Full Description
The main purpose of ClaML is to formally represent the content and hierarchical structure of healthcareclassification systems in a markup language for the safe exchange and distribution of data and structurebetween organizations and dissimilar software products.
The scope of healthcare classification systems covered by this document encompasses terminologies,and is constrained to traditional paper-based systems (like ICD-10) and systems built according tocategorial structures and a cross thesaurus (like ICNP)
[2]. ClaML is intended for representation of healthcare classification systems in which classes have textual definitions, hierarchical ordering,named hierarchical levels (such as "chapter", "section"), inclusion and exclusion criteria, and codes. Itis not intended to cover any formal representation, neither for definition or composition of concepts,nor for specification of classification rules. Systems with such formal specifications can at best bepartially represented using ClaML, and are hence out of scope. Most of the notes and examples in thisdocument relate to ICD. This is because ICD is the most common classification system in the scope ofthis document. As a highly complex classification system it is an inexhaustible source for examples ofnearly any kind. But all these notes and examples represent also other similar classification systems,if applicable, which are usually less complex. An overview of currently known classification systemsusing ClaML is provided in a separate document which is electronically available (see 7.3).
This document is not intended to:
a) provide a normative syntax on how a healthcare classification system is to be constructed;
b) define link types between elements in a healthcare classification system (this is left to the developers of healthcare classification systems);
c) provide a representation for direct viewing or printing.
Cross References:ISO 639-1
ISO 3166-1
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