ORC: An Ontology Reasoning Component for diabetes

ORC is an ontology reasoning component that builds upon existing ontology modelling

tools and techniques to support the integration and interpretation of multimodal

medical information. We show how to embed ORC as a reasoning capability

in reactive infrastructure agents that support intelligent agents operating

in COMMODITY12, a personal health environment for diabetic patients and the

medical professionals that treat them. The benefits of the approach are illustrated

by showing how medical information for patient profiles at different sources can be

included in COMMODITY12, thus extending the generality and potential of the resulting

system. The approach also illustrates how ontologies can be combined with

a variety of artificial intelligence tools and techniques to support e-Health activities

on the Internet, thus contributing towards the vision of NetMedicine.