UMLS-Query: a perl module for querying the UMLS

The Metathesaurus from the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) is a widely used ontology resource, which is mostly used in a relational database form for terminology research, mapping and information indexing. A significant section of UMLS users use a MySQL installation of the metathesaurus and P...

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Published in:AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings p. 652
Main Authors: Shah, Nigam H, Shah, Nigam, Muse, Mark A, Musen, Mark
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 06.11.2008
Subjects:
Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Database Management Systems
Information Storage and Retrieval - methods
Natural Language Processing
Pattern Recognition, Automated - methods
Software
Subject Headings
Unified Medical Language System
United States
User-Computer Interface
United States
ISSN:1942-597X, 1559-4076
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Summary:The Metathesaurus from the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) is a widely used ontology resource, which is mostly used in a relational database form for terminology research, mapping and information indexing. A significant section of UMLS users use a MySQL installation of the metathesaurus and Perl programming language as their access mechanism. We describe UMLS-Query, a Perl module that provides functions for retrieving concept identifiers, mapping text-phrases to Metathesaurus concepts and graph traversal in the Metathesaurus stored in a MySQL database. UMLS-Query can be used to build applications for semi-automated sample annotation, terminology based browsers for tissue sample databases and for terminology research. We describe the results of such uses of UMLS-Query and present the module for others to use.
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ISSN:1942-597X
1559-4076