Fully connecting the Observational Health Data Science and Informatics (OHDSI) initiative with the world of linked open data

The usage of controlled biomedical vocabularies is the cornerstone that enables seamless interoperability when using a common data model across multiple data sites. The Observational Health Data Science and Informatics (OHDSI) initiative combines over 100 controlled vocabularies into its own. Howeve...

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Main Author: Juan M. Banda
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Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2019-06-01
Series:Genomics & Informatics
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Online Access:http://genominfo.org/upload/pdf/gi-2019-17-2-e13.pdf
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description The usage of controlled biomedical vocabularies is the cornerstone that enables seamless interoperability when using a common data model across multiple data sites. The Observational Health Data Science and Informatics (OHDSI) initiative combines over 100 controlled vocabularies into its own. However, the OHDSI vocabulary is limited in the sense that it combines multiple terminologies and does not provide a direct way to link them outside of their own self-contained scope. This issue makes the tasks of enriching feature sets by using external resources extremely difficult. In order to address these shortcomings, we have created a linked data version of the OHDSI vocabulary, connecting it with already established linked resources like bioportal, bio2rdf, etc. with the ultimate purpose of enabling the interoperability of resources previously foreign to the OHDSI universe.
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spelling doaj-art-6e81b4f09851457c9753c28f7301c48f2025-02-02T06:03:36ZengBioMed CentralGenomics & Informatics2234-07422019-06-0117210.5808/GI.2019.17.2.e13555Fully connecting the Observational Health Data Science and Informatics (OHDSI) initiative with the world of linked open dataJuan M. Banda0 Panacea Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USAThe usage of controlled biomedical vocabularies is the cornerstone that enables seamless interoperability when using a common data model across multiple data sites. The Observational Health Data Science and Informatics (OHDSI) initiative combines over 100 controlled vocabularies into its own. However, the OHDSI vocabulary is limited in the sense that it combines multiple terminologies and does not provide a direct way to link them outside of their own self-contained scope. This issue makes the tasks of enriching feature sets by using external resources extremely difficult. In order to address these shortcomings, we have created a linked data version of the OHDSI vocabulary, connecting it with already established linked resources like bioportal, bio2rdf, etc. with the ultimate purpose of enabling the interoperability of resources previously foreign to the OHDSI universe.http://genominfo.org/upload/pdf/gi-2019-17-2-e13.pdfclinical informaticscommon data modelcontrolled vocabularieslinked open dataRDFsemantic web
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Fully connecting the Observational Health Data Science and Informatics (OHDSI) initiative with the world of linked open data
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clinical informatics
common data model
controlled vocabularies
linked open data
RDF
semantic web
title Fully connecting the Observational Health Data Science and Informatics (OHDSI) initiative with the world of linked open data
title_full Fully connecting the Observational Health Data Science and Informatics (OHDSI) initiative with the world of linked open data
title_fullStr Fully connecting the Observational Health Data Science and Informatics (OHDSI) initiative with the world of linked open data
title_full_unstemmed Fully connecting the Observational Health Data Science and Informatics (OHDSI) initiative with the world of linked open data
title_short Fully connecting the Observational Health Data Science and Informatics (OHDSI) initiative with the world of linked open data
title_sort fully connecting the observational health data science and informatics ohdsi initiative with the world of linked open data
topic clinical informatics
common data model
controlled vocabularies
linked open data
RDF
semantic web
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