The idea of a "tree of life" represents a core concept of evolutionary science phylogeny and is depicted graphically using an almost bewildering array of formats and terminology, in which even a particular geometry used can have multiple names associated with it.
The fact that many biobanks or biobanking networks use different IT platforms and different message formats and terminologies represents a significant obstacle to communication with, within, and between biobanks.
The evaluation team found the use of the programme document formats and terminologies to be very inconsistent from document to document with, for example, the various annual work plans being presented in widely different ways.
This records elements such as data release frequency, curation policy and listing of standards, formats and terminologies used within the data set; this is largely complimentary to what is stored in the Registry.
This in particular was aided by the guidebook featuring a clear format and language which avoided clinical terminology or jargon.
As data publication venues proliferate, significant debate continues over formats, processes, and terminology.
*The government should develop a standard format as well as definitions and terminology for reporting medical errors.
First, international public repositories for 'omics data such as GEO (Barrett et al., 2009), ArrayExpress (Parkinson et al., 2009), PRIDE (Vizcaíno et al., 2010), ENA, SRA and DRA (Shumway et al., 2010), have their own submission formats, data models and terminologies, created for specific types of assay.
The database includes inpatient and outpatient diagnoses (in ICD-9-CM format) and procedures (in Current Procedural Terminology, 4th Edition [CPT-4], and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System [HCPCS] formats) and both retail and mail-order prescription records.
