# SNOMED CT Editing

If you want to expand the ontology, you can add a new concept that represents an entirely new clinical meaning, or refines the meaning of an existing concept with new descriptions or relationships. You are only allowed to edit a concept's core properties like status and definition status, its descriptions, and source relationships. Destination relationships and Reference Set memberships are read-only; you can use the Reference Set Editors to add and remove Reference Set members. Editing is strongly limited for released components; the limitations will be described in more detail in the sub-sections.

{% content-ref url="snomed-ct-editing/concept-creation" %}
[concept-creation](https://docs.b2ihealthcare.com/snow-owl-authoring-platform/editing-and-authoring/snomed-ct-editing/concept-creation)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="snomed-ct-editing/concept-editing" %}
[concept-editing](https://docs.b2ihealthcare.com/snow-owl-authoring-platform/editing-and-authoring/snomed-ct-editing/concept-editing)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="snomed-ct-editing/removing-components" %}
[removing-components](https://docs.b2ihealthcare.com/snow-owl-authoring-platform/editing-and-authoring/snomed-ct-editing/removing-components)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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