An RDF-based mediator for health data interoperability.
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.
Kuo
Mu-Hsing
MH
School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria BC, V8W 3P5 Canada. akuo@uvic.ca
Kushniruk
Andre
A
Borycki
Elizabeth
E
D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D018511:Systems Integration