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Requirements for medical modeling languages.

A A van der Maas1, A H ter Hofstede, A J ten Hoopen

  • 1University of Nijmegen, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Arnoud@Roccare.nl

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
|March 7, 2001
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This study introduces six key requirements for developing effective domain-specific modeling languages in medical informatics. These criteria aid in evaluating existing languages and guiding the creation of new, specialized tools.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Computer Science
  • Software Engineering

Background:

  • Developing tailored domain-specific modeling languages is crucial in medical informatics.
  • Guidance is needed for the creation and evaluation of these specialized languages.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a set of requirements for domain-specific modeling languages.
  • To demonstrate the application of these requirements in analyzing and comparing existing languages.

Main Methods:

  • Requirements derived from practical experience in general and medical informatics.
  • Analysis of information modeling techniques informed the requirements.
  • Requirements designed for orthogonality, allowing independent violation.

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Main Results:

  • Six key requirements identified: formal (syntax and semantics), conceptual, expressive, comprehensible, suitable, and executable.
  • Requirements illustrated using Arden Syntax medical logic modules and other modeling languages.
  • Analysis of Unified Modeling Language activity diagrams, workflow task structures, and Petri nets.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed requirements provide a framework for evaluating existing domain-specific languages.
  • These requirements can guide the development of new, effective domain-specific modeling languages.
  • Tradeoffs in language design are made explicit through requirement application.