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ArticleBMC medical informatics and decision making2019

QL

H Ulrich, J Kern, D Tas, A K Kock-Schoppenhauer, F Ückert, J Ingenerf, M Lablans

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Article in BMC medical informatics and decision making, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

H UlrichIT Center for Clinical Research, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany. hannes.ulrich@itcr.uni-luebeck.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8349-6798
J KernFederated Information Systems, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
D TasFederated Information Systems, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
A K Kock-SchoppenhauerIT Center for Clinical Research, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
F ÜckertMedical Informatics in Translational Oncology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
J IngenerfIT Center for Clinical Research, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
M LablansFederated Information Systems, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHeterogeneous healthcare instance data can hardly be integrated without harmonizing its schema-level metadata. Many medical research projects and organizations use metadata repositories to edit, store and reuse data elements. However, existing metadata repositories differ regarding software implementation and have shortcomings when it comes to exchanging metadata. This work aims to define a uniform interface with a technical interlingua between the different MDR implementations in order to enable and facilitate the exchange of metadata, to query over distributed systems and to promote cooperation. To design a unified interface for multiple existing MDRs, a standardized data model must be agreed on. The ISO 11179 is an international standard for the representation of metadata, and since most MDR systems claim to be at least partially compliant, it is suitable for defining an interface thereupon. Therefore, each repository must be able to define which parts can be served and the interface must be able to handle highly linked data. GraphQL is a data access layer and defines query techniques designed to navigate easily through complex data structures.

resultsWe propose QL

conclusionsWe have introduced a uniform query interface for metadata repositories combining the ISO 11179 standard for metadata repositories and the GraphQL query language. A reference implementation based on the existing Samply.MDR was implemented. The interface facilitates access to metadata, enables better interaction with metadata as well as a basis for connecting existing repositories. We invite other ISO 11179-based metadata repositories to take this approach into account.

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Health Information InteroperabilityMedical Informatics ApplicationsMetadataHumansGraphQLHL7 FHIRInteroperabilityMetadata repository

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PMID30885183
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