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@article{citeulike:5657136, abstract = {We evaluated the effectiveness of modeling principles intended to harmonize the information representation between terminology-ontology models and information models. Our study utilized dental clinical statements and sample dental record questions. We asked experts to define the equivalency (mapping) of these elements and measured their agreement. We modified the data elements and asked the experts to conduct subsequent mappings. We measured the agreement and compared the levels of agreement before and after changes, expecting that agreement would increase. The level of agreement (Kappa) before modeling was 0.3 to 0.4 and after was 0.5 (p<0.05). The difference was small but statistically significant. Our results suggest that the modeling principles improve information representation since agreement increased.}, author = {Torres-Urquidy, Miguel Humberto H. and Acharya, Amit and Hernandez-Cott, Pedro and Misner, Jonathan and Schleyer, Titus}, citeulike-article-id = {5657136}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19380987}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19380987}, issn = {0926-9630}, journal = {Studies in health technology and informatics}, pages = {525--533}, posted-at = {2009-08-27 14:12:29}, priority = {2}, title = {Evaluating the effectiveness of modeling principles for data models.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19380987}, volume = {143}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5657136 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5657136 N2 - We evaluated the effectiveness of modeling principles intended to harmonize the information representation between terminology-ontology models and information models. Our study utilized dental clinical statements and sample dental record questions. We asked experts to define the equivalency (mapping) of these elements and measured their agreement. We modified the data elements and asked the experts to conduct subsequent mappings. We measured the agreement and compared the levels of agreement before and after changes, expecting that agreement would increase. The level of agreement (Kappa) before modeling was 0.3 to 0.4 and after was 0.5 (p<0.05). The difference was small but statistically significant. Our results suggest that the modeling principles improve information representation since agreement increased. JF - Studies in health technology and informatics SN - 0926-9630 EP - 533 TI - Evaluating the effectiveness of modeling principles for data models. VL - 143 SP - 525 AU - Torres-Urquidy, Miguel Humberto AU - Acharya, Amit AU - Hernandez-Cott, Pedro AU - Misner, Jonathan AU - Schleyer, Titus PY - 2009/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19380987 ER -