OntoStudyEdit: a new approach for ontology-based representation and management of metadata in clinical and epidemiological research.
Journal:
Journal of biomedical semantics
Published Date:
Dec 18, 2015
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The specification of metadata in clinical and epidemiological study projects absorbs significant expense. The validity and quality of the collected data depend heavily on the precise and semantical correct representation of their metadata. In various research organizations, which are planning and coordinating studies, the required metadata are specified differently, depending on many conditions, e.g., on the used study management software. The latter does not always meet the needs of a particular research organization, e.g., with respect to the relevant metadata attributes and structuring possibilities.