Abstract

Despite the growing interest and the challenges associated with collaboration in the process of development and adaptation of knowledge in medical practice on the web there is a lack of experience about the best method to use. This is especially challenging in the area of clinical trials, where healthcare professionals must manage, collaborate, and share a large amount of information from different sources and to work together to acquire the required knowledge in any case. The objective of this preliminary work is to propose a semantic and wiki platform on the web for the management of clinical trials, as an acceptable, feasible, and effective solution.

Keywords: Ontowiki; Wiki; Clinical trials; Semantic web

Abbreviations: OS: Operating System; LDW: Linked Data Wrapper