An Ontology and Data Converter from RDF to the i2b2 Data Model

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2022 May 25:294:372-376. doi: 10.3233/SHTI220477.

Abstract

In a national effort aiming at cross-hospitals data interoperability, the Swiss Personalized Health Network elected RDF as preferred data and meta-data representation format. Yet, most clinical research software solutions are not designed to interact with RDF databases. We present a modular Python toolkit allowing easy conversion from RDF graphs to i2b2, adaptable to other common data models (CDM) with reasonable efforts. The tool was designed with feedback from clinicians in both oncology and laboratory research.

Keywords: RDF; SPHN; i2b2; interoperability; semantic web.

MeSH terms

  • Databases, Factual
  • Software*