The Bari Manifesto : An interoperability framework for essential biodiversity variables

Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBV) are fundamental variables that can be used for assessing biodiversity change over time, for determining adherence to biodiversity policy, for monitoring progress towards sustainable development goals, and for tracking biodiversity responses to disturbances and management interventions. Data from observations or models that provide measured or estimated EBV values, which we refer to as EBV data products, can help to capture the above processes and trends and can serve as a coherent framework for documenting trends in biodiversity. Using primary biodiversity records and other raw data as sources to produce EBV data products depends on cooperation and interoperability among multiple stakeholders, including those collecting and mobilising data for EBVs and those producing, publishing and preserving EBV data products. Here, we encapsulate ten principles for the current best practice in EBV-focused biodiversity informatics as 'The Bari Manifesto', serving as implementation guidelines for data and research infrastructure providers to support the emerging EBV operational framework based on trans-national and cross-infrastructure scientific workflows. The principles provide guidance on how to contribute towards the production of EBV data products that are globally oriented, while remaining appropriate to the producer's own mission, vision and goals. These ten principles cover: data management planning; data structure; metadata; services; data quality; workflows; provenance; ontologies/vocabularies; data preservation; and accessibility. For each principle, desired outcomes and goals have been formulated. Some specific actions related to fulfilling the Bari Manifesto principles are highlighted in the context of each of four groups of organizations contributing to enabling data interoperability - data standards bodies, research data infrastructures, the pertinent research communities, and funders. The Bari Manifesto provides a roadmap enabling support for routine generation of EBV data products, and increases the likelihood of success for a global EBV framework.Peer reviewe

Application of the HL7 standard as a universal tool for the exchange of clinical information in the domain of public health. Case study: vector-borne diseases - Dengue

En Colombia la salud requiere soluciones tecnológicas estandarizadas que permitan inter operar entre ellas. Un área de la salud que se puede tomar como ejemplo es el de la salud pública, para la cual se formuló e institucionalizó el Sistema de Vigilancia en Salud Pública. El SIVIGILA se encarga de trazar las directrices que permiten la recolección de los eventos que son de interés para la salud pública; una vez recolectada y procesada esta información, es posible monitorear la propagación de eventos y a su vez, sirve como herramienta en la planificación de la salud y en la definición de medidas para la de prevención y control de enfermedades. En este trabajo de investigación se hace una propuesta de arquitectura de software que aplica el estándar HL7 al SIVIGILA y toma como caso de estudio las enfermedades de transmisión por vectores la cual permite a otros sistemas de información que cumplan con el estándar consumir los servicios que se publican para la gestión de la salud públicaINTRODUCCIÓN 15 1. MARCO TEORICO 20 1.1 ESTADO DEL ARTE 20 1.2 MODELO DE INFORMACIÓN 33 1.2.1 Sub-Área: Escenarios (Act) 34 1.2.2 Sub-Área: Entidades (Entity) 37 1.2.3 Sub-Área: Roles (Role) 38 1.3 VOCABULARIO 39 1.3.1 Conceptos de Dominio HL7 40 1.3.2 Sistema de Codificación HL7 41 1.4 TIPOS DE DATOS 43 1.5 TIPOS DE ELEMENTOS COMUNES DE MENSAJES (CMET) 47 1.6 ESPECIFICACIÓN DE LA IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE TECNOLOGÍA 48 1.7 COMPONENTES DE MENSAJES HL7 50 1.7.1 Especificación de navegación entre mensajes 50 1.7.2 Storyboard 51 1.7.3 Modelo de Información de Mensajes del Dominio (D-MIM) 51 1.8 DOMINIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA 58 1.8.1 Salud Pública 58 1.8.2 Diccionario de Términos 61 1.8.3 Sistema de Vigilancia en Salud Pública 63 1.9 DEFINICIÓN DEL DOMINIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA – HL7 65 1.9.1 R-MIM COCT RM840000_E PublicHealthEntity universal 66 1.9.2 R-MIM COCT RM840000UV A_PublicHealthStatement universal 77 2. MÉTODO DE INVESTIGACIÓN 87 2.1 RELACIÓN DE SUS CARACTERÍSTICAS CON LAS NECESIDADES DEL PROYECTO 87 2.2 CIRCUNSTANCIAS QUE RODEAN LA APLICACIÓN DEL MÉTODO. 87 2.3 SECUENCIA DESCRIPTIVA DE PASOS QUE IRÁN DÁNDOSE PARA APLICAR EL MÉTODO 88 2.4 DISEÑO DE INSTRUMENTOS QUE INTEGRAN LA METODOLOGÍA 90 2.5 TÉCNICA PARA LA RECOLECCIÓN DE DATOS 90 2.6 ANTICIPACIÓN DE CÓMO SE EFECTUARÁ EL ANÁLISIS DE FORMA CONGRUENTE CON EL MÉTODO SELECCIONADO 90 2.7 WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE 91 3. RESULTADOS DE LA INVESTIGACIÓN 92 3.1 DESCRIPCIÓN DEL DOCUEMNTO DE ARQUITECTURA 92 3.1.1 Propósito 92 3.2 GENERALIDADES DEL PROYECTO DE SOFTWARE 92 3.2.1 Descripción del Problema 92 3.2.2 Descripción del Sistema 93 3.2.3 Stakeholders 93 3.3 MOTIVADORES DE NEGOCIO 97 3.3.1 Motivadores 97 3.3.2 Restricciones 98 3.4 CONTEXTO DEL NEGOCIO 100 3.4.1 Procesos de Negocio 100 3.4.2 Modelo de Casos de Uso 103 3.4.3 Arquitectura de Referencia 103 3.5 REQUERIMIENTOS DE CALIDAD 105 3.5.1 Atributos de calidad 105 3.5.2 Escenarios de Calidad 106 3.5.2.3 Performance 108 3.5.3 Tácticas de Arquitectura 111 3.6 PUNTOS DE VISTA DE ARQUITECTURA 114 3.6.1 Punto de Vista Funcional 114 3.6.2 Punto de Vista de Despliegue 118 3.6.3 Punto de Vista de Información 120 3.6.4 Punto de Vista de Desarrollo 124 3.7 EVALUACIÓN Y EXPERIMENTACIÓN 126 3.7.1 Evaluación 126 3.7.2 Experimentación 127 4. CONCLUSIONES 129 5. RECOMENDACIONES Y TRABAJOS FUTUROS 131 BIBLIOGRAFÍA 132MaestríaIn Colombia, health requires standardized technological solutions that allow interaction between them. One area of ​​health that can be taken as an example is that of public health, for which the Public Health Surveillance System was formulated and institutionalized. SIVIGILA is in charge of drawing up the guidelines that allow the collection of events that are of interest to public health; Once this information has been collected and processed, it is possible to monitor the spread of events and in turn, it serves as a tool in health planning and in defining measures for disease prevention and control. In this research work, a software architecture proposal is made that applies the HL7 standard to SIVIGILA and takes vector-borne diseases as a case study, which allows other information systems that comply with the standard to consume the services that are published for public health managemen

Interoperability optimisation for shared equity housing model development and FTB homeownership in the UK

Purpose – This paper assessed financial interoperability implications associated with First Time Buyers (FTB) in housing development and the role of the Community Land Trust Shared Equity Housing Model (CLT SEHM). Design/Methodology/Approach – The Interoperability optimisation process adopted by this study involved triangulated findings from literature, semi-structured interviews and questionnaire surveys. The text analysis of interview responses was actualised with Nvivo 9.0. This process informed the validation of themes through a questionnaire survey (purposive sampling), of which findings were subsequently analysed with statistical methods including binary logistic regression to validate interoperability rational and implications. Findings – The study identified positive financial interoperability outcomes for a successful synergy between the CLT SEHM and FTBs. From the analysis, there were sustainable results for average income multiple and property transfer/resale value for the CLT SEHM compared to conventional models. However, for the most at risk FTB groups, recommendations included increased concessions for CLT SEHM developments to incentivise bespoke rent purchase hybrid schemes. Originality/value – This research provided a good starting point for achieving improved level of efficiency necessary for the introduction of emerging/renewed alternative housing models into mainstream operational capabilities in housing and local development policies. Keywords – UK Housing Development, First Time Buyers (FTB), Interoperability, Community Land Trust, Shared Equity Housing Model, Binary Logistic Regression mode

Interoperability Gap Challenges for Learning Object Repositories & Learning Management Systems

An interoperability gap exists between Learning Management Systems (LMSs) and Learning Object Repositories (LORs). Learning Objects (LOs) and the associated Learning Object Metadata (LOM) that is stored within LORs adhere to a variety of LOM standards. A common LOM standard found in LORs is the Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) Content Aggregation Model (CAM). In contrast, LMSs are independent computer systems that manage and deliver course content to students via a web interface. This research addressed three important issues related to the interoperability gap: (a) a lack of a metadata standard that defined the format of how student assessment data should be communicated from LMSs to LORs, (b) a lack of an architectural standard for the movement of data from LMSs to LORs, and (c) a lack of middleware that facilitated the movement of the student assessment data from the LMSs to LORs. This research achieved the following objectives: (a) the SCORM CAM LOM standard was extended to facilitate the storage of student assessment data, (b) Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) was identified as the best architecture to resolve the interoperability gap between LMSs and LORs, (c) a panel of Computer Information Systems (CIS) experts participated in a five-stage, web-based, anonymous Delphi process that approved and ranked 28 functional requirements for a proposed middleware application, and (d) the functional requirements were verified via the development of a prototype that transferred student assessment data from a LMSs into the LOM of LOs that are stored within a LOR. In conclusion, the research demonstrated that there are three acceptable approaches to extending the SCORM LOM standard: (a) new metadata elements, (b) new vocabulary values, and (c) the reference of an internal or external XML file using a location element. The main accomplishments of the research were the gathering of SOA functional requirements and the development of a prototype that provided an approach for the resolution of the interoperability gap that exists between LMSs and LORs