Compression of XML physiological data streams to support neonatal intensive care unit Web services

Carolyn McGregor, Michael Purdy, Bruce Kneale

    Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference PaperConference Paper

    Abstract

    ![CDATA[The provision of neonatal intensive care is impacted by the lack of centralised monitoring systems within infant ICUs and the inability for neonatologists to view data from devices attached to premature babies born in regional and remote hospitals. While Web services provide a platform and language independent environment to transport numeric data streams, they must be encoded in XML, increasing the numeric data stream size considerably and thereby impacting its transmission time and the Web service performance. This research assesses compression performance on XML documents containing physiological data streams to investigate the conditions where Web service performance can be improved through the compression of XML numeric data streams. The compressors are applied to several XML physiological data streams output by a neonatal monitoring device. A key benefit of this research is its specific focus on numeric data streams within Web services.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe 2005 IEEE International Conference on e-Technology, e-Commerce, and e-Service: Proceedings: Lam Woo International Conference Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China, March 29-April 1, 2005
    PublisherIEEE Computer Society
    Number of pages4
    ISBN (Print)0769522742
    Publication statusPublished - 2005
    EventIEEE International Conference on e-Technology, e-Commerce, and e-Service -
    Duration: 1 Jan 2005 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceIEEE International Conference on e-Technology, e-Commerce, and e-Service
    Period1/01/05 → …

    Keywords

    • Web services
    • XML (document markup language)
    • data compression (computer science)
    • medical care
    • medical information systems
    • neonatal intensive care

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