NCI Term Browser

2.1

• CTS 2 Support: Better support for terminology mappings and value sets, introduced in the 2.0 release as part of EVS support for the emerging HL7/OMG Common Terminology Services 2 (CTS 2) standard.
• New value set hierarchies allowing selection of multiple value sets for search, and improved performance and 508 compliance.
• “Back to search results” link to return to the last results page.
• Advanced Search option to search relationship source or target concept values.
• View in Hierarchy now runs on the server, making it faster and more reliable.
• Browser and terminology server versions are displayed in the main NCI Term Browser banner.
• Refer to the Release Notes for more information on fixes, enhancements, and known issues.

June 11, 2012

2.0

CTS 2 functionality provided in the LexEVS 6.0 terminology server including Mappings and Value Sets The NCIt Browser offers important new data and functionality, based on the LexEVS 6.0 Terminology Server.

• Term browser home page redesigned, using tabs.
• Mapping functions and tab
  • Mapping Tab added to the navigation bar.
  • Access allowed to mapping data from source and target coding schemes.
  • Abbreviated source and target namespace names added to metadata of a mapping coding scheme.
  • Abbreviated source and target namespace names displayed on the mapping data table.
• Value Set functions and tab
  • Value set viewer implemented.
  • Export provided for NCI Definition to CSV formatted resolved value set definition file.
  • Source coding scheme developed for supporting display of value set hierarchy.
  • Value set hierarchy display provided.
• Concept Cart lets users collect concepts during a session and then export them to a file in XML or CSV format.
• Ability provided to disable tree access
• caDSR CDEs can be displayed based on concepts in applicable vocabularies.
• Advanced Search lets users search by a specific property type or association.
• Mapping data can be displayed and searched.
• Local extension to an existing coding scheme supported.
• All license pages merged into one.
• User Interface changes and updates made; refer to the Release Notes.

November 9, 2011

1.2

Required changes after initial release

• "URL to Bookmark" changed to just display the URL.
• Term Browser's terminology list reordered.
• caBIG approval indicator added next to terminology name.
• NCPDP section added into subset page.

October 19, 2010

1.0

Replacement for the outdated NCI BioPortal

• Incorporates and extends the NCI Thesaurus Browser.
• Replaces NCI BioPortal, retired in 2010.
• Provides a home page for each terminology and provides for searching and using each terminology separately or together with others.
• Provides extensive cross-links, especially between individual sources and NCIm.
• Supports searches for name/id, property, or relationship values using exact match, begins with or contains algorithms.
• Affords better presentation of concept details and source hierarchies.
• Built on the open source LexBIG Terminology Server using the LexEVS 5.1 API.
• Provides improved performance, especially in large ranked search results and the Relationship and By Source tabs.
• Released on a separate URL, leaving the older browser (1.2) in place, to allow users more time to test and transition before the LexEVS 5.1-based browsers are deprecated.

March 19, 2010