Lightweight distributed XML-based integration of translational data

Franklin, Joshua D and Detwiler, Landon T and Brinkley, James F (2009) Lightweight distributed XML-based integration of translational data. In Proceedings, Annual Symposium of the American Medical Informatics Association, pages 847, San Fransisco, CA.

Abstract

A distributed XQuery engine sends sub queries to separate XML data sources, and then combines the results into a single XML composite result. The system is lightweight in that it is very simple to add a new data source. An illustrative example is given for integrating data from an electronic data capture (EDC) system and a separate specimen management system.