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# A Simple Standard for Sharing Ontological Mappings (SSSOM)
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SSSOM is a Simple Standard for Sharing Ontological Mappings, providing
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A [second report with updates since the primary SSSOM publication](https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3324/om2022_LTpaper6.pdf) above was published as part of the proceedings of the Ontology Matching Workshop 2022.
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+## Copying
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+SSSOM is distributed under the terms of the 3-clause BSD license, as included in the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file of the source distribution.
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+By exception, the following files are _not_ covered by the 3-clause BSD license:
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+* [sssom-banner.png](src/docs/images/sssom-banner.png): That file may only be used by members of the internal Monarch team and collaborators on Monarch flagship products.
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# Simple Standard for Sharing Ontological Mappings (SSSOM)
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+![SSSOM banner](images/sssom-banner.png)
Development Draft (under construction: some metadata fields may be subject to change)