Revolutionary impact of XML on biomedical information interoperability

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 361-372

  Shabo, Amnon ^a   Rabinovici Cohen, Simona ^a   Vortman, Pnina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DRUG PRODUCTS; INFORMATION USE; INTEROPERABILITY; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; SEMANTICS;

BIOMEDICAL INFORMATION INTEROPERABILITY; CLINICAL DATA; SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY;

XML;

EID: 33746363869     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: 00188670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.452.0361     Document Type: Article

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