title: LinkEHR-Ed: a multi-reference model archetype editor based on formal semantics.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop a powerful archetype editing framework capable of handling multiple reference models and oriented towards the semantic description and standardization of legacy data.
  
  
  METHODS
  The main prerequisite for implementing tools providing enhanced support for archetypes is the clear specification of archetype semantics. We propose a formalization of the definition section of archetypes based on types over tree-structured data. It covers the specialization of archetypes, the relationship between reference models and archetypes and conformance of data instances to archetypes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  LinkEHR-Ed, a visual archetype editor based on the former formalization with advanced processing capabilities that supports multiple reference models, the editing and semantic validation of archetypes, the specification of mappings to data sources, and the automatic generation of data transformation scripts, is developed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  LinkEHR-Ed is a useful tool for building, processing and validating archetypes based on any reference model.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Informática Biomédica, Instituto de Aplicaciones de las Tecnologías de la Información y de las Comunicaciones Avanzadas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. jamaldo@upv.es
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Maldonado
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moner
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boscá
authors.forename: Jesualdo T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Fernández-Breis
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Angulo
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robles
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D011381:Programming Languages