Representing the UMLS as an Object-oriented Database: Modeling Issues and Advantages

AUTOR(ES)

Gu, Huanying

FONTE

American Medical Informatics Association

RESUMO

Objective: The Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) combines many well-established authoritative medical informatics terminologies in one knowledge representation system. Such a resource is very valuable to the health care community and industry. However, the UMLS is very large and complex and poses serious comprehension problems for users and maintenance personnel. The authors present a representation to support the user's comprehension and navigation of the UMLS.

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