On Defining Computer Science Terminology.

A general problem with computer science terminology is that some terms are often used for different concepts and that the same concepts are denoted by different terms. To a great extent, this is due to the rapid advances in computer science where new concepts need new names. An object-oriented modeling notation can be used to present taxonomy. The object-oriented modeling notation of the UML allows both generalization⁄specialization and aggregation⁄composition to be specified within taxonomy in a visual way. To some extent, the presented taxonomy reflects views on the domain, but it is based on previous research and on textbooks for medical informatics. Exemplary, a simple taxonomy for a small domain, namely health care information systems, is presented to illustrate these ideas. Such taxonomies are important steps toward overcoming existing confusion with terminology in the area. Often, terminology is a problem for computer science because the development is so fast that people frequently use the same term for different concepts or different terms for the same concept. INSETS: An Example Taxonomy for Health Care Information Systems.;Vocabulary..