ICD-API uses sematic web formats RDF-XML and JSON-LD in poviding information on the entities of the classification.
This document explains the meanings of the properties used in the ICD-API. Some of these properties share the schema from the *Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) as explained at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) document : http://www.w3.org/2009/08/skos-reference/skos.html. Others are from the ICD Schema described in this document.
A list of entities that are parent of the entity (super classes). In the case of ICD-11 linearizations and ICD-10, we only allow one parent per entity where as in the foundation there may be multiple parents.
SKOS broaderTransitive is used for the parent property
Schema URI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#broaderTransitive
SKOS narrowerTransitive used for the child property
Schema URI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#narrowerTransitive
We use SKOS prefLabel for the ICD titles.
Schema URI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel
The description is a short characterisation of the entity that states things that are always true about a disease or condition and necessary to understand the scope of the rubric
SKOS defition property is used for the ICD description.
Schema URI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#definition
This is a text field that is not mandatory, but that may contain any additional information about, or characteristics of, the diseases or conditions included in the entity. This text field provides more context for the entity. For example, the most common epidemiologic circumstances, putative or highly suspected aetiologic agents, or other information that may not always be true but may be common, typical, or expected. Additional information was formally called 'long definition'.
Schema URI: http://id.who.int/icd/schema/longDefinition
This is an unambiguous title that does not assume context. For example, "systemic illness with predominant gastrointestinal diarrheal symptoms attributable to vibrio cholera" as opposed to "cholera" or "other" (where the meaning of other would have been clear from the hierarchical context.)
Schema URI: http://id.who.int/icd/schema/fullySpecifiedName
SKOS altLabel property is used for the ICD synonyms.
Schema URI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#altLabel
Within the coded categories there are typically other optional diagnostic terms. These are known as 'inclusion terms' and are given, in addition to the title, as examples of the diagnostic statements to be classified to that category.
They may refer to different conditions or be synonyms. They are not a sub-classification of the category. Inclusion terms are listed primarily as a guide to the content of the category, in addition to the definition. Many of the items listed relate to important or common terms belonging to the category. Others are borderline conditions or sites listed to distinguish the boundary between one subcategory and another. The lists of inclusion terms are by no means exhaustive.
Schema URI: http://id.who.int/icd/schema/inclusion
Certain categories contain lists of 'Exclusions'. These are terms which are classified elsewhere. An example of this is 6A40 Hyperfunction of pituitary gland which excludes Cushing syndrome (6A50)
Exclusions serve as a cross reference in ICD and help to delimitate the boundaries of a category.
Schema URI: http://id.who.int/icd/schema/exclusion
Narrower terms are terms included in an entity which are not synonyms but rather have a narrower meaning. Most of the time we have additional child entities for such narrower concepts but in some situations they are contained as terms included in an entity
Schema URI: http://id.who.int/icd/schema/narrowerTerm
ICD Browser is a web site that allows users see the ICD in its hiearachichal structure at the same time providing search and post-coordination features.
Browser Url property provides a direct link to the classification or an entity in the classification in the WHO's online ICD Browser.
Schema URI: http://id.who.int/icd/schema/browserUrl
The classification code used for the entity. Applicable in ICD-10 and ICD-11 Linearizations
Schema URI: http://id.who.int/icd/schema/code
Source points to the URI of the foundation entity when you are at a release end point.
Schema URI: http://id.who.int/icd/schema/source
ICD-11 Foundation allows multiple parenting which means a category could be located in more than place in the foundation component. However, this is not possible for ICD-11 linearizations such as in ICD-11 MMS in which a category must be located at a single location. When looking at a linearization entity, this property would list the foundation children that are not children in the linearization.
The ICD-11 Browser shows them in gray colour therefore they sometimes referred as grey children.
Schema URI: http://id.who.int/icd/schema/foundationChildElsewhere
ICD-11 Index terms are generated from the terms (titles, inclusions, narrower terms) included in the entity as well as from the foundation entities under the linearization shore line. The IndexTerm property includes all of the index terms of a linearization entity in one place.
Schema URI: http://id.who.int/icd/schema/indexTerm
An ICD-11 linearization category or an ICD-10 could have one of the following class kinds:
Schema URI: http://id.who.int/icd/schema/classKind
Additional information or guidelines provided to the user to be used during the ICD coding process.
Schema URI: http://id.who.int/icd/schema/codingNote
The date that the foundation or the linearization has been released
Schema URI: http://id.who.int/icd/schema/releaseDate
Used with the release URIs when a minor is not supplied and lists all available versions of the requested entity.
Schema URI: http://id.who.int/icd/schema/version
Again used with the release URIs when a minor is not supplied and shows which of the minor version is the latest version.
Schema URI: http://id.who.int/icd/schema/latestVersion
ICD-11 Content model has more properties than the ones listed above. They will be made available as the content gets ready.
Especially, there will be additions that provide information on the post-coordination system.