Two Types of Coding 2
The two types of coding in set diagrams I would like to return to the subject of my article Two types of coding 1 and clarify the difference between the two types of coding using set diagrams. I believe this distinction is so important for the field of semanticsand for information theory in general, that it should be generally understood. Information-preserving coding The information-preserving type of coding can be represented using the following diagram Fig 1: Information-preserving coding (1:1, all codes reachable) The original form is shown on the left and the encoded form on the right. The red dot
Two Types of Coding 1
A simple broken bone In the world of healthcare, medical diagnoses are encoded to improve transparency. This is necessary because they can be formulated in such a wide variety of different ways. For example, a patient may suffer from the following: - a broken arm - a distal radius fracture - a fractura radii loco classico - a closed extension fracture of the distal radius - a Raikar’s fracture, left - a bone fracture of the left distal forearm - an Fx of the dist. radius l. - a Colles fracture Even though they are constructed from different words and
