Define.xml

Hi Max,

I have just started using OpenCdisc and am really jazzed by how robust this tool really is.  In my using the Validator for a Define.xml I have the following situation which confuses me...

For talking points, I have a SDTM variable LBFLBL and it is an expected, but not required, variable.  The codelist has the following for LBBLFL:

[blank] = null

Y         = Yes

The resulting Define.xml which I create is the below snippet:

I created a codelist.xls file that matched the template supplied. This is the error I get after a few seconds of running:

java.lang.NullPointerException
 at org.opencdisc.validator.DefineDocumentGenerator.printCodeLists(DefineDocumentGenerator.java:524)
 at org.opencdisc.validator.DefineDocumentGenerator.generate(DefineDocumentGenerator.java:357)
 at org.opencdisc.validator.DefaultValidator.generate(DefaultValidator.java:154)
 at org.opencdisc.validator.gui.ValidatorClient$ProcessMonitor.run(ValidatorClient.java:1518)

Hey Guys,

ValueListOID or def:ValueListOID

So on page 13 of the CRT Data Definition Spec it says that def:ValueListOID is a field within def:ValueListRef.  I've noticed too that in actual practice, though, it is generally written as ValueListOID (no def:).  Do you know which is correct?

Role in Value Level Metadata ItemDef?

Hi all,

Validator looks great.  I'm getting this error though, and am not sure why:

Missing or invalid Namespace attribute

• OD0002: The ODM file must reference the CDISC ODM namespace 'http://www.cdisc.org/ns/odm/v1.2'.
• Occurrences: 1
• Severity: High

The first line of my define is:

Does the validator check the correctness of the define.xml?

I ran it through the validator and there were no problems, but when I load it up into WebSDM the load fails!

Thanks, Dan

Is there a list of the checks that are done against define.xml. We get define.xml from our CROs and we have to check it manually. What checks are being performed by OpenCDISC. Regards, David