Health informatics — Profiling framework and classification for Traditional Medicine informatics standards development — Part 1: Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a form of traditional medicine that originated in China and is characterised by holism and treatment based on pattern identification and syndrome differentiation. This specification establishes common concepts and a vocabulary for describing the complex domain of various TCM informatics standards initiatives and their supporting artefacts. It provides a useful profiling framework to align existing and developing TCM informatics standards and to reference health informatics standards. It promotes the reuse of TCM informatics knowledge and improves the identification of opportunities for TCM informatics standards alignment, collaboration and coordination.

Main sections:

· Scope

· Normative references

· Terms and definitions

· TCM Informatics Profiling Framework (TCMIPF)