Stream: implementers
Topic: open source terminology service
Jens Villadsen (Nov 13 2020 at 16:33):
Are anyone aware of any open source terminology services that includes UI and as well handle the actual process/workflow around versioning and draft/editing/authoring the actual terminology - does Snapper/Shrimp fit into this picture @Michael Lawley ? Or what about Trifolia @Sean McIlvenna (I'm aware that Trifolia is backed by a FHIR server) ? Are these solutions complementary and/or overlapping? Are anyone aware of other alternatives?
Jim Steel (Nov 17 2020 at 01:09):
Snapper does editing of terminology resources (CodeSystem, ValueSet, ConceptMap), and a very minimal amount of workflow support, but we don't recommend it for very large-scale CodeSystems. It's not open-source, though. Shrimp is a CodeSystem/ValueSet browser, is also not open-source, but is free to use. They are both designed to work against any conformant FHIR terminology server, but YMMV based on both the server implementation and the content you're pointing them at (e.g. Shrimp relies on certain filters being available on a CodeSystem to work well). Obviously, we typically use them with Ontoserver (also not open-source and not free). @Michael Lawley does that sound right?
Michael Lawley (Nov 17 2020 at 02:03):
Snapper is actually free to use (see https://ontoserver.csiro.au/snapper2/licence.html), and should work with any capable FHIR terminology server, not just Ontoserver. However, it is not open source and doesn't provided guided workflow.
Lin Zhang (Nov 17 2020 at 02:12):
An interesting post
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