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This document describes the general requirements on a terms and concepts database. This document also proposes a maintenance procedure for CEN/TC 251, the content, structure and user interface to a web-based terms- and concepts database that will compile the defined concepts with their preferred terms and definitions from the standards developed by CEN/TC 251. These are terms from the health informatics field and not all terms and concepts used in healthcare. It also describes an example of an implementation and ends with a proposal for CEN/TC 251 for the establishment and maintenance of such a terms and concepts database.