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If you are interested in the underlying details about loading like the LexEVS information model, the loader code itself, and the framework used to create new loaders then you'll want to read the LexEVS 6.0 x Loader Guide.

The fact that there are many source formats necessitates a variety of LexEVS loaders, each used on a specific incoming source format. When we speak of these generically, inputs to be loaded are typically called terminologies or coding schemes. Each terminology will have a specific source format. For example, if you load the terminology called the "NCI Thesaurus" you will download a file in one of several source formats namely a text file (TXT), a Web Ontology Language file (OWL), or a LexGrid XML file (XML).

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