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Towards a Semantic Integration of Medical Relational Databases by Using Ontologies: A Case Study

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On The Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2003: OTM 2003 Workshops (OTM 2003)

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This report discusses a suitable and working solution for the semantic integration of dispersed, medical relational databases by coupling the databases to a medical ontology. We will demonstrate how this can be done by means of a case study, and how the coupling result can be deployed to query a relational database at the ontology level. Next to that, we will introduce a coupling language, and a discussion on how to integrate the language in two ontology models.

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  1. Language and Computing (L&C), N.V., Hazenakkerstraat 20A, B-9520, Zonnegem, Belgium

    Tom Deray

  2. Vrije Universiteit Brussel – STARLab, Pleinlaan 2, Gebouw G-10, B-1050, Brussel, Belgium

    Pieter Verheyden

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  1. Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), STARLab, Bldg G/10, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    Robert Meersman

  2. School of Computer Science and Information Technology, RMIT University, Bld 10.10, 376-392 Swanston Street, VIC 3001, Melbourne, Australia

    Zahir Tari

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Deray, T., Verheyden, P. (2003). Towards a Semantic Integration of Medical Relational Databases by Using Ontologies: A Case Study. In: Meersman, R., Tari, Z. (eds) On The Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2003: OTM 2003 Workshops. OTM 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2889. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39962-9_25

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