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sentation through a series of concepts such as class, data type, and values. In order
to express representations of ontologies for context, RDF allows for extensions such
as the DARPA Agent Markup Language +Ontology Inference Layer (DAML+OIL)
standard, which is the basis for the Web Ontology Language (OWL) standard that
has recently gained popularity (Nardon & Moura, 2004).
Semantic.Web.Applied. Standards. .
and. Ontologies. in. the. .
Medical. Sciences.and. Healthcare.
???The semantic web initiative has resulted in a common framework that allows
knowledge to be shared and reused across applications??? (Health Level 7, 2004) and
organizations. An infrastructure of common transmission standards and terminology
will enable an interconnected network of systems that can deliver patient information.
There have been various calls for the decrease of medical errors via utilization of
information technology, and the increase of medical information accessibility and
Semantic Web technology has a critical role to play.
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