title: Incorporating knowledge to databases--a solution to complex domains.
abstract: This paper describes the design of an integrated environment to handle information on congenital heart disease patients. A three-layer model that integrates a database, a knowledge-base and a graphical user-interface is presented. The role of each layer and its connections is discussed. The advantages of using a hypertext front-end system to present and retrieve complex data are also addressed. The current status of the project and its future developments are described in the final section.
authors: Institute of Cardiology of Rio Grande do Sul (IFCUC), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors: B de F
authors: Bde F
authors: Leão
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Mantovani
authors: R I
authors: RI
authors: Rossi
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Zielinsky
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D007256:Information Systems; D011897:Random Allocation