BS PD ISO/TS 18790-1:2015

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a form of traditional medicine that originated in China, and ischaracterized by holism and treatment based on pattern identification/syndrome differentiation. BS PD ISO/TS 18790-1:2015 establishes common concepts and a vocabulary for describing the complexdomain of various Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) informatics standards initiatives and theirsupporting artefacts. It provides a useful profiling framework to align existing and developing TCMinformatics standards and to reference health informatics standards. It promotes the reuse of TCMinformatics knowledge and improves the identification of opportunities for TCM informatics standardsalignment, collaboration, and coordination.Topics considered outside the scope of this Technical Specification include:

• profiling framework and classification for informatics standards of Kampo, Korean medicine, andother traditional medicine.

Cross References:ISO/TR 17119:2005ISO 22789:2010ISO/DIS 18104:2012ISO 1828 ISO 17115:2007ISO 1087-1:2000EN 12264:2005EN 13940-1:2006 EN 12381:2005ISO/AWI TS 17948ISO/AWI TS 17938ISO/TR 13054:2012