# \#terminology

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## [\`sct\` - a fast, free set of local-first file-based SNOMED-CT tools in Rust](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/sct-a-fast-free-set-of-local-first-file-based-snomed-ct-tools-in-rust/11906)

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**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/marcusbaw)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [14 April 2026 12:17 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/sct-a-fast-free-set-of-local-first-file-based-snomed-ct-tools-in-rust/11906 "2026-04-14T12:17:18Z")

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I’ve been involved in healthtech and clinical informatics for a fair old while now, and have always found the lack of simple tooling for SNOMED-CT quite frustrating. Everything is either a janky online Term Browser with …

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## [openEHR SNOMED CT extension](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-snomed-ct-extension/11600)

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**Author:** [@damoca](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/damoca)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [20 November 2025 11:46 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-snomed-ct-extension/11600 "2025-11-20T11:46:30Z")

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This message from @ian.mcnicoll made me think… If you search for SNOMED in Discourse, you will find that the binding of archetypes to SNOMED is not a new topic. The question is, has openEHR ever considered requesting…

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## [How to transfer as much clinical complexity as possible to clinical terminologies](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/how-to-transfer-as-much-clinical-complexity-as-possible-to-clinical-terminologies/5668)

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**Author:** [@linforest](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/linforest)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [9 September 2024 13:47 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/how-to-transfer-as-much-clinical-complexity-as-possible-to-clinical-terminologies/5668 "2024-09-09T13:47:26Z")

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In terms of clinical modeling (Archetype/Template design), how to return/transfer as much clinical complexity as possible to clinical terminologies/ontologies in order to reduce the complexity (therefore difficulty) of o…

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## [Using SNOMED CT term bindings and missing “substrate” information](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/using-snomed-ct-term-bindings-and-missing-substrate-information/5563)

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**Author:** [@borut.jures](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/borut.jures)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [2 September 2024 16:42 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/using-snomed-ct-term-bindings-and-missing-substrate-information/5563 "2024-09-02T16:42:12Z")

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I hope that the licensing limitations for using SNOMED CT term bindings are resolved and more archetypes will be coded with SNOMED CT in the future. While reading SNOMED CT documentation, I’ve come upon the “Substrate” …

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## [admin api set up](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/admin-api-set-up/5640)

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**Author:** [@anandaashish74711](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/anandaashish74711)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [31 August 2024 13:44 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/admin-api-set-up/5640 "2024-08-31T13:44:19Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m new to EHRbase and have been working on setting up version 0.16.5 on my local environment using Docker. I’ve successfully set up the EHRbase and PostgreSQL services using docker-compose, with the necessa…

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## [Units with DV\_QUANTITY](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/units-with-dv-quantity/4297)

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**Author:** [@Pau\_Corral](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/Pau_Corral)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [6 June 2024 08:03 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/units-with-dv-quantity/4297 "2024-06-06T08:03:22Z")

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Hello, After haveing read some of the topics here, I noticed that everytime there is a new unit not supported by AD, there seems to be CR to update the xml file that AD uses. This seems a long process and I don’t know w…

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## [InterOPEN Learnathon on the NHS Ontoserver (CSIRO terminology server)](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/interopen-learnathon-on-the-nhs-ontoserver-csiro-terminology-server/5150)

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**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/marcusbaw)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [28 April 2024 09:07 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/interopen-learnathon-on-the-nhs-ontoserver-csiro-terminology-server/5150 "2024-04-28T09:07:14Z")

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For anyone interested in clinical terminology usage there is an upcoming InterOPEN Learnathon on the subject of the NHS Ontoserver instance in May: OpenEHR is in the process of setting up an instance of CSIRO Ontoserv…

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## [openEHR Terminology (TERM) Release 3.0.0 published](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-terminology-term-release-3-0-0-published/4156)

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**Author:** [@sebastian.iancu](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/sebastian.iancu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [7 February 2024 08:16 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-terminology-term-release-3-0-0-published/4156 "2024-02-07T08:16:44Z")

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The openEHR Specifications Editorial Committee (SEC) has published TERM Release 3.0.0 today. This release contains a number of terminology codes and vocabulary additions and updates, a new rendering of terminology code …

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## [Terminologies in the template](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/terminologies-in-the-template/847)

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**Author:** [@sarah.ballout](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/sarah.ballout)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [8 September 2021 12:59 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/terminologies-in-the-template/847 "2021-09-08T12:59:58Z")

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Hey everybody, I have one question. I am currently working on a template in Marand and would like to add SNOMED codes for the antibiotic in addition to the LOINC coding. Do you know how to do that? Do you think it works…

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## [Changes in openEHR Terminology XML files](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/changes-in-openehr-terminology-xml-files/3274)

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**Author:** [@sebastian.iancu](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/sebastian.iancu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [15 February 2023 21:45 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/changes-in-openehr-terminology-xml-files/3274 "2023-02-15T21:45:11Z")

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For an upcoming release on Terminology specifications, I am exploring the possibilities and the impact on making small changes in openEHR terminology xml files. These might be trivial as just adding few new attributes (o…

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## [openEHR Terminology (TERM) Release 2.4.0 published](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-terminology-term-release-2-4-0-published/3412)

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**Author:** [@sebastian.iancu](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/sebastian.iancu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [28 December 2022 11:47 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-terminology-term-release-2-4-0-published/3412 "2022-12-28T11:47:17Z")

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The openEHR Specifications Editorial Committee (SEC) has published TERM Release 2.4.0 today. This release contains a number of terminology codes and vocabulary additions and updates: New Feature SPECTERM-4 Add new t…

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## [Impact of changes in openEHR Terminology XML files](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/impact-of-changes-in-openehr-terminology-xml-files/3275)

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**Author:** [@sebastian.iancu](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/sebastian.iancu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [29 November 2022 13:55 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/impact-of-changes-in-openehr-terminology-xml-files/3275 "2022-11-29T13:55:41Z")

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For an upcoming release on Terminology specifications, I am exploring the possibilities and the impact on making small changes in openEHR terminology xml files. These might be trivial as just adding few new attributes (o…

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## [Manually adding external terminology values](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/manually-adding-external-terminology-values/1577)

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**Author:** [@siljelb](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/siljelb)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [1 December 2021 21:39 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/manually-adding-external-terminology-values/1577 "2021-12-01T21:39:17Z")

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When adding external terminology values to a DV\_CODED\_TEXT element in an archetype, the Archetype Designer apparently only allows adding them using URIs and constraints. In a lot of cases, legacy code sets don’t have any…

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## [How to represent "other" for coded values](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/how-to-represent-other-for-coded-values/669)

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**Author:** [@danka74](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/danka74)\
**Replies:** 43\
**Last updated:** [12 August 2021 06:00 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/how-to-represent-other-for-coded-values/669 "2021-08-12T06:00:42Z")

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Dear All, being from the Swedish SNOMED CT NRC we need to advice our users on how to represent the notion of “other” in coded value sets (mainly because wo do not want to add “other” SNOMED concepts due to semantic vola…

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## [AQL: Support for TERMINOLOGY function (improved terminology support - SPECQUERY-12)](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/aql-support-for-terminology-function-improved-terminology-support-specquery-12/1119)

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**Author:** [@sebastian.iancu](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/sebastian.iancu)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [12 December 2020 16:26 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/aql-support-for-terminology-function-improved-terminology-support-specquery-12/1119 "2020-12-12T16:26:48Z")

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There is a ticket to improve terminology support \[SPECQUERY-12\] Improve terminology support - openEHR JIRA which I was working on in the last few days. Basically my work was to incorporate proposals and decisions being m…

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## [How to call external service](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/how-to-call-external-service/885)

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**Author:** [@M.farokhtabar](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/M.farokhtabar)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [27 July 2020 13:22 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/how-to-call-external-service/885 "2020-07-27T13:22:07Z")

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Hi all, We have a requirement to call a web service to fill items of a DvCodedText. Besides, we used the Archetype Editor(Ocean) application which we could set terminology for a DvCodedText element that it seems like a …

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## [Handling SNOMED CT synonyms](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/handling-snomed-ct-synonyms/500)

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**Author:** [@ian.mcnicoll](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/ian.mcnicoll)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [5 April 2020 13:14 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/handling-snomed-ct-synonyms/500 "2020-04-05T13:14:33Z")

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This is an issue which has emerged in the COVID-19 work but is familiar to me from UK GP systems. In theory the inferencing and relationships in SNOMED-CT should allow us to use any synonym in place of the defining conc…

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## [DV\_CODED\_TEXT with open/extensible set of codes (value set)](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/dv-coded-text-with-open-extensible-set-of-codes-value-set/403)

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**Author:** [@sebastian.garde](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/sebastian.garde)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [3 April 2020 16:01 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/dv-coded-text-with-open-extensible-set-of-codes-value-set/403 "2020-04-03T16:01:29Z")

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I would like to pick up a discusssion we started in the ADL2 meeting last year in Braunschweig: We had another request (this time from HiGHmed) to support open/extensible set of codes in a DV\_CODED\_TEXT. In this case, …

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## [Extracted CKM FHIR ValueSets](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/extracted-ckm-fhir-valuesets/204)

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**Author:** [@yampeku](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/yampeku)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [27 February 2020 17:36 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/extracted-ckm-fhir-valuesets/204 "2020-02-27T17:36:24Z")

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I’ve extracted all possible subsets from CKM and put them online as FHIR ValueSets. ValueSets have been generated from DV\_CodedTexts, DV\_Ordinals and DV\_Quantities (when they contain units subsets defined). 1024 ValueSet…

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## [OpenEHR with SNOMED,LOINC,HL-7 Support](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-with-snomed-loinc-hl-7-support/291)

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**Author:** [@Prabhat\_MOHANTY](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/Prabhat_MOHANTY)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [28 January 2020 06:15 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-with-snomed-loinc-hl-7-support/291 "2020-01-28T06:15:44Z")

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Hi, We are a new startup and trying to implement a small EHR project by adopting an OpenEHR framework. Just wondering if most of the OpenEHR frameworks have the interfaces with SNOMED,LOINC and HL-7/FHIR by default or …