ISO/TR 15300:2001 歯科 — 歯科製品の分類とコーディングへのOSI臨床コード化の適用 | ページ 2

Foreword

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ISO/TR 15300 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 106, Dentistry, Subcommittee SC 3, Terminology.

Introduction

This Technical Report is intended to set up a hub of communication between various codes existing in various countries or to be used as an international code for countries or regions that would so wish, except national or regional decisions.

Digitalization has been considered essential, as some countries are still not familiar with western alphabets, which themselves exhibit variations. Most people can clearly appreciate any value between 0 and 9; in addition, an exclusively digital code facilitates data communication and recording, as one needs only a small digital keyboard.

1 Scope

The purpose of this Technical Report is to provide possible application of ISO/TR 13668 regarding the coded communication related to dental products, resulting in the numerous advantages of a single, standardized"hub" for the interoperability of present or future codes.

2 References