2003 Volume 23 Issue 1 Pages 33-43
The authors developed the XML Schema in order both to the representation of tooth-tooth relation, tooth-restoration materials relation, material composition, definition and composition of virtual point/ line/angle/plane, and to the interchange of clinical information and knowledge in dental domain.
We analyzed many findings in dental records with ontological approach, developed and discussed with UML modeling, and formulated the document model with W3C XML Schema. Although our model and schema is very small, which has only three super classes of “substance,” “relatedObject,” and “relation,” it has at least six advantages: (i) no limitation of granularity, (ii) no limitation of usecase, (iii) universal expressive power, (iv) easy subsumption/connotation under other XML Schema, (v) ability to express virtual substances, (vi) facility of composition/definition of substances or concepts, or technical terms.
Therefore, our UML model and XML Schema is able to applied not only to healthcare service uses but also to research uses, in addition, not only to dental domain but also other domains.
This research was granted by Research on Health Technology Assessment, Ministry of Health, Welfare and labour (12180103).
