Terms and Conditions for Use of the UMLS
Semantic Network
1. Introduction
The following Terms and Conditions apply for use of the UMLS
Semantic Network. Using the UMLS Semantic Network indicates your acceptance of
the following Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions apply to all the
UMLS Semantic Network files, independent of format and method of acquisition.
2. The UMLS
Semantic Network
The
3.
Availability
The UMLS
Semantic Network is available to all requesters, both within and outside the
4. Use of
the UMLS Semantic Network
a.
Redistributions of the UMLS Semantic Network in source or binary form must
include this list of conditions in the documentation and/or other materials
provided with the distribution.
b. In any
publication or distribution of all or any portion of the UMLS Semantic Network
(1) you must attribute the source of the data as the UMLS Semantic Network with
the release number and date; (2) you must state any modifications made to the UMLS
Semantic Network along with a complete description of the modifications, which
may be in the form of patch files.
c. You shall
not assert any proprietary rights to any portion of the UMLS Semantic Network,
nor represent the UMLS Semantic Network or any part thereof to anyone as other
than a United States Government product.
d. The name
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of
Health, National Library of Medicine,
e. Neither
the United States Government, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, Lister Hill
National Center for Biomedical Communications, nor any of its agencies, contractors,
subcontractors or employees of the United States Government make any
warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to the UMLS Semantic Network,
and, furthermore, assume no liability for any party's use, or the results of
such use, of any part of the network.
These terms
and conditions are in effect as long as the user retains any part of the UMLS
Semantic Network.