Interpretation of an international terminology standard in the development of a logic-based compositional terminology

Hardiker, NR and Coenen, A 2007, 'Interpretation of an international terminology standard in the development of a logic-based compositional terminology' , International Journal of Medical Informatics, 76S2 , S274-S280.

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Abstract

Purpose: Version 1.0 of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) is a logic-based compositional terminology. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 18104:2003 Health Informatics¿Integration of a reference terminology model for nursing is an international standard to support the development, testing and implementation of nursing terminologies. Methods: This study examines how ISO 18104:2003 has been interpreted in the development of ICNP® Version 1.0 by identifying mappings between ICNP® and the ISO standard. Representations of diagnostic and interventional statements within ICNP® are also analyzed according to the requirements mandated by the ISO standard. Results: All structural components of ISO 18104:2003 i.e. semantic categories, semantic domains, qualifiers and semantic links are represented either directly or in interpreted form within ICNP®. The formal representations within ICNP® of diagnostic and interventional statements meet the requirement of the ISO standard. Conclusions: The findings of this study demonstrate that ICNP® Version 1.0 conforms to ISO 18104:2003. More importantly perhaps, this study provides practical examples of how components of a terminology standard might be interpreted and it examines how such a standard might be used to support the definition of high-level schemata in developing logic-based compositional terminologies.

Item Type:	Article
Themes:	Subjects / Themes > Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA075 Electronic computers. Computer science Subjects / Themes > R Medicine > RT Nursing Health and Wellbeing Subjects outside of the University Themes
Schools:	Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy Schools > School of Health and Society
Journal or Publication Title:	International Journal of Medical Informatics
Publisher:	Elsevier
Refereed:	No
ISSN:	1386-5056
Depositing User:	NR Hardiker
Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2010 13:38
Last Modified:	09 Aug 2017 04:34
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/12141

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