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NIH Common Data Elements Repository

Metadata Updated: June 19, 2025

The NIH Common Data Elements (CDE) Repository has been designed to provide access to structured human and machine-readable definitions of data elements that have been recommended or required by NIH Institutes and Centers and other organizations for use in research and for other purposes. Visit the NIH CDE Resource Portal for contextual information about the repository.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date March 2, 2022
Metadata Updated Date June 19, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from Healthdata.gov

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date March 2, 2022
Metadata Updated Date June 19, 2025
Publisher National Library of Medicine
Maintainer
Identifier https://datadiscovery.nlm.nih.gov/api/views/divb-gtqn
Data First Published 2016-08-04
Data Last Modified 2025-06-18
Category Terminology
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 009:25
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Harvest Object Id b0165bfe-78e9-4c82-b57b-83f492bd2101
Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
Homepage URL https://cde.nlm.nih.gov/home
License http://opendefinition.org/licenses/odc-odbl/
Program Code 009:041
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 767033f5276bc9da8a5545a8b5e13b14e4a61e64e34e1dea7b9da01cb614f3fc
Source Schema Version 1.1

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