Three types of IS-A statement in diagnostic classifications: Three types of knowledge needed for development and maintenance

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 453-459

  Flier, F J ^a   De Vries Robbe P F ^a   Zanstra, P E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classificaton; Knowledge Representation; Logic; Semantics; Terminology

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0032415135     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634552     Document Type: Review

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