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

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Medical Data Analysis (ISMDA 2002)

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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.

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  1. Dip. di Biotecnologie Cellulari e Ematologia, Unversità Roma, La Sapienza, Via Benevento, 6, 00161, Rome, Italy

    Paola Fazi & Marco Vignetti

  2. ISPRI-CNR, Via dei Taurini, 19, 00185, Rome, Italy

    Daniela Luzi

  3. Ist. Scienze Neurologiche (sez. Catania), V.le R. Margherita, 6, 95123, Catania, Italy

    Fabrizio L. Ricci

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  1. Dept. of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome La Sapienza, P. le A. Moro, 5, 00185, Rome, Italy

    Alfredo Colosimo  & Paolo Sirabella  & 

  2. TCE Laboratory, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, V. le Regina Elena, 299, 00161, Rome, Italy

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Fazi, P., Luzi, D., Ricci, F.L., Vignetti, M. (2002). The Conceptual Basis of WITH, a Collaborative Writer System of Clinical Trials. In: Colosimo, A., Sirabella, P., Giuliani, A. (eds) Medical Data Analysis. ISMDA 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2526. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36104-9_10

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