Generic screen representations for future proof systems--is it possible? Two-model approach to a generic GUI.
Semantic interoperability should not only cover system interpretation of incoming information, but should be extended to include screen representation. This article describes a two-model approach to generate a screen representation for archetype-based information, which is inspired by the two-model approach used by openEHR for their archetypes. It provides a separation between software-related display knowledge and domain-related display knowledge and is designed with reuse of components in mind. This approach leads to a flexible GUI that can adapt not only to information structures that are not predefined within the receiving system and display them in a meaningful way, but also to novel ways of displaying the information. We are working on a proof of concept implementation to validate the approach.
van der Linden
Helma
H
Medical Informatics, University Maastricht, The Netherlands. hvanderlinden@mi.unimaas.nl
Schuler
Thilo
T
Chen
Rong
R
Talmon
Jan
J
D003196:Computer Graphics / Q000592:standards*; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*; D014584:User-Computer Interface