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Vol. 26:2 (2020) ► pp.265–297

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Methodology for the standardization of terminological resources

Design of TriMED database to support multi-register medical communication

 | University of Padua, Italy
 | University of Padua, Italy
Published online: 4 December 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/term.00053.vez
Abstract
Terminology standardization reflects two different aspects involving the meaning of terms and the structure of terminological resources. In this paper, we focus on the structural aspect of standardization and we present the work of re-modeling TriMED, a multilingual terminological database conceived to support multi-register medical communication. In particular, we provide a general methodology to make the termbase compliant to three of the most recent ISO/TC 37 standards. We focus on the definition of (i) the structural meta-model of the resource, (ii) the provided data categories and its Data Category Repository, and (iii) the TBX format for its implementation. In particular, we provide a general methodology to make the termbase compliant to three of the most recent ISO/TC 37 standards. We focus on the definition of (i) the structural meta-model of the resource, (ii) the provided data categories and its Data Category Repository, and (iii) the TBX format for its implementation.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
    • 1.1Our contribution
  • 2.Related works
    • 2.1Semantic standardization initiatives
    • 2.2Structural standardization initiatives
    • 2.3Terminological variation management initiatives
  • 3.TriMED standardization
    • 3.1Structural meta-model
    • 3.2Data categories
      • 3.2.1TriMED Data Category Repository
    • 3.3TBX implementation
      • 3.3.1TBX-TriMED dialect
      • 3.3.2Element position
  • 4.Web application
    • 4.1Patient
    • 4.2Physician
    • 4.3Translator
    • 4.4Dataset
  • 5.Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
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