Ensuring HL7-based information model requirements within an ontology framework.
This paper describes the building of an HL7-based Information Model Ontology (IMO) that can be exploited by a domain ontology in order to distribute querying over different clinical data repositories. We employed the Open Medical Development Framework (OMDF) based on a model driven development methodology. OMDF provides model transformation features to build an HL7-based information model that covers the conceptual scope of a target project. The resulting IMO is used to mediate between ontologically queries and information retrieval from semantically less defined Hospital Information Systems (HIS). In the context of the DebugIT project - which scope corresponds to the control of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistances - Information Model Ontology is integrated to the DebugIT domain ontology in order to express queries.
Ouagne
David
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Université René Descartes, Paris, F-75006 France. david.ouagne@crc.jussieu.fr
Nadah
Nadia
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Schober
Daniel
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Choquet
Rémy
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Teodoro
Douglas
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Colaert
Dirk
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Schulz
Stefan
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Jaulent
Marie-Christine
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Daniel
Christel
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D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D057208:Health Level Seven; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D018511:Systems Integration