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Standard Generalized Markup Language for self-defining structured reports.

C E Kahn1

  • 1Office of Clinical Informatics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA. kahn@mcw.edu

International Journal of Medical Informatics
|April 8, 1999
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Structured reporting uses standardized formats for medical observations. Encoding these with Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) creates self-documenting reports, enhancing data comprehension and interoperability.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Document Engineering

Background:

  • Structured reporting enhances clinical data consistency.
  • Standardized data elements and formats are crucial for reliable medical observations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To encode medical observations using an Internet-based structured reporting system.
  • To leverage Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) for creating self-documenting reports.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized SGML (ISO 8879:1986) for encoding medical observations.
  • Developed report specifications in an SGML-based language.
  • Created report-specific SGML document type definitions (DTDs) for data fields and values.

Main Results:

  • Generated self-documenting structured reports.

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  • Enabled linking of reporting concepts with external vocabularies like the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Metathesaurus.
  • Demonstrated the creation of universally comprehensible structured reports.

    • Conclusions:

    • Employing open standards like SGML is vital for developing open and understandable structured reports.
    • SGML facilitates the creation of interoperable and self-describing medical data.