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Project
| Reference | EN ISO 13120:2019 |
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| Title | Health informatics - Syntax to represent the content of healthcare classification systems - Classification Markup Language (ClaML) (ISO 13120:2019) |
| Work Item Number | 00251321 |
| Abstract/Scope | The main purpose of ClaML is to formally represent the content and hierarchical structure of healthcare classification systems in a markup language for the safe exchange and distribution of data and structure between organizations and dissimilar software products. The scope of healthcare classification systems covered by this document encompasses terminologies, and is constrained to traditional paper-based systems (like ICD-10) and systems built according to categorial structures and a cross thesaurus (like ICNP)[2]. ClaML is intended for representation of healthcare classification systems in which classes have textual definitions, hierarchical ordering, named hierarchical levels (such as "chapter", "section"), inclusion and exclusion criteria, and codes. It is not intended to cover any formal representation, neither for definition or composition of concepts, nor for specification of classification rules. Systems with such formal specifications can at best be partially represented using ClaML, and are hence out of scope. Most of the notes and examples in this document relate to ICD. This is because ICD is the most common classification system in the scope of this document. As a highly complex classification system it is an inexhaustible source for examples of nearly any kind. But all these notes and examples represent also other similar classification systems, if applicable, which are usually less complex. An overview of currently known classification systems using ClaML is provided in a separate document which is electronically available (see 7.3). This document is not intended to: a) provide a normative syntax on how a healthcare classification system is to be constructed; b) define link types between elements in a healthcare classification system (this is left to the developers of healthcare classification systems); c) provide a representation for direct viewing or printing. |
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| Reference Document |
ISO 13120:2019 (EQV)
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| date of Availability (DAV) | 2019-05-29 |
| ICS | 35.240.80 - IT applications in health care technology |
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Implementation Dates
| date of Ratification (DOR) (1) | 2018-11-16 |
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| date of Availability (DAV) (2) | 2019-05-29 |
| date of Announcement (DOA) (3) | 2019-08-31 |
| date of Publication (DOP) (4) | 2019-11-30 |
| date of Withdrawal (DOW) (5) | 2019-11-30 |
Relations
| Supersedes | EN ISO 13120:2013 |
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| Normative reference (6) |
ISO 3166-1
ISO 639-1 |
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(1) Date of ratification (dor) date when the Technical Board notes the approval of an EN (and HD for CENELEC), from which time the standard may be said to be approved
(2) Date of availability (dav) date when the definitive text in the official language versions of an approved CEN/CENELEC publication is distributed by the Central Secretariat
(3) Date of announcement (doa) latest date by which the existence of an EN (and HD for CENELEC), a TS or a CWA has to be announced at national level
(4) Date of publication (dop) latest date by which an EN has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
(5) Date of withdrawal (dow) latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn
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