ISO/TR TECHNICAL REPORT 12300 First edition 2014-11-15 Health informatics Principles of mapping between terminological systems Informatique de sante-Cartographie des terminologies de classifications Reference number IS0/TR12300:2014(E) TSO IS02014 IS0/TR12300:2014(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO2014 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56.CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 4122 749 01 11 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Webwww.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ IS0 2014- All rights reserved IS0/TR12300:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword ..V Introduction.. ..vi 1 Scope. 2 Terms and definitions 2.1 General .1 2.2 Terminological resources. .4 3 Symbols and abbreviations 4 Summaryofkeyissuesfordecision makers .6 4.1 General. .6 4.2 Purposeofthemap 4.3 Map use frequency. 7 4.4 Building the map ..8 4.5 Commitmentandadequateresourcing .9 4.6 Challenges in achieving automated classification assignment on the basis ofamap .10 4.7 Contextis crucial tomapproduction. 11 4.8 Implementingamaptable .12 4.9 Decision making matrix ..12 5 Principles of mapping .14 5.1 Overview .14 5.2 Terminologies vs classifications ..15 5.3 One-time or maintained maps. ..17 5.4 Business case for mapping ..18 5.5 Why aremapsused? ..19 6 Characteristicsofaqualitymapand mappingprocess ..22 6.1 Clearlydeclared purpose 22 6.2 Usescenariostodefinepurposeanduserrequirements .23 6.3 Machineprocessableformat. 24 6.4 Identifytheversions. 24 6.5 Development/maintenance team skills. 24 6.6 Conventionsandrulesfollowed 24 6.7 Involve custodians and users 25 6.8 Openand documented mapproductionprocesses. .25 6.9 Describe the direction of themap 26 6.10 Clearly specified cardinality... 27 6.11 Explicit specification of loss or gain of meaning. 28 6.12 Demonstrate the degree of equivalence of the map 29 6.13 Explicit guidelines and heuristics applied in development and for implementation 30 6.14 Documented map sets/data structures, distribution format, and licensing 31 6.15 Qualityassuranceplan 31 6.16 Consensus management process 31 6.17 Validation... 31 6.18 Maintenanceandevaluationplan .32 6.19 Supporting documentation of mapping process .33 6.20 Build and manage through a mapping team .33 6.21 Other opportunities.. .33 7 Map developmentand maintenance team .33 7.1 Mapping project roles and responsibilities .33 7.2 Mapsponsor .34 7.3 Mapping manager. .34 7.4 Mapping specialist team leader .34 7.5 Mapping specialists. .35 7.6 Clinical support 35 @ IS0 2014 -All rights reserved iii