China's leading coding rules for traditional Chinese medicine approved by ISO

Source: Guangming Daily, March 29, 2016, after three months of voting, the Chinese medicine coding system - Part I: Chinese medicine coding rules, which is led by China, has recently been approved by the international organization for Standardization (ISO) as the international standard of Chinese medicine coding, which is the first step in digitalization, standardization and informatization of Chinese medicine According to reports, the project was declared by Liao Liping, deputy inspector of Shenzhen health and Family Planning Commission A total of 77 experts from 43 units including Shenzhen health and Family Planning Commission, Shenzhen Institute of standards and technology, Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as experts from more than 20 member countries including the United States, Canada and Australia participated in the project The approval and release of this standard is the first international standard of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) ISO that China has led to complete this year Liao Liping pointed out that this is a successful case of transformation from local standards to national standards and international standards Liao Liping said that up to now, there has not been a TCM coding system or a top-level design of coding rules in the world The coding rule of traditional Chinese medicine is a basic work, which is equivalent to the "dictionary library" of traditional Chinese medicine digitization It uses 17 Arabic numerals to classify and express the specific coding technology classification and meaning of traditional Chinese medicine, such as variety source, medicinal part, variety category and specification It solidifies the characteristics and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in the form of standard It has the characteristics of uniqueness, scientificity and expansibility It is expected to promote the internationalization, modernization and guarantee of traditional Chinese medicine to the world Secure support.