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Models for forms

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Charles Crichton,

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SPLASH '11 Workshops: Proceedings of the compilation of the co-located workshops on DSM'11, TMC'11, AGERE! 2011, AOOPES'11, NEAT'11, & VMIL'11

Pages 13 - 18

https://doi.org/10.1145/2095050.2095054

Published: 23 October 2011 Publication History

Abstract

To make reliable, safe, and effective use of data outside the context of its collection, we require an adequate understanding of its meaning. In data-intensive science, as in many other applications of computing, this necessitates the association of each item of data with complex, detailed metadata. The most important, most useful piece of metadata is often a description of the form used in data acquisition. This paper discusses, with examples, the requirements for standard metamodels or languages for forms, sufficient for the automatic association of form data with a computable description of its semantics, and also for the automatic generation of form structures and completion workflows. It explains how form models in specific domains can be used to facilitate data sharing, and to improve data quality, and semantic interoperability.

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Models for forms
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. System description languages
  2. Software organization and properties
    1. Software system structures
      1. Software architectures

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SPLASH '11 Workshops: Proceedings of the compilation of the co-located workshops on DSM'11, TMC'11, AGERE! 2011, AOOPES'11, NEAT'11, & VMIL'11

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DOI:10.1145/2095050

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Hume SAerts JSarnikar SHuser V(2016)Current applications and future directions for the CDISC Operational Data Model standardJournal of Biomedical Informatics10.1016/j.jbi.2016.02.01660:C(352-362)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2016
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Davies JGibbons JMilward AMilward DShah SSolanki MWelch JGray JSprinkle JTolvanen JRossi M(2015)Domain specific modelling for clinical researchProceedings of the Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling10.1145/2846696.2846701(1-8)Online publication date: 27-Oct-2015
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Ngouongo SLöBe MStausberg J(2013)The ISO/IEC 11179 norm for metadata registriesJournal of Biomedical Informatics10.1016/j.jbi.2012.11.00846:2(318-327)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2013
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