The Unified Medical Language System: Toward a collaborative approach for solving terminologic problems

被引：66

作者：

Campbell, KE ^{[1
]}

Oliver, DE

Shortliffe, EH

机构：

[1] Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Sect Med Informat, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[2] VA Palo Alto Hlth Care Syst, Palo Alto, CA USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION | 1998年 / 5卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1136/jamia.1998.0050012

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

The approach taken by the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS), in which disparate terminology systems are integrated, has allowed construction of an electronic thesaurus (the Metathesaurus) that avoids imposing any restrictions upon the content, structure, or semantics of the source terminologies. As such, the UMLS has served as a unifying paradigm by providing appropriate Links among equivalent entities that are used in different contexts or for different purposes. It accordingly provides a vehicle through which possibly orthogonal semantic models can co-exist within a single framework. This framework provides a model for the collaborative evolution of biomedical terminology and allows a synergistic relationship between the UMLS and its source terminology systems.

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