Nicholas R Hardiker1, Amy Coenen. 1. Salford Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Collaborative Research, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester M6 6PU, UK. n.r.hardiker@salford.ac.uk
Abstract
PURPOSE: Version 1.0 of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) is a logic-based compositional terminology. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 18104:2003 Health Informatics-Integration of a reference terminology model for nursing is an international standard to support the development, testing and implementation of nursing terminologies. METHODS: This study examines how ISO 18104:2003 has been interpreted in the development of ICNP Version 1.0 by identifying mappings between ICNP and the ISO standard. Representations of diagnostic and interventional statements within ICNP are also analyzed according to the requirements mandated by the ISO standard. RESULTS: All structural components of ISO 18104:2003 i.e. semantic categories, semantic domains, qualifiers and semantic links are represented either directly or in interpreted form within ICNP. The formal representations within ICNP of diagnostic and interventional statements meet the requirement of the ISO standard. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study demonstrate that ICNP Version 1.0 conforms to ISO 18104:2003. More importantly perhaps, this study provides practical examples of how components of a terminology standard might be interpreted and it examines how such a standard might be used to support the definition of high-level schemata in developing logic-based compositional terminologies.
PURPOSE: Version 1.0 of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) is a logic-based compositional terminology. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 18104:2003 Health Informatics-Integration of a reference terminology model for nursing is an international standard to support the development, testing and implementation of nursing terminologies. METHODS: This study examines how ISO 18104:2003 has been interpreted in the development of ICNP Version 1.0 by identifying mappings between ICNP and the ISO standard. Representations of diagnostic and interventional statements within ICNP are also analyzed according to the requirements mandated by the ISO standard. RESULTS: All structural components of ISO 18104:2003 i.e. semantic categories, semantic domains, qualifiers and semantic links are represented either directly or in interpreted form within ICNP. The formal representations within ICNP of diagnostic and interventional statements meet the requirement of the ISO standard. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study demonstrate that ICNP Version 1.0 conforms to ISO 18104:2003. More importantly perhaps, this study provides practical examples of how components of a terminology standard might be interpreted and it examines how such a standard might be used to support the definition of high-level schemata in developing logic-based compositional terminologies.
Authors: Patricia C Dykes; Hyeon-eui Kim; Denise M Goldsmith; Jeeyae Choi; Kumiko Esumi; Howard S Goldberg Journal: J Am Med Inform Assoc Date: 2008-12-11 Impact factor: 4.497
Authors: Susan A Matney; Rebecca DaDamio; Carmela Couderc; Mary Dlugos; Jonathan Evans; Gay Gianonne; Robert Haskell; Nicholas Hardiker; Amy Coenen; Virginia K Saba Journal: J Am Med Inform Assoc Date: 2008-08-28 Impact factor: 4.497