Research of TCM clinical terms and the suggestions for system improvement
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4246.2014.11.002
- VernacularTitle:中医临床术语研究现状与系统构建方法探讨
- Author:
Yan DONG
;
Ling ZHU
;
Tong YU
;
Meng CUI
;
Haiyan LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Clinical term;
TCM clinical terminological system;
Classification framework;
Semantic relation
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2014;(11):965-968
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
This study analyzed the current clinical terminology standardization, systematization research status of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM). The previous version of the TCM clinical term system had some problems including imperfect classification structure, unclear relationship between concepts and so on, which made the TCM clinical terminology system(TCMCTS) difficult to support the clinical practice of TCM. The suggestions for system improvement were using ontology method to build TCMCTS concept model bases on the previous researches and data extracted from TCM clinical electronic medical record, and top-level-ontology accordance with ISO standards. The study also tried to summarize the ‘semantic network between classes’ through semantic relationships.
