title: Formal specification of an ontology-based service for EHR interoperability.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this paper is to describe by a Platform Independent Model, the formal specification of an ontology-based service for electronic health records interoperability.
  
  
  METHODS
  The GCM is used as a framework for the service's architectural design. The formal specification of the service is an extension of the OMG CTS 2 specification. A review of mapping approaches is also provided.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The paper describes the service' information and computation models, including the mapping process workflow. The platform specific implementation (Platform Specific Model) is provided as a set of WSDL interfaces. The specification includes ontology mapping algorithms and tools needed.
authors.affiliation: Electronics and Telecommunications Faculty, University of Cauca, Colombia. cgonzals@unicauca.edu.co
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Bernd G M E
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Blobel
authors.forename: Diego M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: López
mesh_terms: D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000592:standards*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000592:standards*; D038622:Internationality; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D009626:Terminology as Topic