SKOS Use Case: LOINC from Emanuele Della Valle on 2007-01-13 (public-swd-wg@w3.org from January 2007)

From: Emanuele Della Valle <dellava@cefriel.it>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:52:08 +0100
To: <public-swd-wg@w3.org>
Cc: "Dario Cerizza" <cerizza@cefriel.it>, "Irene Celino" <irene.celino@cefriel.it>, "Davide Sommacampagna" <somma_d@hotmail.it>, <valery81@libero.it>
Message-ID: <BC2A72EEBE633E428490C4A8DA0FB0FC01B71871@liscio.cefriel.it>
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| Section 0. Contact and confidentiality 
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| Contact e-mail:
Emanuele Della Valle emanuele.dellavalle@cefriel.it  (main contact) 
Irene Celino irene.celino@cefriel.it  
Dario Cerizza dario.cerrizza@cefriel.it
Davide Sommacampagna somma_d@hotmail.it (student)
Anna Veronesi valery81@libero.it (student)

| Do you mind your use case being made public on the working group 
| website and documents?
We'd be very glad if you'll publish our use case.

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| Section 2. Vocabulary(ies)
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| 
| In this section we ask you to provide some information about the 
| vocabulary or vocabularies you would like to be able to represent 
| using SKOS.
| 
| Please note:
|  -- If you have multiple vocabularies to describe, you may repeat this 
| section for each one individually or you may provide a single 
| description that encompasses all of your vocabularies.
|  -- If your use case describes a generic application of one or more 
| vocabularies and/or vocabulary mappings, you may skip this section.
|  -- If your vocabulary case contains cross-vocabulary links (between 
| the vocabularies you presented or to external vocabularies), please 
| fill in section 3!
| 
|   2.1. What is the title of the vocabulary? If you're describing 
| multiple vocabularies, please provide as many titles as you can.
SKOS representation of LOINC 
 
|   2.2. Briefly describe the general characteristics of the vocabulary, 
| e.g. scope, size...
LOINC, a Universal Standard for Identifying Laboratory Observations. Please refer to http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/loinc_main.html for further information.
 
|   2.3. In which language(s) is the vocabulary provided?
The vocabulary is provided as a data base see http://www.regenstrief.org/medinformatics/loinc/downloads .

|        In the case of partial translations, how complete are these?
We provide an almost complete translation. We excluded from the translation only the semi-structured part.

|  *2.4. Please provide below some extracts from the vocabulary. Use the 
| layout or presentation format that you would normally provide for the 
| users of the vocabulary. Please ensure that the extracts you provide 
| illustrate all of the features of the vocabulary.
- Loinc:code - the compact version of the concept for external reference
- Loinc:axis - the different dimension of the Laboratory observation: timing, scale, property measured, method used, system and component.
- Loinc:formalName - the formal name of the concept with the references to the value of the axis
- Loinc:shortName - the informal name of the concept es. HEMOGLOBIN A3/HEMOGLOBIN.TOTAL

|   2.5. Describe the structure of the vocabulary.
|        What are the main building blocks?
|        What types of relationship are used? If you can, provide 
| examples by referring to the extracts given in paragraph 2.4.

Please refer to:  http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/content/full/49/4/624?ijkey=oUwNonbF33rao&keytype=ref&siteid=clinchem 

|   2.6. Is a machine-readable representation of the vocabulary already 
| available (e.g. as an XML document)? If so, we would be grateful if 
| you could provide some example data or point us to a hyperlink.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rdf:RDF xmlns:loinc="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#" xmlns:owl="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#" xmlns:skos="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#">
 <!--- SubClasses of Concept  !-->
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#Axis">
  <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#LOINCcode">
  <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#ObservationClass">
  <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#LOINCformalName">
  <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept"/>
 </rdf:Description>

 <!--- SubProperty of prefLabel  !-->

 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#shortName">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel"/>
 </rdf:Description>

 <!--- SubProperty of related  !-->

 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#hasComponent">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#hasPropertyMeasured">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#related"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#hasTiming">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#related"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#hasScale">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#related"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#hasSystem">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#related"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#hasObservationClass">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#related"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#hasMethodUsed">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#related"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#hasComponent">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#related"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#hasFormalName">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#related"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <!--- SubProperty of partOf  !-->
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#partOfFormalName">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/extenction#relatedPartOf"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <!--- SubProperty of partOfFormalName  !-->
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#ComponentpartOfFormalName">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#partOfFormalName"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#SystempartOfFormalName">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#partOfFormalName"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#ScalepartOfFormalName">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#partOfFormalName"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#MeasuredpartOfFormalNameProperty">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#partOfFormalName"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#TimingpartOfFormalName">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#partOfFormalName"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#MethodUsedpartOfFormalName">
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource="http://swa.cefriel.it/vocabularies/loinc#partOfFormalName"/>
 </rdf:Description>


 <!--- Kind of Axis  !-->
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="Component">
  <skos:narrower rdf:resource="#Axis"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="MethodUsed">
  <skos:narrower rdf:resource="#Axis"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="ProprertyMeasured">
  <skos:narrower rdf:resource="#Axis"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="Timing">
  <skos:narrower rdf:resource="#Axis"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="Scale">
  <skos:narrower rdf:resource="#Axis"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="System">
  <skos:narrower rdf:resource="#Axis"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <!---Component Instances !-->
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="HEMOGLOBINPANEL">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#Component"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="BLOODREMOVEDFROMPATIENT">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#Component"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="VARICELLAZOSTERVIRUSAB">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#Component"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="GLUCOSEMEANVALU">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#Component"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="AMPICILLIN">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#Component"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="PENICILLIN">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#Component"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="HEMOGLOBINA3HEMOGLOBINTOTAL">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#Component"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="VARICELLAZOSTERVIRUSABIGGIGMPANEL">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#Component"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <!--- Method Used Instances !-->
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="Electrophoresis">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#MethodUsed"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="EstimatedFromGlycatedHemoglobin">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#MethodUsed"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <!--- Property Measured Instances !-->
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="MFR">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#PropertyMeasured"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="SUSC">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#PropertyMeasured"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="VOL">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#PropertyMeasured"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="ACNC">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#PropertyMeasured"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="MCNC">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#PropertyMeasured"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <!--- Timing Instances !-->
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="PT">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#Timing"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <!--- System Instances !-->
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="BLD">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#System"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="ISLT">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#System"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="SER">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#System"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <!--- Scale Instances !-->
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="QN">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#Scale"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="ORD">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#Scale"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="ORDQN">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#Scale"/>
 </rdf:Description>

 <!---Observation Class Instances !-->
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="BLDBK">
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Blood Bank</skos:prefLabel>
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#ObservationClass"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="HEMBC">
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Hemoglobin</skos:prefLabel>
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#ObservationClass"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="ABXBACT">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#ObservationClass"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="MICRO">
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Microrganism</skos:prefLabel>
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#ObservationClass"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="CHEM">
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Chemistry</skos:prefLabel>
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#ObservationClass"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="PANELHEMBC">
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Panel Hemoglobin C</skos:prefLabel>
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#ObservationClass"/>
 </rdf:Description>
 <rdf:Description rdf:ID="PANELMICRO">
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Panel Microrganism</skos:prefLabel>
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#ObservationClass"/>
 </rdf:Description>

 <!--- Loinc Names Instances !-->
 <rdf:description rdf:ID="ln431130">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#LOINCcode"/>
  <loinc:code>43113-0</loinc:code>
  <loinc:hasFormalName rdf:resource="#fn1" />
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Hemoglobin Panel</skos:prefLabel>
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="it">Esame multiplo emoglobina</skos:prefLabel>
  <loinc:shortName>Hemoglobin Pnl Bld Elph</loinc:shortName>
  <loinc:hasComponent rdf:resource="HEMOGLOBINPANEL"/>
  <loinc:hasPropertyMeasured rdf:resource="MFR"/>
  <loinc:hasTiming rdf:resource="PT"/>
  <loinc:hasSystem rdf:resource="BLD"/>
  <loinc:hasScale rdf:resource="QN"/>
  <loinc:hasMethodUsed rdf:resource="Electrophoresis"/>
  <loinc:hasObservationClass rdf:resource="PANELHEMBC"/>
 </rdf:description>
 <rdf:description rdf:ID="ln169326">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#LOINCcode"/>
  <loinc:code>16932-6</loinc:code>
  <loinc:hasFormalName rdf:resource="#fn2" />
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Hemoglobin A3</skos:prefLabel>
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="it">Emoglobina A3 totale</skos:prefLabel>
  <loinc:shortName>Hgb A3 fr Bld Elph</loinc:shortName>
  <loinc:hasComponent rdf:resource="HEMOGLOBINA3HEMOGLOBINTOTAL"/>
  <loinc:hasPropertyMeasured rdf:resource="MFR"/>
  <loinc:hasTiming rdf:resource="PT"/>
  <loinc:hasSystem rdf:resource="BLD"/>
  <loinc:hasScale rdf:resource="QN"/>
  <loinc:hasMethodUsed rdf:resource="Electrophoresis"/>
  <loinc:hasObservationClass rdf:resource="HEM/BC"/>
 </rdf:description>
 <rdf:description rdf:ID="ln273532">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#LOINCcode"/>
  <loinc:code>27353-2</loinc:code>
  <loinc:hasFormalName rdf:resource="#fn3" />
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Mean Glucose</skos:prefLabel>
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="it">Esame Glucosio, valore medio</skos:prefLabel>
  <loinc:shortName>Mean Glucose Bld gHb Est-mCnc</loinc:shortName>
  <loinc:hasComponent rdf:resource="GLUCOSEMEANVALUE"/>
  <loinc:hasPropertyMeasured rdf:resource="MCNC"/>
  <loinc:hasTiming rdf:resource="PT"/>
  <loinc:hasSystem rdf:resource="BLD"/>
  <loinc:hasScale rdf:resource="QN"/>
  <loinc:hasMethodUsed rdf:resource="EstimatedFromGlycatedHemoglobin"/>
  <loinc:hasObservationClass rdf:resource="CHEM"/>
 </rdf:description>
 <rdf:description rdf:ID="ln450635">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#LOINCcode"/>
  <loinc:code>45063-5</loinc:code>
  <loinc:hasFormalName rdf:resource="#fn4" />
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Exam AB Varicella Virus</skos:prefLabel>
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="it">Esame antibiogramma per virus della Varicella</skos:prefLabel>
  <loinc:shortName>VZV IgG+IgM Pnl Ser</loinc:shortName>
  <loinc:hasComponent rdf:resource="VARICELLAZOSTERVIRUSABIGGIGMPANEL"/>
  <loinc:hasTiming rdf:resource="PT"/>
  <loinc:hasSystem rdf:resource="SER"/>
  <loinc:hasScale rdf:resource="QN"/>
  <loinc:hasObservationClass rdf:resource="PANELMICRO"/>
 </rdf:description>
 <rdf:description rdf:ID="ln189647">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#LOINCcode"/>
  <loinc:code>18964-7</loinc:code>
  <loinc:hasFormalName rdf:resource="#fn5" />
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Penicillin Suceptibility Exam</skos:prefLabel>
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="it">Penicillina Sensibilità</skos:prefLabel>
  <loinc:shortName>Penicillin Suscr</loinc:shortName>
  <loinc:hasComponent rdf:resource="PENICILLIN"/>
  <loinc:hasPropertyMeasured rdf:resource="SUSC"/>
  <loinc:hasTiming rdf:resource="PT"/>
  <loinc:hasSystem rdf:resource="ISLT"/>
  <loinc:hasScale rdf:resource="ORDQN"/>
  <loinc:hasObservationClass rdf:resource="ABXBACT"/>

 </rdf:description>
 <rdf:description rdf:ID="ln188649">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#LOINCcode"/>
  <loinc:code>18864-9</loinc:code>
  <loinc:hasFormalName rdf:resource="#fn6" />
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Ampicillin Susceptibility Exam</skos:prefLabel>
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="it">Ampicillina Sensibilità</skos:prefLabel>
  <loinc:shortName>Ampicillin Susc</loinc:shortName>
  <loinc:hasComponent rdf:resource="AMPICILLIN"/>
  <loinc:hasPropertyMeasured rdf:resource="SUSC"/>
  <loinc:hasTiming rdf:resource="PT"/>
  <loinc:hasSystem rdf:resource="ISLT"/>
  <loinc:hasScale rdf:resource="ORDQN"/>
  <loinc:hasObservationClass rdf:resource="ABXBACT"/>

 </rdf:description>
 <rdf:description rdf:ID="ln190710">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#LOINCcode"/>
  <loinc:code>19071-0</loinc:code>
  <loinc:hasFormalName rdf:resource="#fn7" />
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Blood from Patient l</skos:prefLabel>
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="it">Sangue prelevato dal paziente</skos:prefLabel>
  <loinc:shortName>Bld from Patient Vol</loinc:shortName>
  <loinc:hasComponent rdf:resource="BLOODREMOVEDFROMPATIENT"/>
  <loinc:hasPropertyMeasured rdf:resource="VOL"/>
  <loinc:hasTiming rdf:resource="PT"/>
  <loinc:hasSystem rdf:resource="BLD"/>
  <loinc:hasScale rdf:resource="QN"/>
  <loinc:hasObservationClass rdf:resource="BLDBK"/>
 </rdf:description>
 <rdf:description rdf:ID="ln226001">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#LOINCcode"/>
  <loinc:code>22600-1</loinc:code>
  <loinc:hasFormalName rdf:resource="#fn8" />
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="en">Varicella Virus AB</skos:prefLabel>
  <skos:prefLabel xml:lang="it">Virus della varicella</skos:prefLabel>
  <loinc:shortName>VZV Ab Ser Q</loinc:shortName>
  <loinc:hasComponent rdf:resource="VARICELLAZOSTERVIRUSAB"/>
  <loinc:hasPropertyMeasured rdf:resource="ACNC"/>
  <loinc:hasTiming rdf:resource="PT"/>
  <loinc:hasSystem rdf:resource="SER"/>
  <loinc:hasScale rdf:resource="ORD"/>
  <loinc:hasObservationClass rdf:resource="MICRO"/>
 </rdf:description>

 <rdf:description rdf:ID="fn1">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#LOINCformalName"/>
  <skos:prefLabel>HEMOGLOBINPANEL:MFR:PT:BLD:QN:Electrophoresis</skos:prefLabel>
  <loinc:ComponentpartOfFormalName rdf:resource="#HEMOGLOBINPANEL"/>
  <loinc:MethodUsedpartOfFormalNameMethodUsed rdf:resource="#Electrophoresis"/>
  <loinc:PropertyMeasuredpartOfFormalName rdf:resource="#MFR"/>
  <loinc:TimingpartOfFormalNameTiming rdf:resource="#Timing"/>
  <loinc:NameSystempartOfFormal rdf:resource="#BLD"/>
  <loinc:ScaleSystempartOfFormal rdf:resource="#QN"/>

 </rdf:description>

 <rdf:description rdf:ID="fn2">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#LOINCformalName"/>
  <skos:prefLabel>HEMOGLOBINA3HEMOGLOBINTOTAL:MFR:PT:QN:Electrophoresis</skos:prefLabel>
  <loinc:ComponentpartOfFormalName rdf:resource="#HEMOGLOBINA3HEMOGLOBINTOTAL"/>
  <loinc:MethodUsedpartOfFormalNameMethodUsed rdf:resource="#Electrophoresis"/>
  <loinc:PropertyMeasuredpartOfFormalName rdf:resource="#MFR"/>
  <loinc:TimingpartOfFormalNameTiming rdf:resource="#PT"/>
  <loinc:NameSystempartOfFormal rdf:resource="#BLD"/>
  <loinc:ScaleSystempartOfFormal rdf:resource="#QN"/>
 </rdf:description>

 <rdf:description rdf:ID="fn3">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#LOINCformalName"/>
  <skos:prefLabel>GLUCOSEMEANVALUE:MCNC:PT:BLD:QN:EstimatedFromGlycatedHemoglobin</skos:prefLabel>
  <loinc:ComponentpartOfFormalName rdf:resource="#GLUCOSEMEANVALU"/>
  <loinc:MethodUsedpartOfFormalName rdf:resource="#EstimatedFromGlycatedHemoglobin"/>
  <loinc:PropertyMeasuredpartOfFormalName rdf:resource="#MCNC"/>
  <loinc:TimingpartOfFormalNameTiming rdf:resource="#PT"/>
  <loinc:NameSystempartOfFormal rdf:resource="#BLD"/>
  <loinc:ScaleSystempartOfFormal rdf:resource="#QN"/>
 </rdf:description>

 <rdf:description rdf:ID="fn4">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#LOINCformalName"/>
  <skos:prefLabel>VARICELLAZOSTERVIRUSABIGGIGMPANEL:PT:QN:SER</skos:prefLabel>
  <loinc:ComponentpartOfFormalName rdf:resource="#VARICELLAZOSTERVIRUSABIGGIGMPANEL"/>
  <loinc:TimingpartOfFormalNameTiming rdf:resource="#PT"/>
  <loinc:NameSystempartOfFormal rdf:resource="#SER"/>
  <loinc:ScaleSystempartOfFormal rdf:resource="#QN"/>
 </rdf:description>

 <rdf:description rdf:ID="fn5">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#LOINCformalName"/>
  <skos:prefLabel>PENICILLIN:SUSC:PT:ISLT:ORDQN</skos:prefLabel>
  <loinc:ComponentpartOfFormalName rdf:resource="#PENICILLIN"/>
  <loinc:PropertyMeasuredpartOfFormalName rdf:resource="#SUSC"/>
  <loinc:TimingpartOfFormalNameTiming rdf:resource="#PT"/>
  <loinc:NameSystempartOfFormal rdf:resource="#ISLT"/>
  <loinc:ScaleSystempartOfFormal rdf:resource="#ORDQN"/>
 </rdf:description>

 <rdf:description rdf:ID="fn6">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#LOINCformalName"/>
  <skos:prefLabel>AMPICILLIN:SUSC:PT:ISLT:ORDQN</skos:prefLabel>
  <loinc:CompoentpartOfFormalName rdf:resource="#AMPICILLIN"/>
  <loinc:PropertyMeasuredpartOfFormalName rdf:resource="#SUSC"/>
  <loinc:TimingpartOfFormalNameTiming rdf:resource="#PT"/>
  <loinc:NameSystempartOfFormal rdf:resource="#ISLT"/>
  <loinc:ScaleSystempartOfFormal rdf:resource="#ORDQN"/>
 </rdf:description>

 <rdf:description rdf:ID="fn7">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#LOINCformalName"/>
  <skos:prefLabel>BLOODREMOVEDFROMPATIENT:VOL:PT:BLD:QN</skos:prefLabel>
  <loinc:ComponentpartOfFormalName rdf:resource="#BLOODREMOVEDFROMPATIENT"/>
  <loinc:PropertyMeasuredpartOfFormalName rdf:resource="#VOL"/>
  <loinc:TimingpartOfFormalNameTiming rdf:resource="#PT"/>
  <loinc:NameSystempartOfFormal rdf:resource="#BLD"/>
  <loinc:ScaleSystempartOfFormal rdf:resource="#QN"/>
 </rdf:description>

 <rdf:description rdf:ID="fn8">
  <rdf:type rdf:resource="#LOINCformalName"/>
  <skos:prefLabel>VARICELLAZOSTERVIRUSAB:ACNC:PT:SER:ORD:MICRO</skos:prefLabel>
  <loinc:ComponentpartOfFormalName rdf:resource="#VARICELLAZOSTERVIRUSAB"/>
  <loinc:PropertyMeasuredpartOfFormalName rdf:resource="#ACNC"/>
  <loinc:TimingpartOfFormalNameTiming rdf:resource="#PT"/>
  <loinc:NameSystempartOfFormal rdf:resource="#SER"/>
  <loinc:ScaleSystempartOfFormal rdf:resource="#ORD"/>
 </rdf:description>


</rdf:RDF>

|   2.7. Are any software applications used to create and/or maintain 
| the vocabulary?
|        Are there any features which these software applications 
| currently lack which are required by your use case?
No, the vocabulary maintenance is performed through an RDF/SKOS/OWL editor.

|   2.8. If a database application is used to store and/or manage the 
| vocabulary, how is the database structured? Illustration by means of 
| some table sample is welcome.

Standard RDF databases can be used

|   2.9. Were any published standards, textbooks or written guidelines 
| followed during the design and construction of the vocabulary?
|        Did you decide to diverge from their recommendations in any 
| way, and if so, how and why?
We made use of the "Quick Guide to Publishing a Thesaurus on the Semantic Web" (http://www.w3.org/TR/swbp-thesaurus-pubguide/) and the "SKOS Core Guide" (http://www.w3.org/TR/swbp-skos-core-guide/).

|   2.10. How are changes to the vocabulary managed?
The vocabulary maintenance is performed manually.

|   2.11. Any additional information, references and/or hyperlinks.
http://swa.cefriel.it 

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Received on Saturday, 13 January 2007 17:50:56 UTC