What impact does the change in SNOMED CT ownership have on existing UMLS Licensees?
A. UMLS licensees must review and accept a revised License Agreement for Use of the UMLS Metathesaurus, which incorporates the uniform international IHTSDO Affiliate Licence, by MAY 15, 2007 in order to ensure uninterrupted access to the UMLS Knowledge Source Server. Click here to complete this easy online process. In addition to access to SNOMED CT within the UMLS Metathesaurus, UMLS licensees will also have free access from NLM to SNOMED CT in its native file formats (effective May 15, 2007), to the documentation of these files, and to a growing set of subsets and mapping files. UMLS licensees have broader rights to create and distribute SNOMED CT extensions and derivative works under the uniform international IHTSDO Affiliate Licence that is now part of the UMLS License. The license covers all types of use in all countries. Fees apply to some types of distribution or use in countries that are not yet Members of the IHTSDO.
