Ten theses on clinical ontologies.
We present ten principles for clinical ontologies that describe the authors' opinion about what should be understood by the notion of clinical ontologies and what not. In contrast to clinical terminology systems, clinical ontologies are considered to be semantic reference systems and for that--first of all--strive to account for the properties of the domain entities themselves and their proper formal definitions--rather than just linking clinical terms together.
Schulz
Stefan
S
Department of Medical Informatics, Freiburg University Hospital, Germany. stschulz@uni-freiburg.de
Stenzhorn
Holger
H
D015510:Clinical Medicine; D005858:Germany; D019359:Knowledge; D009626:Terminology as Topic