Towards an Interoperability Framework for a European e-Health Research Area – Locating the Semantic Interoperability Domain

The paper was presented by Dr. Karl A. Stroetmann & Dr. Veli N. Stroetmann at the Joint EU-WHO Workshop on semantic interoperability prerequisites for efficient e-health systems. The workshop was organised i) to identify the various dimensions and aspects of semantic interoperability, particularly in the context of the overall interoperability (technical, functional, etc) of e-health systems ii) to review the state of the art of these aspects, including linguistic and knowledge engineering research iii) to identify further research challenges and topics needed to be addressed on national and international level iv) to recommend strategies where short-term benefits for target communities may reasonably be expected, with a definition of criteria for assessment. The workshop was organised in Brussels, Feb. 14-15, 2005 by the EC and WHO with strong support from the eTEN I2-Health project represented by Karl and Veli Stroetmann. They workshop on Semantic Interoperability was joined by 21 invited experts from around the world.

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