opensafely-core / opensafely-core/opencodelists

Enhancement request: Understanding where codelists are used across repos

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enhancement
Dominant language
Python
Stars
60
Forks
16
Avg merge
4d 12h
Merged PRs (30d)
17

Description

Summary

Users need a way to see where and which versions of codelists are used across repositories to support consistency and build confidence in their selection of codelists.

What would you like to achieve?

Make visible the repos using a specific codelist via the OpenCodelist website

Who would benefit and how?

Bristol currently lack visibility into codelist usage across repositories, making it difficult to ensure consistency. Bristol run larger research projects that span multiple OS projects/ repos. Being able to ensure this consistency would be helpful.

Other users have also suggested that seeing which studies use a specific codelist would give them more clues / trust as to whether an existing codelist is suitable for their work.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the OpenCodelists website and how codelists, repositories, and versions are currently represented. Define where usage data would come from and how users would view repositories using a specific codelist. Done means the website makes those repositories and codelist versions visible to support consistency and selection.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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