title: An RDF-based mediator for health data interoperability.
abstract: In this paper the authors propose and describe a Resource Description Framework (RDF)-based mediator designed to solve the health data interoperability problem that exists among heterogeneous health information systems (e.g., Electronic Health Records). The RDF-based mediator framework has three main components: (1) the Synonym Dictionary (SD) that can be used to map metadata semantics, (2) the CXTR module that can translate source XML-based health documents into RDF-XML format, and (3) the CRTX module that can translate an RDF-XML document into a target XML-based health document. The proposed mediator is expected to make health information exchange more efficient.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria BC, V8W 3P5 Canada. akuo@uvic.ca
authors.forename: Mu-Hsing
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kushniruk
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Borycki
mesh_terms: D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D018511:Systems Integration