Cochella C, Lauman J R, Goede P, Harnsberger H R, Katzman G L
Department of Radiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84121, USA.
J Digit Imaging. 2001 Jun;14(2 Suppl 1):187-9. doi: 10.1007/BF03190333.
It is challenging to remotely share generic medical case information without an agreed upon definition of a medical digital teaching file (DTF). By utilizing an application of the extensible markup language (XML) called web-distributed data exchange (WDDX) along with an agreed upon WDDX structure, it is technically easy to share or syndicate medical case DTFs across computing environments that use different information models and computer languages. Thus, this easily implemented technology offers us an immediately available means to share and increase the value of scientific knowledge.