title: A reusable ontology for primitive and complex HL7 FHIR data types.
abstract: HL7(®) FHIR(®) standard is a new standard aiming to offer more flexible interoperability mechanisms. We present a stand-alone RDF vocabulary as an OWL ontology that defines the primitive and complex data types of the FHIR framework, alongside their validation rules. We address the non-trivial questions of representing FHIR data types as RDF/OWL constructs in a coherent and complete manner. The proposed ontology can be used as a basic framework, where the complexity of a FHIR-based EHR is not required, while still maintaining semantic cohesion with an industry-based standard. It can also be the base for a complete representation of FHIR model as an ontology.
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Beredimas
authors.forename: Vassilis
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kilintzis
authors.forename: Ioanna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chouvarda
authors.forename: Nicos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maglaveras
mesh_terms: D064229:Biological Ontologies; D016208:Databases, Factual; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012660:Semantics