Authoring FHIR terminology resources
Important controls to apply
When you create or upload a FHIR terminology resource to the Terminology Server it is available to everyone to read and, importantly, available for any other author to change (including removing your access to it or to delete it).
You are therefore strongly advised to take advantage of the community functionality within the Terminology Server and add a community security label to all resources that you create so that you can control who can read and write to the FHIR terminology resources that you create.
By using the community functionality, you can ensure that resources that are intended for restricted use are made available only to those people or systems that should have access to them, or make them available to any users on a read-only basis whilst retaining write access to a tighter, controlled group of users.
For more information, refer to chapters 9, 10, 11 and 12 of this guidance module, as well as I want to use the Terminology Server in a community.
Getting started
Authoring terminology resources can be done using the Snapper:Author web tool.
To manage your terminology resources, you need to have a valid log in with an author role. If you have not yet registered for an account, please refer to the account management guide to learn more about how to self register and how to request an author role. We do not usually request author roles to users outside NHS England.
To log in:
1. On the Snapper homepage, click on the green Login button at the top of the screen.
2. Select the identity provider you used when registering for the service then enter your username and password.
3. Once logged in, you can log out using the Logout button. You can access your account details through the Account button. Both are found in the top-right corner.
Last edited: 10 January 2024 11:48 am