GIMI: the past, the present and the future

A. Simpson, D. Power, D. Russell, M. Slaymaker, V. Bailey, C. Tromans, M. Brady, L. Tarassenko
2010 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences  
In keeping with the theme of this year's e-Science All Hands Meeting-past, present and future-we consider the motivation for, the current status of, and the future directions for, the technologies developed within the GIMI (Generic Infrastructure for Medical Informatics) project. This analysis provides insights into how some key problems in data federation may be addressed. GIMI was funded by the UK's Technology Strategy Board with the intention of developing a service-oriented framework to
more » ... litate the secure sharing and aggregation of heterogeneous data from disparate sources to support a range of healthcare applications. The project, which was led by the University of Oxford, involved collaboration from the
doi:10.1098/rsta.2010.0153 pmid:20643683 fatcat:2qej4mezazfgxn7jnv6id7ezpe