ORC: An Ontology Reasoning Component for diabetes
Özgür Kafal, Michal P. Sindlar, Tom van der Weide, Kostas Stathis · Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent) · 2013
ORC is an ontology reasoning component that builds upon existing ontology modelling tools and techniques to support the integration and interpretation of multimodal medical information. We show how to embed ORC as a reasoning capability in reactive infrastructure agents that support intelligent agents operating in COMMODITY12, a personal health environment for diabetic patients and the medical professionals that treat them. The benefits of the approach are illustrated by showing how medical information for patient profiles at different sources can be included in COMMODITY12, thus extending the generality and potential of the resulting system. The approach also illustrates how ontologies can be combined with a variety of artificial intelligence tools and techniques to support e-Health activities on the Internet, thus contributing towards the vision of NetMedicine.