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Loading from UMLS RRF (Rich Resource Format) files
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) regularly releases the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) as a set of terminologies in a large set of files referred to as the UMLS Metathesaurus. LexEVS can load the entire set or individual files from this file set using the LexEVS UMLS Batch loader.
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1 | The UML Metathesaurus is controlled by a license from the NLM. You may obtain a free license of the UMLS Metathesaurus on the NLM license site. | |||||
2 | Download and install the UMLS Metathesaurus: | |||||
3 | Subset the desired terminology (recommended):
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4 | Set command line options in the loading script:
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5 | Find the SAB (RSAB) in the MRSAB.RRF file: | |||||
6 | Load the Terminology from the command line referencing the SAB.
The file path is pointing to the directory that contains all of the UMLS RRF files. For UMLS there is not a single source format file. | |||||
7 | Monitor output (optional):
Sample output of an early load step is as follows: |
Restarting an RRF Load
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Killed processes cannot be restarted. The load can recover from an application error, but not from any outside activity that stops the process. |
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