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This Technical Specification: - Describes requirements and recommended methods against which clinicians can gather, analyse and, specify the clinical context, content, and structure of Detailed Clinical Models. - Defines Detailed Clinical Models (DCMs) in terms of an underlying logical model. They are logical models of clinical concepts and can be used to define and to structure clinical information. - Describes requirements and principles for DCMs, meta-data, versioning, content and context specification, data element specification and data element relationships, and provide guidance and examples. - Specifies DCM governance principles to ensure conceptual integrity of all DCM attributes and logical model accuracy. - Describes DCM development and the methodology principles for use that will support the production of quality DCMs to minimize risk and ensure patient safety.