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. 2019 Mar;27(1):4–7. doi: 10.5455/aim.2019.27.4-7

Table 4. Ontology editors.

Name purpose
Arden Syntax A standard for representing medical knowledge
ICD-10 A classification for diagnostic codes.
CPT A classification for diagnostic and surgical procedure codes.
LOINC A general database for labs code and name, and clinical examinations.
GALLEN Uses the language for displaying treatment terminology.
UMLS Facilitates the retrieval and integration of information from a variety of sources and is used as a basic ontology in medicine.
SNOWMED A reference terminology.
LinkBase Facilitates the modeling of ribosome components and compares the results of the studies.
Gene Ontology To display information about the role of genes produced by an organism
Riboweb Ontology This system presents medical terminology by algorithms in an official domain ontology.