Exploiting ebXML registry semantic constructs for handling archetype metadata in healthcare informatics

: Using archetypes is a promising approach in providing semantic interoperability among healthcare systems. To realise archetype based interoperability, the healthcare systems need to discover the existing archetypes, based on their semantics; annotate their archetypes with ontologies; compose templates from archetypes and retrieve corresponding data from the underlying medical information systems. In this paper, we describe how ebXML Registry semantic constructs can be used for annotating, storing, discovering and retrieving archetypes. For semantic annotation of archetypes, we present an example of an archetype metadata ontology and 

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: IJMSO
• Authors: Asuman Dogac, Gokce Laleci, Yildiray Kabak, Seda Unal, Sam Heard, Thomas Beale, Peter L. Elkin, Farrukh Najmi, Carl Mattocks, David Webber, Martin Kernberg
• Keywords: Archetype, Healthcare Systems, IJMSO 2006, Semantic