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Ontological Re-engineering of Medical Databases

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.'s Cover Image
Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.
The National Research Programme On Main Diseases Threatening The Life Expectancy and Life Quality of The Latvian Population: Scientific papers

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This paper describes data export from multiple medical databases (relational databases) into a single shared Medical Data Warehouse (RDF database structured according to an integrated OWL ontology). The exported data is conveniently accessible via SPARQL or via graphical query language ViziQuer based on UML profile for OWL. The approach is illustrated on one of Latvian Medical databases - Injury Register.

ISSN:
1407-009X
Language:
English
Publication timeframe:
6 times per year
Journal Subjects:
General Interest, Mathematics, General Mathematics