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18693807

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-8-12
pubmed:abstractText
If SNOMED CT is to serve as a biomedical reference terminology, then steps must be taken to ensure comparability of information formulated using successive versions. New releases are therefore shipped with a history mechanism. We assessed the adequacy of this mechanism for its treatment of the distinction between changes occurring on the side of entities in reality and changes in our understanding thereof. We found that these two types are only partially distinguished and that a more detailed study is required to propose clear recommendations for enhancement along at least the following lines: (1) explicit representation of the provenance of a class; (2) separation of the time-period during which a component is stated valid in SNOMED CT from the period it is (or has been) valid in reality, and (3) redesign of the historical relationships table to give users better assistance for recovery in case of introduced mistakes.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1942-597X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
105-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Would SNOMED CT benefit from realism-based ontology evolution?
pubmed:affiliation
Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences, University at Buffalo, NY, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article