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Health Care Ontologies: Knowledge Models for Record Sharing and Decision Support
Maria Madsen
104 - 114
10.3233/978-1-60750-476-4-104
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Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume 151: Health Informatics
Abstract

This chapter gives an educational overview of:

• The difference between informal and formal ontologies

• The primary objectives of ontology design, re-use, extensibility, and interoperability

• How formal ontologies can be used to map terminologies and classification systems

• How formal ontologies improve semantic interoperability

• The relationship between a well-formed ontology and the development of intelligent decision support

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