it may also be useful to those creating extensions. It is a working document, subject to change and revision.

The Starter Guide is a practical and useful starting point from which anyone with a general interest in healthcare information can begin learning about SNOMED CT.

In just over fifty pages it provides a general introduction to key topics. It provides sufficient knowledge for those interested in an overview of what SNOMED CT is and how it works. For those seeking a more detailed understanding, the Starter Guide is a good place to gain a foundation of knowledge on which to build.

The SNOMED CT Machine Readable Concept Model (MRCM) represents the SNOMED CT concept model rules in a form that can be read and tested by a computer. A human readable version of the SNOMED CT concept model can be found in the SNOMED CT Editorial Guide, along with additional guidance for SNOMED CT authors. A computable version of the MRCM is published as a set of reference sets in the SNOMED CT international edition.

An informative and practical introduction to SNOMED CT, this introduction focuses primarily on the needs of vendors and developers of electronic health record systems and other related applications in healthcare information technology.