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Research Program

With Onto-Builder we have developed the first software tool in the modular software system for constructing and using semantically founded data dictionaries. The following further steps are envisioned:

• The development of a procedure for constructing semantically founded data dictionaries
• The conception of data dictionary models
• The evaluation of suitable modeling languages (see Conceptual Modeling)
• The development of an interface for a symbol-based modeling language
• The collection and semantic analysis of terms and concepts in the field of clinical trials
• The development of criteria for separating generic and domain-specific concepts
• The definition of context-dependent concepts and processes and their relating attributes (e.g. qualities) and relations
• The conception and implementation of additional software tools for constructing and using data dictionaries in the field of medicine

The software tool Onto-Builder is being conducted within the context of subproject 2 "Telematics and Computer-based Quality Management in a Communication Network" at the Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), University of Leipzig. This subproject is sponsored by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the Malignant Lymphoma Competence Network.