Structured content and connectivity of medical information: the medical data Web

摘要: To a large extent, medicine is an information-processing endeavor. It all the more surprising, therefore, that computer technology has not yet developed very far in successfully supporting this activity. The areas where support most advanced are signal processing and ‘data’ generation, as well administrative domain. However, huge area encompasses main part of physician’s clinical activity only marginally been touched upon, by systems. reason for might lie with problem medical ‘information’ mainly matter connecting pieces data together. sheer complexity these connections is, however, beyond classical database technology. best easiest way to express such complex information written (and spoken) text, until now. A long tradition how reports formulated stored patient records scientific published journals built up.