SU-TermServ is a project within the grant scheme of the Medical Informatics Initiative in Germany. The aim of the project is the deployment and operation of a central terminology server for the MII and the Network University Medicine.
To get access to the server, you will need to contact the University Hospital Cologne to arrange for access. Access can be granted only to persons and legal persons in Germany. Please send the s...
This page is intended to provide an overview of the licensing terms, especially of CodeSystem resources, offered on the terminology server of the SU-TermServ. However, this is not legal advice. T...
SU-TermServ offers regular “onboarding” sessions to inform DICs and interested parties about the work and objectives of the project. The onboarding sessions take place, if required, on the first F...
Preamble The SU-TermServ is responsible for the maintenance of a instance of Ontoserver, which is currently hosted via the University of Cologne. Access is regulated through a contract. Resource...
Preferably, all ValueSets (VS) and CodeSystems (CS) are located on the central ontoserver in Cologne, which are linked in defined FHIR profiles via binding mechanisms. As a starting point, the FHI...
According to the FHIR terminology module, all terminological services defined here are supported by the ontoserver as needed and can be used by interested users via API: CodeSystem-lookup Cod...
Access protection using mTLS The instance of Ontoserver that is hosted through the SU-TermServ is protected using Mutual TLS. This means that with every access to the endpoint, a mutual certifica...
Ontoserver is able to distribute content on the server to other servers. This process is called syndication, more information can be found in the Ontoserver documentation. Access protection using...
Access protection using mTLS The instance of Ontoserver that is hosted through the SU-TermServ is protected using Mutual TLS. This means that with every access to the endpoint, a mutual certifica...
The FHIR service $find-matches is used to search a CodeSystem on the basis of defined properties. The result is a set of codes that match the properties. The following CodeSystem has been defined ...
In recent years, the central terminology server for the MII, which is operated by the SU-TermServ, has been available at the address https://terminology-highmed.medic.medfak.uni-koeln.de/fhir. The server was created within the HiGHmed project. With the start of the current funding phase of the MII in January 2023, an independent 2b project was established to professionalize the operation of this server and to expand the target audience to the entire MII and NUM. We are pleased to finally pre...
On Wednesday, July 10, 2024, a workshop on the topic “Central Terminology Server for MII & NUM: Actual state in 2024” took place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The slides are now available below: ...
I am pleased to announce the publication of our (German-language) textbook “Referenzterminologie SNOMED CT - Interlingua zur Gewährleistung semantischer Interoperabilität in der Medizin” (SNOMED C...
During the 68th annual conference of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS), the GMDS 2023, the GMDS working group Medizinische Terminologien und Klassifi...
