title: A multi-layered application for the gross description using Semantic Web technology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Development of a Semantic Web technology based system for the formalization of the gross description.
  
  
  METHODS
  A system is developed using the Java-2 platform. It is based on a light-weight version of the Galen top level ontology. Web technologies like XML, SAX en DOM have been used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three system components have been developed to support the semantic, the object and the syntax layers of the PathOnt architecture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The PathOnt approach provides a tool for the communication among clinicians and technicians involved in pathology examinations. This tool also provides a foundation for linking the specimen-specific data with the controlled medical ontology so that the stored information can be used in different circumstances.
authors.affiliation: Center for Healthcare Ontology Research and Development, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hong-Gee
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Byung-Hyun
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: Jae-Il
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Myeng-Ki
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007723:Korea; D008490:Medical Informatics; D010336:Pathology; D011381:Programming Languages; D012660:Semantics