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Informatics uses words, terms and expressions of various scientific disciplines. The proposed tools, hermeneutics and phenomenology, generate a basis for quality control by establishing the authenticity and validity of such expressions. Without such tools there is the danger that poorly defined expressions obscure true meaning and prevent progress. The method is demonstrated on “objects” as used in “object oriented programming” and on “open systems” as used in the International Standards Organization model for “open system interconnection.”
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Hindel, R. Tools for medical informatics. J Digit Imaging 5, 95–100 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03167833
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03167833