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Hi Marc,
Thank you for posting this very important paper, that is certainly one of the most quoted ones in the terminology space.
I particularly appreciate the diagrams that are clearly expressing some of the fundamental concepts.
Hello, I have posted Cimino's seminal paper on characteristics of good medical vocabularies at the root of the Documents tab. Everyone should give it a read.
Desiderata for Controlled Medical Vocabularies
Improving the quality of patient care through the effective sharing of clinical information among health care organizations, clinicians and their patients.
Cimino's Desiderata for Controlled Medical Vocabularies
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