J Korean Soc Med Inform.
2007 Dec;13(4):361-374.
Development Framework for HL7 Conforming Web Services
- Affiliations
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- 1The Graduate School of Public Policy and Information Technology at Seoul National, University of Technology, Korea. jahee@snut.ac.kr
- 2Intelligent Digital Integrated Security, Korea.
- 3Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, Korea.
- 4Department of Industrial Engineering at Seoul National University, Korea.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
Our purpose is to propose the guideline for developing web services components from HL7 (Health Level 7) standard.
METHODS
All business processes describing in HL7 are modeled using UML (Unified Modeling Language). Both UML diagrams and web services profiles can be presented with XML (Extensible Markup Language). Therefore we suggest a framework to derive web services from HL7 standards semi-automatically.
RESULTS
We show that skeletal XML documents for web services can be generated from HL7 standards. Additionally we propose a way to program with Java for web services using given web service profiles.
CONCLUSION
This paper presents the methodology of developing HL7-compatible electronic health record systems using web services.