July 22, 2011

This directory contains data files and documentation for controlled terminology
used by the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) to support
the Analysis Data Model (ADaM) Implementation Guide Version 1.0 (ADaM v1.0).  It
represents all ADaM controlled terminology developed and in production to date.
Additional terminology will be developed on an ongoing basis. Other future
additions to the terminology set will also be handled via the terminology change
request and maintenance process.


Contents:

Archive                       	(directory for earlier file versions)
ADaM CDISC ReadME.doc	      	ReadMe tab in ADaM terminology file, doc format
ADaM Publication Date Stamp.txt	information regarding current version date of ADaM terminology
ADaM Terminology Changes.xls	detailed description of term changes (Excel)
ADaM Terminology Changes.txt	detailed description of term changes (text)
ADaM Terminology.OWL.zip	terms by codelist, OWL/RDF format
ADaM Terminology.html		terms by codelist, html format
ADaM Terminology.odm.xml	terms by codelist, ODM XML format
ADaM Terminology.pdf		terms by codelist, PDF format
ADaM Terminology.txt          	terms by codelist, text format
ADaM Terminology.xls	      	terms by codelist, Excel format
ReadMe.txt                    	(this file)
                   

Background:

SDTM and ADaM are international standards for clinical research data, and are
approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as standard electronic
submission formats.  CDISC and NCI work together to develop and maintain ADaM
controlled terminology, which is also integrated and distributed as part of NCI
Thesaurus.

Further information is available at:
     http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/terminologyresources/CDISC