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Welcome to the Documentation Portal for CLAIMS Direct

CLAIMS Direct 2.1 is the most current production release of our servers and services. Earlier versions of this documentation can be found here.

Useful Links

• CLAIMS Direct Video Introductions - instructional videos
• User's Guide - general user's guide to the CLAIMS Direct Web Interface (CDWI)
• System Administrator's Guide - guide to on-site installation, content updates, and installed tools
• Developer's Guide - developer's guide to CLAIMS Direct Web Services
• SOLR Search Fields - list of searchable fields and field names
• SOLR Searching Guide - information about how to conduct searches within CDWI
• XML Content Description - list of XML attributes with content description
• Content Updates - data update schedule

Please send your questions, comments, and suggestions to support@ificlaims.com.

What's New?

• CDWS v3.5 has been released. See the Release Notes for details.
• Our new Content Notifications page provides the latest information about upcoming content changes all in one place.
• Have a question? See our new FAQs for answers.
• We have recently added AU data, including pharmaceutical data, IFI enhanced content, and office-specific data. See ifi-annotated-data, ifi-integrated-content, and office-specific-data for more details.
• A new web service providing Legal Status from the USPTO is now available in BETA.
• We have made several enhancements to our data coverage including KR back file records, English translations for ES records, and the addition of some IFI enhanced content for JP records. See our Release Notes for more information.
• CLAIMS Direct XML DTD v2.3 is now available. For details, see XML DTD and Schemas.
• New trial guide now available: Exploring CLAIMS Direct.
• Alexandria::Client::Tools v2.1 released. This release introduces a new update daemon as well as stability and reporting improvements.We have recently added several new countries to our Premium subscription including AT and CH. We have also added BR and TW to our Premium+ subscription. See CLAIMS Global Data Coverage for more details.