title: ClaML: a standard for the electronic publication of classification coding schemes.
abstract: This paper proposes a number of revisions to CEN/TS 14463 (ClaML), which is a pre-standard mark-up language for the electronic publication of classification coding schemes. A CEN Taskforce in close collaboration with the WHO network carefully analysed 70 classifications from the healthcare domain. All were transformed in ClaML using a dedicated classification management tool. The proposal removes all formatting elements and adds a number of layout structuring elements. Several elements have been replaced by attributes to enforce internal consistency. A modest number of extensions are proposed to help users and authors in maintenance and version control. A pilot implementation has shown that ICD10 as one of the most complex traditional classifications can be adequately represented to produce quality printed output.
authors.affiliation: Medical Informatics UMCN, Nijmegen, Netherlands. e.vanderharing@mi.umcn.nl
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: van der Haring
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Broënhorst
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: ten Napel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schopen
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Zanstra
mesh_terms: D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000592:standards*; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008490:Medical Informatics; D011381:Programming Languages