title: Evaluating the effectiveness of modeling principles for data models.
abstract: We evaluated the effectiveness of modeling principles intended to harmonize the information representation between terminology-ontology models and information models. Our study utilized dental clinical statements and sample dental record questions. We asked experts to define the equivalency (mapping) of these elements and measured their agreement. We modified the data elements and asked the experts to conduct subsequent mappings. We measured the agreement and compared the levels of agreement before and after changes, expecting that agreement would increase. The level of agreement (Kappa) before modeling was 0.3 to 0.4 and after was 0.5 (p<0.05). The difference was small but statistically significant. Our results suggest that the modeling principles improve information representation since agreement increased.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. humberto@dental.pitt.edu
authors.forename: Miguel Humberto
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Torres-Urquidy
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Acharya
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hernandez-Cott
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Misner
authors.forename: Titus
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schleyer
mesh_terms: D048048:Dental Informatics / Q000592:standards*; D019451:Information Management / Q000592:standards*; D009626:Terminology as Topic