Development of a deterministic XML schema by resolving structure ambiguity of HL7 messages

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Huang, Ean Wen ^a   Wang, Da Wei ^b,c   Liou, Der Ming ^c,d,e  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Finite state automata; HL7; Schema; Structure ambiguity; XML

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; INTERNET; PROBLEM SOLVING; STANDARDS;

INFORMATION EXCHANGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MESSAGE EXCHANGE;

XML;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; TAIWAN;

EID: 25144509598     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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