IQVIA health data semantics suite

IQVIA Ontology Authoring Tool

A versatile tool for modifying ontologies and terminologies, with a specialization in description logic reasoning and full support for all aspects of SNOMED CT.
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Collaborate, validate and govern healthcare terminologies with precision 

The IQVIA Ontology Authoring Tool empowers teams to collaboratively create, validate and govern medical ontologies in a secure, standards-based environment.

As part of the IQVIA Health Data Semantics Suite, it ensures every change — from concept authoring to version release — is traceable, compliant and ready for real world deployment. 

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Collaborative authoring for consistency and control

Accurate healthcare data starts with precise terminology management. The IQVIA Ontology Authoring Tool provides a centralized workspace where domain experts, data stewards and informaticians can collaboratively author, validate and release medical ontologies.

Our authoring tool brings transparency, control and efficiency to the authoring lifecycle — reducing release timelines while maintaining compliance and quality.

Multi-user environment supporting parallel authoring and versioning.

Built-in validation and review workflows for quality assurance. 

Advanced features for ontology authoring, including description logic reasoning and complex modeling.

Core Capabilities of the IQVIA Ontology Authoring Tool

Collaborative authoring environment 
Empower distributed teams to create and modify terminologies simultaneously with full audit tracking. Enables governed authoring and publication of national SNOMED CT extensions at scale. 

Built-in validation and quality checks 
Automate consistency, syntax and dependency validation before publication. 

Version control and release management 
Track, compare and manage multiple versions with complete change history and rollback options. 

Role-based governance 
Assign permissions and workflows to maintain data integrity and compliance. 

Seamless suite integration
Publish validated terminologies directly to the IQVIA Ontology Platform and IQVIA Ontology Server. 

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