Chapter XVI provides an illustration of how Semantic Web technologies can be
used for searching medical information on the Web. There has been a paradigm shift
in medical practice. More and more consumers are using the Internet as a source
for medical information even before seeing a doctor. The well-known fact is that
medical terms are often hard to spell. Despite advances in technology, the Internet
is still producing futile searches when the search terms are misspelt. Often consumers
are frustrated with irrelevant information they retrieve as a result of the wrong
spelling. An ontology-based search is one way of assisting users in correcting their
spelling errors when searching for medical information.
Chapter XVII discusses Semantic Web standards and ontologies in two areas: (1) the
medical sciences field and (2) the healthcare industry. Semantic Web standards are
important in the medical sciences since much of the medical research that is available
needs an avenue to be shared across disparate computer systems. Ontologies
can provide a basis for searching context-based medical research information so
that it can be integrated and used as a foundation for future research.
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