GeneClinics: a hybrid text/data electronic publishing model using XML applied to clinical genetic testing.

摘要: GeneClinics is an online genetic information resource consisting of descriptions specific inherited disorders ("disease profiles") as well on the role testing in diagnosis, management, and counseling patients with these conditions. intended to promote use services medical care personal decision making by providing health practitioners for disorders. implemented object-oriented database containing a combination data semistructured text that rendered HTML publishing given "disease profile" Web. Content acquired from authors via templates, converted XML document reflecting underlying schema (with tagging embedded data), then loaded into subjected peer review. The initial implementation production system first phase population content are complete. Further expansion cover more disease, significant scaling up rate creation, evaluation redesign under way. ultimate goal have entry each GeneTests directory genetics laboratories-that is, disease which clinical available.