Extending the TOP Framework with an Ontology-Based Text Search Component.

Journal: Studies in health technology and informatics
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Constructing search queries that deal with complex concepts is a challenging task without proficiency in the underlying query language - which holds true for either structured or unstructured data. Medical data might encompass both types, with valuable information present in one type but not the other.

Authors

  • Franz Matthies
    Jena University Language & Information Engineering (JULIE) Lab Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany.
  • Christoph Beger
    University of Leipzig, Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology.
  • Ralph Schäfermeier
    Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Leipzig University.
  • Konrad Höffner
    IMISE, University of Leipzig, Härtelstraße 16-18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany.
  • Alexandr Uciteli
    Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.