Linked Open Data in Health and Clinical Care A Review of the Literature

Abstract

Background: In the range of Semantic Web, the idea of linking and sharing the resources generated by different authors, like ontologies, knowledge bases, or datasets, is referred to "Linked data". Then, an ambitious project within the "Linked Data" paradigm is the "Linking Open Data" community project.Results: Nine journal articles have been analysed according to the defined evaluation grid. In five out of nine papers, the main contributions are strategies and methodologies for the integration of systems, including bridging the information gap among forms for clinical research and the one for patient care. Then, in three papers the main contributions are the development of consistent triple stores according to the "Linked Data" paradigm. Finally, the last paper aims at building an open dataset for public health purposes. Conclusions: The review was able to answer the research questions, despite the limited number of included papers.

Publishing and Interlinking COVID-19 Data Using Linked Open Data Principles: Toward Effective Healthcare Planning and Decision-Making

“…e COVID-19 datasets are produced under the initiatives of Open Data, which allows for the use, modification, and distribution of the freely available datasets generated and shared by third parties for any purpose [2]. e World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has founded Health Care and Life Science Interest Group (HCLSIG) intending to develop, advocate, and support the use of Semantic Web (SW) technologies in healthcare and life sciences domains [3,4].…”