Approval processes

Approving resources in the Authoring server is a matter of setting their syndication status to true which will ensure that Ontoserver includes the resource in its syndication feed.

The API for automating this can be found in Appendix D, however this function is exposed in both Snapper and OntoCommand (the administrative user interface).

In Snapper, a user logged in with Approver privileges can approve a resource by:

• searching for the resource to approve and getting a local copy of the resource in your Snapper instance (the Modify an existing FHIR resource procedure starts with this process in the Authoring FHIR terminology training)
• reviewing the resource's contents, metadata and narrative on the define contents, Additional metadata, and Narrative tabs
• if acceptable, going to the Upload to FHIR server tab and selecting the the Syndicate button - note if the user does not have approver privileges the button will be disabled

Alternatively a user with approver privileges can use OntoCommand to modify the syndication status of a resource. This is particularly useful for CodeSystems such as SNOMED CT which are backed by an index and can't be sensibly pulled into Snapper.

To perform this a user can:

• enter the FHIR endpoint of the authoring server into their browser, which will launch OntoCommand
• select Resources from the left hand menu and find the resource in question
• use the Synd toggle switch to change the syndication status of the resource

Unlike other FHIR CodeSystems, code systems for SNOMED CT and LOINC backed by the terminology server indexes cannot be approved for syndication using Snapper. Instead OntoCommand must be used similarly to the process described in approving FHIR resources for publication in the authoring server.

A user with approver privileges can use OntoCommand to modify the syndication status of a CodeSystem index.

To perform this a user can:

• enter the FHIR endpoint of the authoring server into their browser, which will launch OntoCommand
• select resources from the left hand menu and find the CodeSystem in question
• use the Synd toggle switch to change the syndication status of the CodeSystem

The Synd toggle switch is the same control as shown for ValueSets in the screenshot below, and all other FHIR resource types in the terminology server.