title: Unicode, UTF-8, ASCII, and SNOMED CT.
abstract: SNOMED CT text files are encoded using UTF-8 to allow worldwide distribution and use of the terminology. Incorporating such UTF-8 encoded text into a system not currently using UTF-8 is simplified when the specific range of characters in the imported data is known. This poster describes the superset of ASCII found in the SNOMED CT US/UK Edition January 2003 release.
authors.affiliation: College of American Pathologists, Northfield, IL, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kilbourne
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers / Q000592:standards; D039061:Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine