LinkEHR-Ed: A multi-reference model archetype editor based on formal semantics

Purpose To develop a powerful archetype editing framework capable of handling multiple reference models and oriented towards the semantic description and standardization of legacy data. Methods The main prerequisite for implementing tools providing enhanced support for archetypes is the clear specif...

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Autores: Maldonado Segura, José Alberto, Moner Cano, David, Boscá Tomás, Diego, Fernandez Breis, Jesualdo Tomas, Angulo Fernández, Carlos, Robles Viejo, Montserrat
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/56990
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/56990
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Electronic health records
Biomedical informatics
Standardization
Archetypes
Semantic description
Semantic interoperability
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Sumario:Purpose To develop a powerful archetype editing framework capable of handling multiple reference models and oriented towards the semantic description and standardization of legacy data. Methods The main prerequisite for implementing tools providing enhanced support for archetypes is the clear specification of archetype semantics. We propose a formalization of the definition section of archetypes based on types over tree-structured data. It covers the specialization of archetypes, the relationship between reference models and archetypes and conformance of data instances to archetypes. Results LinkEHR-Ed, a visual archetype editor based on the former formalization with advanced processing capabilities that supports multiple reference models, the editing and semantic validation of archetypes, the specification of mappings to data sources, and the automatic generation of data transformation scripts, is developed. Conclusions LinkEHR-Ed is a useful tool for building, processing and validating archetypes based on any reference model.