ClaML reader

A ClaML reader for Python. Generated from the ClaML.dtd file from the DIMDI, using PyXB.

Features

Reads classification files in ClaML format (XML) into Python objects. See examples/test1.py for a usage example.

Resources

• van der Haring EJ, Broënhorst S, ten Napel H, Weber S, Schopen M, Zanstra PE. ClaML: a standard for the electronic publication of classification coding schemes
• ISO 13120:2013 Health informatics -- Syntax to represent the content of healthcare classification systems -- Classification Markup Language (ClaML), now superseded by ISO 13120:2019.
• DIMDI (Deutsche Institut für Medizinische Dokumentation und Information) ICD-10-GM download: icd10gm2019syst-claml.zip

Usage

To use ClaML reader in a project:

import python_claml

Example

Read and parse the contents of a ClaML file and print all class codes:

with open(file_name, 'r') as input_file:
    # Read file contents
    contents = input_file.read()
    # Parse ClaML document
    classification: ClaML = claml.CreateFromDocument(contents)
    for cls in classification.Class:
        print(cls.code)

Development

The code was generated using the following commands:

pyxbgen --schema-root=../resources -u ClaML.xsd -m python_claml.claml

Install

From the package index:

pip install python-claml

or from source:

git clone https://github.com/thehyve/python_claml.git
cd python_claml
pip install .

Test

python setup.py test

Acknowledgement

This project was funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the project DIFUTURE - Data Integration for Future Medicine within the German Medical Informatics Initiative (grant no. 01ZZ1804D).

License

Copyright (c) 2019 The Hyve B.V.

The ClaML reader is licensed under the MIT License. See the file LICENSE.