- From: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
- Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:58:19 -0400
- To: Michael Brunnbauer <brunni@netestate.de>
- CC: semantic-web <semantic-web@w3.org>, public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org
On 06/07/2013 01:40 PM, Michael Brunnbauer wrote: > Not a single word about privacy and dangers in the position statement ? > Strange... Right. Privacy is very important, but orthogonal: privacy requirements would apply to *any* information representation language. The intent was to keep the Yosemite Manifesto very simple and focused. David > > Regards, > > Michael Brunnbauer > > On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 01:03:17PM -0400, David Booth wrote: >> FYI, there is an excellent article on SemanticWeb.com about the workshop >> held this week at the SemTech conference, on "RDF as a Universal >> Healthcare Exchange Language", which culminated in a position statement >> called the "Yosemite Manifesto": >> http://goo.gl/eibDL >> >> Here is the manifesto itself: >> http://goo.gl/mBUrZ >> [[ >> Yosemite Manifesto on RDF as a Universal Healthcare Exchange Language >> >> 1. RDF is the best available candidate for a universal healthcare >> exchange language. >> >> 2. Electronic healthcare information should be exchanged in a format >> that either: (a) is an RDF format directly; or (b) has a standard >> mapping to RDF. >> >> 3. Existing standard healthcare vocabularies, data models and exchange >> languages should be leveraged by defining standard mappings to RDF, and >> any new standards should have RDF representations. >> >> 4. Government agencies should mandate or incentivize the use of RDF as a >> universal healthcare exchange language. >> >> 5. Exchanged healthcare information should be self-describing, using >> Linked Data principles, so that each concept URI is de-referenceable to >> its free and open definition. >> ]] >> >> Anyone who wants may add their name to the list of signatories: >> http://goo.gl/mBUrZ >> (Please do!) And please pass it on, tweet it, google+ it, FaceBook it, >> etc. With enough visibility, maybe we can get the right attention to >> make this happen and make a difference in healthcare! >> >> David Booth >
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