The Definition of an API for the Processing of Ontologies in Pervasive Hospitals

  • Giovani Librelotto UFSM
  • Jonas Bulegon Gassen UNIFRA
  • Leandro Freitas UNIFRA
  • Fabio Lorenzi da Silva UFSM
  • Iara Augustin UFSM

Abstract


A pervasive hospital environment requires that the entities present in this context (such as people and equipment) are in perfect synchrony to perform the common medical tasks in their daily lives. One of the best ways to represent this domain is through ontologies. In this way, this work has as main objective to show the process of development of a tool for the processing of ontologies in hospital pervasive environments.

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Published
2009-05-20
LIBRELOTTO, Giovani; GASSEN, Jonas Bulegon; FREITAS, Leandro; SILVA, Fabio Lorenzi da; AUGUSTIN, Iara. The Definition of an API for the Processing of Ontologies in Pervasive Hospitals. In: BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS (SBSI), 5. , 2009, Brasília. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2009 . p. 1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbsi.2009.6161.