[RDF/COI]: C-CDA RDF representations

In the HL7 ITS RDF subgroup, the group identified some potential work
projects. One of them was to evaluate C-CDA RDF representations. I believe
Eric P. has already done some work in this area.

I am thinking of use cases that might help us evaluate the utility of this
representation.

I think it would be useful to look at how well such a representation might
facilitate genomic discovery using EHR-linked data. For example, if we
could use the DTSU HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA® Release 2: Genetic
Testing Reports, Release 1
<http://www.hl7.org/implement/standards/product_brief.cfm?product_id=292> to
include genetic data in RDF representations of C-CDA documents, then we
could evaluate how well we could identify genetic associations to disease
using SPARQL queries, along the lines of what is described in [1].

We might also evaluate how well such a representation would facilitate
integration with other annotation sources - e.g. ClinVar.

1.
http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pcbi.1002823

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