Curating NanoTab CDEs Denise Warzel CBIIT SI Operations, Data Standards Services Sept. 8, 2011
How do you curate CDEs that are not from a UML Model? Individual CDE Curation – Curation Tool Web browser based tool Applies caDSR business rules Rich search/copy/create/edit functionality Bulk Load – Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet cgMDR Excel Addin + caDSR Custom Template + Bulk Loader – Uses UML Model Loader – Curator lists the new data elements in pre-formatted Excel Template – Curator annotated the elements using the cgMDR QSM (Query Service Manager) to look for existing caDSR content or create new content using EVS concepts
Custom Excel Template
Query Service Panel
NanoTab Content
Completed Template is loaded into caDSR by CBIIT Help Desk Bulk Loader caDSR
NanoTab Data Element Metadata available in all caDSR Tools Track metadata changes View/Download Data Element Metadata in Excel or XML
Demonstration cgMDR and Excel Addin/Template Download and User Documentation – k+Loader k+Loader Local registry (desktop version), Excel Addin and custom Template Used by NMDP to load CDEs from Forms
Process/Next Steps Identify SMEs for NanoTab Data Elements - Nathan Assign caDSR Curator – Denise/Dianne Initial meeting/kickoff – Curator/Denise/Dianne/SMEs Review Template list of data elements – Curator/SME – Name – Preferred Question Text – Identify elements needing enumerated and provide valid value lists and preferred terminology Annotate Spreadsheet – Curator Review Annotations – SME Export and Load Spreadsheet to caDSR – Curator Review CDEs in caDSR, add manually curated defintions – SME and/or Curator Release CDEs - Curator