2009
Automated Database Mediation Using Ontological Metadata Mappings
Marenco L, Wang R, Nadkarni P. Automated Database Mediation Using Ontological Metadata Mappings. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2009, 16: 723-737. PMID: 19567801, PMCID: PMC2744723, DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m3031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCross-database queriesHigh-level rulesEnforcement of constraintsDatabase MediationDatabase federationsDatabase ontologyExtended metadataGranularity levelsMetadata mappingBiomedical ontologiesDifferent granularitiesFramework simplifiesCategories of dataMaintenance of systemsMapping rulesQueriesDatabase informationGranularity of representationGlobal vocabularyOntologyGranularityIntegrator systemMetadataDatabaseSNOMED
2004
QIS: A Framework for Biomedical Database Federation
Marenco L, Wang TY, Shepherd G, Miller PL, Nadkarni P. QIS: A Framework for Biomedical Database Federation. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2004, 11: 523-534. PMID: 15298995, PMCID: PMC524633, DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m1506.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNetwork-based serversHeterogeneous data sourcesRobust data integrationIntegration serverOntology serverDatabase federationsSource serverNeuroscience databasesData integrationMediator frameworkServerData elementsQueriesData sourcesMetadataPrototype stageStandard technologyIntegrator systemGenomic databasesFrameworkDatabaseOntologyArchitectureSchemaTechnological expertise