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 # HumanDiseaseOntology
 Repository for the Human Disease Ontology (DO).
 
-## Announcements
-- **_LIVE as of the [May 2024 release](https://github.com/DiseaseOntology/HumanDiseaseOntology/releases/tag/v2024-05-29)_** -- The prefix for **OMIM cross-references and susceptibilities** is now 'MIM', not 'OMIM', in the Human Disease Ontology. For details refer to https://github.com/DiseaseOntology/HumanDiseaseOntology/issues/1301.
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-- **_LIVE as of the [July 2024 release](https://github.com/DiseaseOntology/HumanDiseaseOntology/releases/tag/v2024-07-31)_** -- **Acronyms** are now annotated in the DO. For background information refer to https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/ontology-metadata/issues/135. Note: Acronyms retain their synonym scope (exact, narrow, etc.). This is an additional annotation using `owl:Axiom`, `oboInOwl:hasSynonymType` and the new synonym type `OMO:0003012` (acronym), e.g.
-
-```owl
-<owl:Axiom>
-	<owl:annotatedSource rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0040093"/>
-	<owl:annotatedProperty rdf:resource="http://www.geneontology.org/formats/oboInOwl#hasExactSynonym"/>
-	<owl:annotatedTarget xml:lang="en">DIL</owl:annotatedTarget>
-	<oboInOwl:hasSynonymType rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMO_0003012"/>
-</owl:Axiom>
-```
-
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 ## Details
 
 DO OBO and OWL files are available in our GitHub repository. The DO provides both the asserted DO is_a hierarchy and inferred versions of our ontology files. [Please review our file README for details.](https://github.com/DiseaseOntology/HumanDiseaseOntology/blob/master/src/ontology/README_DO_Files)