Alt.metadata.health: Ontological context for data use and integration

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-108

  Schuurman, Nadine ^a   Balka, Ellen ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data integration; Data quality; Health informatics; Indicators; Ontology; Semantic interoperability

Indexed keywords

DATA INTEGRATION; DATA QUALITY; HEALTH INFORMATICS; INDICATORS; SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY;

HEALTH; INFORMATION THEORY; INTEGRATION; INTEROPERABILITY; METADATA; SEMANTICS;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 58649090458     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: 15737551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-008-9084-5     Document Type: Article

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