NCI Metathesaurus (NCIm) is a wide-ranging biomedical terminology database that covers most terminologies used by NCI for clinical care, translational and basic research, and public information and administrative activities. It integrates terms and definitions from different terminologies, including NCI Thesaurus, however the representation is not identical.
- Prefix
ncim- Links
- Homepage
- Contact
- Missing Contact
- Identifier Space Owner
- National Cancer Institute
- Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers
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Local identifiers in NCI Metathesaurus should match this regular expression:
^C\d+$ - Example Local Unique Identifier
- C0026339 Resolve
- Pattern for CURIES
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Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from NCI Metathesaurus should match this regular expression:
^ncim:C\d+$ - Example CURIE
- ncim:C0026339
Metaregistry NCI Metathesaurus
The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 3 mappings to external registries for this resource with 1 unique external prefixes.
| Registry Name | Registry Metaprefix | External Prefix | Curate |
|---|---|---|---|
| BioContext | biocontext |
NCIM
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Identifiers.org
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miriam |
ncim
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|
N2T
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n2t |
ncim
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Providers
A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).
The local unique identifier C0026339 is used to demonstrate the providers
available for NCI Metathesaurus. A guide for curating additional providers can be found
here.