The Conceptual Basis of WITH, a Collaborative Writer System of Clinical Trials

  • Authors:
  • Paola Fazi;Daniela Luzi;Fabrizio L. Ricci;Marco Vignetti

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • ISMDA '02 Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Medical Data Analysis
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

The paper illustrates the conceptual basis of the system WITH (Write on Internet clinical Trials in Haematology) which supports the collaborative writing of a clinical trial document. The requirements of this system have been defined analysing the writing process of a clinical trial and then modelling the content of its sections together with their logical and temporal relationships. This analysis generates a semantic network. The system WITH is based on XML mark-up language, and on a relational database management system. This choice guarantees: a) process standardisation; b) process management; c) efficient delivery of information-based tasks; and d) explicit focus on process design.