A builder, not a copy of the standard
dicom-standard-kb is a knowledge-base builder. It is not a copy of the DICOM
Standard and does not ship one.
What the project distributes
Section titled “What the project distributes”The repository and its packages hold original project material only: the fetcher, the DocBook parsers, the SQLite schema and importers, the resolvers, the CLI and MCP adapters, small synthetic test fixtures and documentation. That code is licensed under Apache-2.0.
What you build locally
Section titled “What you build locally”Each user fetches the DocBook source from NEMA and builds their own database. The source files, the database and its full-text index are NEMA’s content. The project’s code license does not apply to them, and they must not be published.
Building locally ties every answer to the edition you fetched, which its
Source: line names.
What the tools return
Section titled “What the tools return”The tools answer questions: a data element, a module’s attributes, a section of text. They have no export or bulk download. Sharing an answer in an issue or a review is ordinary use; collecting answers into a substitute for the standard is not.
The standard is the authority
Section titled “The standard is the authority”The official DICOM Standard is the authority. The project is not affiliated with NEMA, MITA or the DICOM Standards Committee, and an answer from it is not a ruling or a conformance certification. Each answer cites the part, section or table it comes from so you can check it in the official text.
See Project legal and redistribution for the exact terms.