ARIANE: a mediation framework with health information sources.
OBJECTIVE
to design and implement mediators dedicated to access heterogeneous information sources in a homogeneous way.


METHODS
processes translate a query into the syntax of a target source built thanks to the UMLS knowledge sources and a catalog of information sources. Communication services connect users with information sources at the point they deliver results.


RESULTS
examples show the benefits healthcare professionals may found in searching information in this way.


CONCLUSIONS
improvements on the current developments may be done according to the current architecture of ARIANE. Specially, the user interface should be easier to use than the present one.
Joubert
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LERTIM, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 13005 Marseille, France. mjoubert@ap-hm.fr
Aymard
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Fieschi
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Fieschi
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D007255:Information Services; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D008490:Medical Informatics; D017432:Unified Medical Language System; D014584:User-Computer Interface