Stream: social
Topic: Question from my blog
Grahame Grieve (Oct 22 2018 at 22:34):
On my blog, I have a section for asking me a question about HL7. Today's is pretty interesting:
Grahame Grieve (Oct 22 2018 at 22:35):
With the release of MED-RT, Apelon asserts in their documentation that a Reference Terminology: is defined by Mayo as "a terminology in which concepts have a formal, machine-usable definition supporting data aggregation and retrieval."
My colleagues at Mayo are unable to claim attribution to this definition, albeit it does appear as a 'Reference Definition' on a CIMI wiki page hosted by Mayo.
A Google search reveals the definition of a Reference Terminology is found in the Glossary of a book you co-author. Unfortunately, I do not own the book and cannot tell if the term evolved elsewhere.
Who authored the definition of Reference Terminology?
Grahame Grieve (Oct 22 2018 at 22:36):
I admit to not remembering where I got the definition from. Does anyone have any comment? @Carol Macumber
Astrid Corinna Wolff (Oct 23 2018 at 08:40):
Does this help?
'From SNOMED CT Glossary'
https://confluence.ihtsdotools.org/display/DOCGLOSS/reference+terminology
_reference terminology_
_A terminology in which each term has a formal computer processable definition that supports meaning based retrieval and aggregation. SNOMED CT is a reference terminology_
Robert McClure (Oct 23 2018 at 17:31):
SNOMED-RT was the first health care "reference terminology." When they added in the Read Terms, they change the name to SNOMED CT. NDF-RT, and subsequently MED-RT, came after and used the same thinking SNOMED did, so I'd take the SNOMED CT Glossary as sufficient for sourcing the meaning.
Robert Wynne (Oct 23 2018 at 21:13):
Wow, thank you all for your historical knowledge in finding the answer. I needed to ask this in my spare time since MED-RT is not a NCI source, but just one of many EVS provides. Mayo actually developed our current terminology server. I will pass this information on to the MED-RT project manager. Thanks again!
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