Owners of LOINC, NPU, and SNOMED CT® Begin Trial of Cooperative Terminology Development

[Editor's Note: This is a reprint of a news announcement published on the NLM® Web site on April 6, 2009.]

The owners of three standards that contain laboratory test terminology — the Logical Observation Identifiers, Names, Codes (LOINC), Nomenclature, Properties and Units (NPU), and the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine — Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) — issued a joint press release on April 6, 2009, announcing an operational Trial of prospective divisions of labor in the generation of laboratory test terminology content. This Trial will provide practical experience and important information on opportunities to decrease duplication of effort in the development of laboratory test terminology and to ensure that SNOMED CT works effectively in combination with either LOINC or NPU.

The terms of the agreement (PDF or HTML) were finalized by the owners of the three standards during a meeting held at the U.S. National Library of Medicine® February 25-27, 2009.

For additional details contact Vivian Auld, Senior Specialist for Health Data Standards, National Library of Medicine.

Owners of LOINC, NPU, and SNOMED CT® Begin Trial of Cooperative Terminology Development. NLM Tech Bull. 2009 Mar-Apr;(367):e20.