04/06/2009
UMLS® KNOWLEDGE SOURCES
April Release
2009AA
DOCUMENTATION
- Section 0: Preface
- 0.1 Purpose of This Documentation
- 0.2 Release Schedule
- 0.3 Audience
- 0.4 How to Use This Documentation
- 0.5 What's New for This Version of the UMLS
- Section 1: Introduction to the UMLS
- 1.1 Purpose of the UMLS
- 1.2 Conditions of Use of the UMLS
- 1.3 Brief Description of the UMLS Knowledge Sources and Associated Tools
- 1.4 Getting Started
- 1.5 Sources of Additional Information about the UMLS
- Section 2: Metathesaurus
- 2.0 Introduction
- 2.1 Source Vocabularies
- 2.2 Concepts, Concept Names, and Their Identifiers
- 2.3 Relationships and Relationship Identifiers
- 2.4 Attributes and Attribute Identifiers
- 2.5 Data About the Metathesaurus
- 2.6 Concept Name Indexes
- 2.7 File Formats - Metathesaurus Rich Release Format (RRF) and Original Release Format (ORF)
- 2.8 Character Sets
- Section 3: Semantic Network
- 3.0 Introduction
- 3.1 Overview
- 3.2 Semantic Network ASCII Relational Format
- 3.3 Semantic Network ASCII Unit Record Format
- 3.4 Hierarchies for Semantic Types and Relations in the Semantic Network
- Section 4: SPECIALIST Lexicon and Lexical Tools
- Section 5: Using the UMLS Knowledge Source Server (UMLSKS) via the Internet
- 5.0 Background
- 5.1 Downloading UMLS Knowledge Sources
- 5.2 System Architecture
- 5.3 Querying the UMLSKS
- 5.4 Gaining Access to the UMLSKS
- 5.5 UMLSKS Documentation
- Section 6: MetamorphoSys - the UMLS Installation and Customization Program
- 6.0 Introduction
- 6.1 MetamorphoSys Requirements
- 6.2 Starting MetamorphoSys
- 6.3 Using MetamorphoSys
- 6.4 Select Default Subset
- 6.5 Option Tabs
- 6.6 File Menu
- 6.7 Edit Menu
- 6.8 Options (for Advanced Users)
- 6.9 Reset Menu
- 6.10 Done; Begin Subset
- 6.11 RRF Browser
- 6.12 MRCXT Builder
- 6.13 API Documentation
- 6.14 Getting Help
- 6.15 Acknowledgments
- Section 7: UMLS DVD
- 7.0 Introduction
- 7.1 Hardware and Software Requirements
- 7.2 Installing from the DVD
- Appendix A. License for Use of the UMLS Metathesaurus
- A.1 Appendix to the License Agreement for Use of the UMLS Metathesaurus
- A.2 SNOMED CT® Affiliate Licence Agreement
- Appendix B. Metathesaurus Metadata
- B.1 Columns and Data Elements
- B.1.1 Columns and Data Elements in Rich Release Format (RRF)
- B.1.2 Columns and Data Elements in Original Release Format (ORF)
- B.2 Attribute Names
- B.3 Abbreviations Used in Data Elements
- B.4 Source Vocabularies
- B.5 Source and Term Type Default Order of Precedence and Suppressibility
- B.6 Release Metadata
- Documentation Index