A formal representation for messages containing compositional expressions

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 71, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 89-102

  Elkin, Peter L ^a   Brown, Steven H ^a   Lincoln, Michael J ^a   Hogarth, Michael ^a   Rector, Alan ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled health vocabulary; Description logic; Messaging; Terminology

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITIONAL TERMINOLOGIES;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0141608859     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(03)00087-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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