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Govern the associated data of specimens and codelists as standards change.

DataSDR helps biobanks and LIMS providers govern terminology changes across LOINC, SNOMED CT, ICD, local taxonomies, mappings, and recoding workflows.

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( Problem )

The associated data of each biospecimen outlives the standards used to describe it.

A sample collected today may be searched, shared, and reused years later. By then, the classifications, code systems, and controlled terminologies used to code each specimen’s associated data may have changed.

( Before / After )

From static codelist management in Excel to governed associated data change.

Before DataSDR

  • LIMS stores specimen lifecycle data
  • Terminology updates are tracked manually
  • Recoding work lives in spreadsheets
  • Provenance is hard to reconstruct
  • Updated metadata is difficult to publish consistently

With DataSDR

  • Terminology versions are governed centrally
  • Affected records can be reviewed and mapped
  • Upcoding work is traceable
  • Updated metadata can be released with provenance
  • Downstream systems can receive governed updates

Who DataSDR serves

Biobanking

For biobanks and blood banks

Manage terminology drift across specimen-associated demographic, clinical, processing, storage, consent, and distribution metadata.

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LIMS integration

For LIMS providers

Add terminology governance, mapping, and recoding services around existing specimen-management workflows.

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Metadata operations

For data managers

Review affected records, preserve provenance, and publish updated metadata for search, sharing, and reuse.

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( Workflow )

How DataSDR supports metadata transformation.

How DataSDR supports metadata transformation.

  1. Import

    Load terminologies, codelists, local taxonomies, and current specimen metadata.

  2. Version

    Track the release used when each value was collected, coded, or transformed.

  3. Map

    Define mappings between old and current terminology versions.

  4. Review

    Queue affected records for review before publishing updates.

  5. Upcode

    Apply approved recoding or upcoding transformations with provenance.

  6. Approve

    Release governed metadata updates through a controlled workflow.

  7. Publish

    Deliver updated metadata to LIMS, repositories, analytics, or downstream systems.

Terminologies and classifications DataSDR can help govern

LOINC · SNOMED CT · ICD · ICD-10-GM · Alpha-ID-SE · OPS · Local taxonomies · Client-specific codelists

CDISC, SDTM, ADaM, and other clinical standards remain supported, but DataSDR.com focuses on biobank and LIMS terminology-governance campaigns.

( Experience )

Built from enterprise standards-governance experience.

DataSDR applies lessons from complex standards-governance programs to the biobanking problem: evolving terminologies, downstream systems, controlled releases, auditability, and metadata reuse.

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( Contact )

Book a 30-min biobank metadata audit.

No sales script. Bring one metadata or terminology-change problem and we will map the workflow with you.

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