March 27, 2015

This directory contains data files and documentation for controlled terminology
used by the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) to support
Standard for the Exchange of Nonclinical Data Implementation Guide Versions 3.0 
and 3.1 (SENDIG V3.0 and SENDIG V3.1). It represents all SEND controlled terminology 
developed and in production to date as well as specific SDTM codelists that are in 
production to date. Additional terminology will be developed on an ongoing basis to 
support all CDISC standards. Other future additions to the SEND terminology set will 
be handled via the terminology change request and maintenance process.


Contents:

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




Background:

SEND is an international standard for nonclinical research data, and is approved
by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a standard electronic submission
format.  CDISC and NCI work together to develop and maintain SDTM controlled
terminology, which is also integrated and distributed as part of NCI
Thesaurus (NCIt).

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