Overview
The concept library is a system for storing, managing, sharing, and documenting clinical code lists in health research. The specific goals of this work are:
- To store code lists along with metadata which captures important information about quality, author, etc.
- To store version history and provide a way to unambiguously reference a particular version of a code list.
- Allowing programmatic interaction with code lists via an API, so that they can be directly used in queries, statistical scripts, etc.
- Providing a mechanism for sharing code lists between projects and organizations.
Access
The Concept Library is currently available to users of the SAIL Databank.
A user can Log-in using their SAIL credentials on the following websites:
External: conceptlibrary.saildatabank.com
Internal: conceptlibrary.sail.ukserp.ac.uk (enter this address in your web browser inside the SAIL gateway).
Documentation
For documentation related to the ConceptLibrary please visit the Wiki on Github
Documentation for the Python and R packages are also available on Github
5 Comments
Unknown User (dan)
Thanks Muhammad Elmessary. Maybe if we get enough likes it will go viral!
Unknown User (john.walshe)
I can't see where it says how you get access to this. It says it's available inside and outside the gateway, but where?
Unknown User (dan)
You can now access it at these URLs:
conceptlibrary.saildatabank.com (outside gateway)
conceptlibrary.sail.ukserp.ac.uk (inside gateway)
In both cases, log in with SAIL gateway credentials.
(We are about to officially release this, and were preparing this documentation in advance of that. Hence why there was no information yet).
Anonymous
How do we create an account? I understand the use of this whole package is practically none if you don't have an account?
Unknown User (dan)
You can access the website and public API and use the content without an account. We are working on the next phase of development which will enable a broader group of users to log in and create content.