Using SNOMED CT with the UMLS - Medical Ontology Research
Using SNOMED CT with the UMLS - Medical Ontology Research
Using SNOMED CT with the UMLS - Medical Ontology Research
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Source transparency principle: It’s all <strong>the</strong>re!<br />
• There is no loss of information in <strong>the</strong> process of<br />
insertion of a source terminology. Every element of<br />
information contained in a source is included in <strong>the</strong><br />
release files, even though <strong>the</strong>y may be organized<br />
differently<br />
• Proof of source transparency in insertion of <strong>SNOMED</strong><br />
<strong>CT</strong>:<br />
◦ source-derived files extracted from <strong>the</strong> original <strong>SNOMED</strong> <strong>CT</strong><br />
files<br />
◦ <strong>UMLS</strong>-derived files extracted from <strong>the</strong> <strong>UMLS</strong> release files in <strong>the</strong><br />
same format as <strong>the</strong> source-derived files<br />
◦ row-by-row comparison proved that <strong>the</strong>y are identical