The LexEVS Project represents the union of the LexGrid Vocabulary Services for caBIG GForge project and the EVS API GForge project.

This

release

focuses on

deprecation

and includes on bug fix for MedDRA authentication. The caCORE 3.x

APIs

have

been

marked

for

deprecation

and

will

be

decommissioned

in

the

LexEVS

5.0

release.

  We

highly

recommend

users

begin

migrating

to

4.2.1

release.

For

a

complete

description

of

this

release,

please

see

the

LexEVS

4.2.1

Release

Notes

(

GForge

,

Wiki

)

Access to LexEVS

• EVS Home Page http://lexevsapi.nci.nih.gov
• Java API URL (LexEVS Home Page) http://lexevsapi.nci.nih.gov/lexevsapi42/
• Web services - Single endpoint interface http://lexevsapi.nci.nih.gov/lexevsapi42/service/lexevsapi42Service
• EVS API WSDL file http://lexevsapi.nci.nih.gov/lexevsapi42/services/lexevsapi42Service?wsdl
• XML-HTTP API

  Code Block
  "http://lexevsapi.nci.nih.gov/lexevsapi42/{servlet}?query={returnClass}&{criteria}&resultCounter= {counter}&startIndex={index}&pageSize={pageSize}&pageNumber={pageNumber}"

  EXAMPLE:

  Code Block
  http://lexevsapi.nci.nih.gov/lexevsapi42/GetXML?query=DescLogicConcept[name=blood*]

LexEVS Grid Service v4.2

The LexEVS Grid Service provides another programmable interface that can be used to obtain access to data served by LexEVS 4.2.

• Access
  • URL: http://lexevsapi.nci.nih.gov/wsrf/services/cagrid/LexEVSGridService
  • caGrid Portal: http://cagrid-portal.nci.nih.gov

• Documentation updates are limited since this is a point release. There is a User Guide posted on GForge for the LexEVS 4.2 Grid Service to provide support for programming to this interface.

• Sample Test Client - This Sample Test Client Zip file on GForge contains sample source code and the required libraries needed to use the LexEVS Grid Service. The download may take some time.

LexEVS Resources

• caBIG® Vocabulary Knowledge Center
• Overview Presentations from caCORE Users Meeting November 2008
• LexEVS video
• Interested in a Boot Camp or educational materials? Post a message on the Vocabulary Knowledge Center forum.