ARIANE: A Mediation Framework with Health Information Sources

OBJECTIVES to design and implement mediators dedicated to access heterogeneous information sources in a homogeneous way. METHOD processes translate a query into the syntax of a target source built thanks to the UMLS knowledge sources and a catalog of information sources. Communication services connect users with information sources at the point they deliver results. RESULTS examples show the benefits healthcare professionals may found in searching information in this way. DISCUSSION improvements on the current developments may be done according to the current architecture of ARIANE. Specially, the user interface should be easier to use than the present one.