A Granular Ontology Model for Maternal and Child Health Information System

Table 1

Sources for requirement gathering.

Reference	Concepts of MCHIS
[24]	(i) Scheduling
	(ii) Diagnostics including laboratory tests
	(iii) Medication management
[25, 26]	(i) Outputs: in the form of information that can form the basis for evidence-based decision making. This highlights the importance of patient’s diagnostic/lab reports
	(ii) Indicators: such as socioeconomic, environmental, behavioral, and demographic determinants of health; data on maternal attitudes and experiences before, during, and shortly after pregnancy; and also, the indicators that determine health status such as rates of mortality and morbidity
[27, 28]	(i) Information access: users are able to view maternity information through a website.