title: Terminological reference of a knowledge-based system: the data dictionary.
abstract: The development of open and integrated knowledge bases makes new demands on the definition of the used terminology. The definition should be realized in a data dictionary separated from the knowledge base. Within the works done at a reference model of medical knowledge, a data dictionary has been developed and used in different applications: a term definition shell, a documentation tool and a knowledge base. The data dictionary includes that part of terminology, which is largely independent of a certain knowledge model. For that reason, the data dictionary can be used as a basis for integrating knowledge bases into information systems, for knowledge sharing and reuse and for modular development of knowledge-based systems.
authors.affiliation: GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit GmbH, Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Systemforschung, Neuherberg, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stausberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wormek
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kraut
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004018:Dictionaries, Medical as Topic; D009626:Terminology as Topic