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Announcing the availability of LexEVS 5.0

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on

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May

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14,

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2009

Overview

LexEVS 5.0

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represents

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the

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next

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generation

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of

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NCI

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Enterprise

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Vocabulary

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Services.

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In

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this

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release,

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the

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LexBIG

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Java

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API

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and

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LexGrid

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model

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become

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the

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strategic

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EVS

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interfaces,

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replacing

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the

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legacy

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EVS

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API

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and

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the

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EVS

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3.2

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model.

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Highlights

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of

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this

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release:

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  • LexEVS

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  • 5.0

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  • is

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  • the

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  • first

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  • release

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  • to

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  • completely

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  • shift

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  • from

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  • the

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  • EVS

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  • Model

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  • and

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  • EVS

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  • API

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  • to

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  • LexBIG

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  • API

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  • (LexEVS)and

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  • LexGrid

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  • Model.

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  • LexEVS

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  • 5.0

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  • introduces

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  • LexGrid-based

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  • QBE

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  • services

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  • Consistent

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  • naming

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  • and

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  • release

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  • numbers

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  • for

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  • API

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  • and

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  • services.

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  • Unified

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  • OWL

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  • loader

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  • (Migration

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  • from

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  • the

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  • NCI

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  • OWL

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  • loader

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  • and

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  • a

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  • generic

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  • OWL

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  • loader

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  • to

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  • a

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  • single

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  • loader)

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  • The

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  • 2008/01

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  • model

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  • is

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  • updated

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  • to

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  • the

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  • 2009/01

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  • LexGrid

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  • Model

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Additional

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LexEVS

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5.0

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features

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  • Optimized

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  • query

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  • execution

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  • (ability

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  • to

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  • place

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  • an

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  • arbitrary

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  • number

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  • of

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  • restrictions

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  • on

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  • a

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  • search

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  • request,

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  • which

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  • are

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  • automatically

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  • combined

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  • by

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  • the

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  • runtime

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  • when

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  • on

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  • node

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  • or

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  • graph

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  • resolution).

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  • Improved

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  • graph

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  • navigation

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  • (navigation

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  • of

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  • arbitrary

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  • relationships

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  • within

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  • a

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  • specific

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  • distance,

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  • uni

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  • or

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  • bi-directional

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  • navigation,

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  • ability

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  • to

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  • place

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  • multiple

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  • search

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  • restrictions

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  • based

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  • on

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  • association

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  • name

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  • or

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  • qualifier)

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  • Compared

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  • to

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  • the

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  • legacy

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  • EVS

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  • model,

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  • the

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  • LexGrid

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  • model

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  • is

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  • capable

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  • of

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  • representing

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  • additional

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  • ontology

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  • sources

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  • and/or

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  • semantics

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  • for

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  • some

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  • sources.

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  • Improved

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  • concept

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  • search

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  • (support

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  • of

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  • additional

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  • match

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  • algorithms,

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  • ability

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  • to

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  • place

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  • multiple

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  • search

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  • restrictions

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  • based

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  • on

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  • properties

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  • by

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  • type,

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  • name,

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  • value,

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  • or

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  • qualifier).

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  • LexEVS

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  • now

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  • offers

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  • a

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  • LexEVS

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  • data

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  • grid

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  • service

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  • in

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  • addition

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  • to

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  • the

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  • analytical

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  • grid

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  • service

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For

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a

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detailed

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description

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of

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the

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features

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in

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this

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release,

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please

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see

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the

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LexEVS

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5.0

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Release

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Notes

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Additional details, documentation, and API usage instructions for LexEVS 5.0 can be found at the LexEVS 5.0 Vocabulary Knowledge Center Page.

Warning
titleImportant Announcement

The caCORE 3.x APIs will be decommissioned with the LexEVS 5.0 release. We highly recommend that users complete migration to either LexEVS 5.0 or LexEVS 4.2.1 by the end of June 2009.

All documentation and instructions for the previous release of LexEVS 4.2.1 can be found on the LexEVS 4.2.1 Knowledge Center Page.

Feel free to visit the EVS GForge site to submit Feature Requests.

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