Glossary
Definitions come from the card schema and the tag vocabulary.
License status license_status
What the sources state about the data license.
- Permissive
permissive - All statements agree and allow commercial use and redistribution.
- Restricted
restricted - Any statement prohibits commercial use or derivatives, limits to research, assigns copyright to a third party, or requires payment.
- Conflict
conflict - Statements contradict each other.
- Unstated
unstated - No statement.
- Unverifiable
unverifiable - Page could not be opened or only second-hand information.
Mdexa hosting hosting
What Mdexa does with the dataset, separate from the license.
- Hosted
hosted - Files served on Mdexa (requires permissive, no risk flags, and signoff).
- Eligible
eligible - Permissive and no risk flags, awaiting signoff.
- Link only
link-only - Restricted, or permissive with any risk flag.
- Pending
pending - License_status conflict, unstated or unverifiable.
Source risk flags risk_flags
Risks that a license verdict does not cover.
- Exam-derived
exam-derived - Questions come from copyrighted examinations.
- Scraped
scraped - Content was collected from websites.
- Real patient text
real-patient-text - Derived from real patient text; privacy authorisation needs checking.
- Model-generated
model-generated - Generated by a model; the model's output terms need checking.
- Derived
derived - Processed from other datasets, whose terms also apply.
- Unknown provenance
unknown-provenance - The source is not stated, so its copyright cannot be judged.
Tags
Task format task_format
What does each example look like?
- Multiple-choice (single answer)
choice-question - Items with options and one correct answer.
- Multiple-answer choice
multi-answer - Options with more than one correct answer allowed.
- True/false
true-false - Answered true or false.
- Fill-in-the-blank
fill-in-blank - Short answer filling a gap.
- Open-ended QA
open-qa - Single-turn question with free-text answer, incl. instructions.
- Multi-turn dialogue
multi-turn-dialogue - Conversations with several turns.
- Named entity recognition
ner - Entity spans and types annotated in text.
- Relation extraction
relation-extraction - Relations between entities annotated in text.
- Term normalization
term-normalization - Map mentions to standard terms or codes.
- Text classification
text-classification - Assign a label to a text or utterance.
- Text matching
text-matching - Similarity or relevance between texts, incl. answer selection.
- Summarization / report generation
summarization - Produce a summary or report from source text.
- Visual QA
visual-qa - Questions that require reading an image.
Intended use intended_use
What is it meant for?
- Pretraining
pretraining - Raw text intended for (continued) pretraining.
- Fine-tuning
fine-tuning - Supervised or instruction fine-tuning data.
- Evaluation
evaluation - Intended as a benchmark or test set.
- Retrieval knowledge base
retrieval-kb - Intended as a corpus or KB to retrieve from.
Specialty specialty
Which specialty?
Specialty and disease class (ICD-11 chapter) are two parallel facets, each with its own basis. The mapping below is many-to-many and is used for navigation and for derivation when evidence is missing; it never replaces either facet.
- Internal medicine (general)
internal-medicine - Datasets explicitly limited to internal medicine (general).ICD-11 chapters
01Certain infectious or parasitic diseases03Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs04Diseases of the immune system05Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases08Diseases of the nervous system11Diseases of the circulatory system12Diseases of the respiratory system13Diseases of the digestive system16Diseases of the genitourinary system21Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified - Cardiology
cardiology - Datasets explicitly limited to cardiology.ICD-11 chapters
11Diseases of the circulatory system - Respiratory medicine
respiratory - Datasets explicitly limited to respiratory medicine.ICD-11 chapters
12Diseases of the respiratory system - Gastroenterology
gastroenterology - Datasets explicitly limited to gastroenterology.ICD-11 chapters
13Diseases of the digestive system - Endocrinology
endocrinology - Datasets explicitly limited to endocrinology.ICD-11 chapters
05Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases - Nephrology
nephrology - Datasets explicitly limited to nephrology.ICD-11 chapters
16Diseases of the genitourinary system - Hematology
hematology - Datasets explicitly limited to hematology.ICD-11 chapters
03Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs - Neurology
neurology - Datasets explicitly limited to neurology.ICD-11 chapters
08Diseases of the nervous system07Sleep-wake disorders - Rheumatology and immunology
rheumatology-immunology - Datasets explicitly limited to rheumatology and immunology.ICD-11 chapters
04Diseases of the immune system15Diseases of the musculoskeletal system or connective tissue - Infectious diseases
infectious-diseases - Datasets explicitly limited to infectious diseases.ICD-11 chapters
01Certain infectious or parasitic diseases - Surgery
general-surgery - Datasets explicitly limited to surgery.ICD-11 chapters
02Neoplasms13Diseases of the digestive system22Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes - Orthopedics
orthopedics - Datasets explicitly limited to orthopedics.ICD-11 chapters
15Diseases of the musculoskeletal system or connective tissue22Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes - Urology and andrology
urology-andrology - Datasets explicitly limited to urology and andrology.ICD-11 chapters
16Diseases of the genitourinary system17Conditions related to sexual health - Obstetrics and gynecology
obstetrics-gynecology - Datasets explicitly limited to obstetrics and gynecology.ICD-11 chapters
16Diseases of the genitourinary system17Conditions related to sexual health18Pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium - Pediatrics
pediatrics - Datasets explicitly limited to pediatrics.ICD-11 chapters
19Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period20Developmental anomalies - Ophthalmology
ophthalmology - Datasets explicitly limited to ophthalmology.ICD-11 chapters
09Diseases of the visual system - Otorhinolaryngology
otorhinolaryngology - Datasets explicitly limited to otorhinolaryngology.ICD-11 chapters
10Diseases of the ear or mastoid process12Diseases of the respiratory system - Stomatology and dentistry
stomatology - Datasets explicitly limited to stomatology and dentistry.ICD-11 chapters
13Diseases of the digestive system - Dermatology
dermatology - Datasets explicitly limited to dermatology.ICD-11 chapters
14Diseases of the skin - Psychiatry
psychiatry - Datasets explicitly limited to psychiatry.ICD-11 chapters
06Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders07Sleep-wake disorders - Oncology
oncology - Datasets explicitly limited to oncology.ICD-11 chapters
02Neoplasms - Emergency and critical care
emergency-critical-care - Datasets explicitly limited to emergency and critical care.ICD-11 chapters
22Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes23External causes of morbidity or mortality21Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified - Anesthesiology
anesthesiology - Datasets explicitly limited to anesthesiology.
- Rehabilitation medicine
rehabilitation - Datasets explicitly limited to rehabilitation medicine.ICD-11 chapters
15Diseases of the musculoskeletal system or connective tissue08Diseases of the nervous system - General practice and basic medical sciences
general-practice-basic - Datasets explicitly limited to general practice and basic medical sciences.ICD-11 chapters
21Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified24Factors influencing health status or contact with health services - Medical imaging
medical-imaging - Datasets explicitly limited to medical imaging.
- Laboratory medicine and pathology
laboratory-pathology - Datasets explicitly limited to laboratory medicine and pathology.
- Pharmacy
pharmacy - Datasets explicitly limited to pharmacy.
- Nursing
nursing - Datasets explicitly limited to nursing.
- Public health and preventive medicine
public-health-preventive - Datasets explicitly limited to public health and preventive medicine.ICD-11 chapters
01Certain infectious or parasitic diseases23External causes of morbidity or mortality24Factors influencing health status or contact with health services - TCM internal medicine
tcm-internal - Datasets explicitly limited to tcm internal medicine.ICD-11 chapters
26Supplementary Chapter Traditional Medicine Conditions - Module 1 - TCM surgery
tcm-surgery - Datasets explicitly limited to tcm surgery.ICD-11 chapters
26Supplementary Chapter Traditional Medicine Conditions - Module 114Diseases of the skin - TCM gynecology
tcm-gynecology - Datasets explicitly limited to tcm gynecology.ICD-11 chapters
26Supplementary Chapter Traditional Medicine Conditions - Module 118Pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium - TCM pediatrics
tcm-pediatrics - Datasets explicitly limited to tcm pediatrics.ICD-11 chapters
26Supplementary Chapter Traditional Medicine Conditions - Module 119Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period - Acupuncture and tuina
acupuncture-tuina - Datasets explicitly limited to acupuncture and tuina.ICD-11 chapters
26Supplementary Chapter Traditional Medicine Conditions - Module 1 - TCM orthopedics and traumatology
tcm-orthopedics-traumatology - Datasets explicitly limited to tcm orthopedics and traumatology.ICD-11 chapters
26Supplementary Chapter Traditional Medicine Conditions - Module 115Diseases of the musculoskeletal system or connective tissue22Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes - Chinese materia medica and formulas
tcm-materia-formulas - Datasets explicitly limited to chinese materia medica and formulas.
- TCM fundamentals and classics
tcm-basics-classics - Datasets explicitly limited to tcm fundamentals and classics.ICD-11 chapters
26Supplementary Chapter Traditional Medicine Conditions - Module 1 - Multi-specialty
multi-specialty - Datasets explicitly limited to multi-specialty.
Disease classification (ICD-11 chapter) condition_scope
Which diseases?
- Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
icd11-01 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 01.SpecialtiesInternal medicine (general)Infectious diseasesPublic health and preventive medicine
- Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs
icd11-03 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 03.SpecialtiesInternal medicine (general)Hematology
- Diseases of the immune system
icd11-04 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 04.SpecialtiesInternal medicine (general)Rheumatology and immunology
- Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
icd11-05 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 05.SpecialtiesInternal medicine (general)Endocrinology
- Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders
icd11-06 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 06.SpecialtiesPsychiatry
- Sleep-wake disorders
icd11-07 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 07.SpecialtiesNeurologyPsychiatry
- Diseases of the nervous system
icd11-08 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 08.SpecialtiesInternal medicine (general)NeurologyRehabilitation medicine
- Diseases of the visual system
icd11-09 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 09.SpecialtiesOphthalmology
- Diseases of the ear or mastoid process
icd11-10 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 10.SpecialtiesOtorhinolaryngology
- Diseases of the circulatory system
icd11-11 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 11.SpecialtiesInternal medicine (general)Cardiology
- Diseases of the respiratory system
icd11-12 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 12.SpecialtiesInternal medicine (general)Respiratory medicineOtorhinolaryngology
- Diseases of the digestive system
icd11-13 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 13.SpecialtiesInternal medicine (general)GastroenterologySurgeryStomatology and dentistry
- Diseases of the skin
icd11-14 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 14.SpecialtiesDermatologyTCM surgery
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system or connective tissue
icd11-15 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 15.SpecialtiesRheumatology and immunologyOrthopedicsRehabilitation medicineTCM orthopedics and traumatology
- Diseases of the genitourinary system
icd11-16 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 16.SpecialtiesInternal medicine (general)NephrologyUrology and andrologyObstetrics and gynecology
- Conditions related to sexual health
icd11-17 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 17.SpecialtiesUrology and andrologyObstetrics and gynecology
- Pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium
icd11-18 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 18.SpecialtiesObstetrics and gynecologyTCM gynecology
- Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
icd11-19 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 19.SpecialtiesPediatricsTCM pediatrics
- Developmental anomalies
icd11-20 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 20.SpecialtiesPediatrics
- Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified
icd11-21 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 21.SpecialtiesInternal medicine (general)Emergency and critical careGeneral practice and basic medical sciences
- Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes
icd11-22 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 22.SpecialtiesSurgeryOrthopedicsEmergency and critical careTCM orthopedics and traumatology
- External causes of morbidity or mortality
icd11-23 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 23.SpecialtiesEmergency and critical carePublic health and preventive medicine
- Factors influencing health status or contact with health services
icd11-24 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 24.SpecialtiesGeneral practice and basic medical sciencesPublic health and preventive medicine
- Codes for special purposes
icd11-25 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 25.
- Supplementary Chapter Traditional Medicine Conditions - Module 1
icd11-26 - Restricted to ICD-11 chapter 26.SpecialtiesTCM internal medicineTCM surgeryTCM gynecologyTCM pediatricsAcupuncture and tuinaTCM orthopedics and traumatologyTCM fundamentals and classics
Source type source_type
Where does the content come from?
- Exam questions
exam - Licensing or entrance exam questions. Derived from risk_flags; never stored.
- Textbooks and reference books
textbook-reference - Compiled from textbooks or reference books.
- Clinical guidelines
guideline - From clinical guidelines or consensus.
- Research literature
literature - From papers or journal articles.
- Expert-written
expert-written - Newly written by clinicians or experts.
- Built from a knowledge base
knowledge-base - Built from a structured KB or KG.
- Classical texts
classical-text - From pre-modern classical texts.
- Official publication
official-publication - Published by a government or standards body.
- Real patient text
real-patient-text - From real consultations or records. Derived from risk_flags; never stored.
- Model-generated
model-generated - Generated by a model. Derived from risk_flags; never stored.
- Web-scraped
web-scraped - Scraped from websites. Derived from risk_flags (scraped); never stored.
- Derived from other datasets
derived-dataset - Built from other datasets. Derived from risk_flags (derived); never stored.
Annotation depth annotation_depth
What comes beyond the answer?
- With explanations
with-explanation - Reference explanations or rationales included.
- With reasoning traces
with-reasoning - Step-by-step reasoning included.
- With evidence citations
with-evidence - Answers cite source passages.
Expert involvement expert_involvement
Did experts check it, and how?
- None
none - Explicitly no expert review.
- Reviewed, method unspecified
review-unspecified - Experts reviewed; method not stated.
- Sample review
sample-review - Experts reviewed a sample.
- Per-item review
per-item-review - Every item (or a stated subset) reviewed.
- Multiple independent reviewers
multi-reviewer - Independent reviews with agreement recorded.
Data format data_format
What file format?
- JSON
json - Data files provided as json.
- JSONL
jsonl - Data files provided as jsonl.
- CSV
csv - Data files provided as csv.
- TSV
tsv - Data files provided as tsv.
- PARQUET
parquet - Data files provided as parquet.
- TXT
txt - Data files provided as txt.
- XLSX
xlsx - Data files provided as xlsx.
Official split official_split
Official train/test split?
- Train and test splits
full-split - Official training and test splits.
- Evaluation split only
eval-only - Only test or validation splits.
- No split
no-split - Single undivided set.
Benchmark status benchmark_status
Leaderboard or human baseline?
- Public leaderboard
public-leaderboard - An official public leaderboard exists.
- Human expert baseline
human-expert-baseline - Expert human performance reported.