A database schema for public-domain medical software.
The quantity of public-domain medical software available is huge, and a classification schema may be therefore helpful. We developed a schema that includes identification data (name of the software, author, etc.), description (hardware and software requirements), classification (software category, application domain, etc.) and evaluation data (external quality and internal quality factors). The schema was tested on the public-domain software available at the SCAMC meetings (about 36 Mb). We also classified the software by employing students from a master course in computer science and medical informatics. We stored the high quantity of information collected in a database we developed using Paradox.
Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
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D016208:Databases, Factual; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D008838:Microcomputers / Q000145:classification; D011786:Quality Control; D012984:Software / Q000145:classification* / Q000592:standards; D012985:Software Design; D014584:User-Computer Interface