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Applied Topicmapping. Derek Hoy Research Fellow School of Nursing and Community Health Glasgow Caledonian University d.hoy@gcal.ac.uk. Knowledge base example. Healthcare Associated Infections for the NHS in Scotland (Property & Estates). Design problem. many, diverse sources
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Applied Topicmapping Derek Hoy Research Fellow School of Nursing and Community Health Glasgow Caledonian University d.hoy@gcal.ac.uk
Knowledge base example • Healthcare Associated Infections • for the NHS in Scotland (Property & Estates)
Design problem • many, diverse sources • variable quality
Meeting the requirement • user roles • levels of authority in sources • navigating the knowledge
soft facilities management clinical service managers waste mgt cleaning patients visitors clinical staff labs, etc strategic management hard facilities management service planning politicians estates engineering design building User roles
3 0 codes of practice, regulations, policy manuals… 1 guidelines, best practice … 2 peer-reviewed journals … unfiltered content … Quality of sources
Top level organisers content maps sources
Example Domain Topic Map This is an early draft based on a small initial scan of source documents.
procedure device setting handhygiene cleaningagent sterilisation home … training gloves … … uses equipment done in setting Ontology topic map type instances
topic map classes application software + web page templates instances player player has task task has theme task theme pefex nes 1 2 guidance … training … • Tools: • Protégé/TMTab editor • Tomcat • TM4J engine • Velocity … user topic map web server
demo • Protégé editor • HAI Knowledge Base • SEHD IM&T Strategy
Lessons learnt: ontologies • large, ‘freeform’ concept map • suits editor (eg Protégé) • change management? • small, typed • large number of instances • constraints required • easier for user editing • application specific v ‘pure’
Lessons learnt: techie stuff • constraints • scope • merging
Next steps • application as user interface for LOR?(Spoken Word project) • TopicMaps + Wiki • TopiCat - managing multiple topic map applications