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NCI Thesaurus

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This section describes the steps to download and install a full version of the NCI Thesaurus for the LexEVS Service.

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Action

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Using a web or ftp client go to the URL: ftp://ftp1.nci.nih.gov/pub/cacore/EVS/
screenshot of FTP directory

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Select the version of NCI Thesaurus OWL you wish to download. Save the file to a directory on your machine.

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Extract the OWL file from the zip download and save in a directory on your machine. This directory will be referred to as NCI_THESAURUS_DIRECTORY

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Using the LexEVS utilities load the NCI Thesaurus:

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cd {LEXEVS_HOME}/admin

For Windows installation use the following command:

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LoadOWL.bat –in "file:///{NCI_THESAURUS_DIRECTORY}/Thesaurus_10.10d.owl

For Linux installation use the following command:

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LoadOWL.sh –in "file:///{NCI_THESAURUS_DIRECTORY}/Thesaurus_10.10d.owl

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[LexBIG] Processing TOP Node... Retired_Kind
[LexBIG] Clearing target of NCI_Thesaurus...
[LexBIG] Writing NCI_Thesaurus to target...
[LexBIG] Finished loading DB - loading transitive expansion table
[LexBIG] ComputeTransitive - Processing Anatomic_Structure_Has_Location
[LexBIG] ComputeTransitive - Processing Anatomic_Structure_is_Physical_Part_of
[LexBIG] ComputeTransitive - Processing Biological_Process_Has_Initiator_Process
[LexBIG] ComputeTransitive - Processing Biological_Process_Has_Result_Biological_Process
[LexBIG] ComputeTransitive - Processing Biological_Process_Is_Part_of_Process
[LexBIG] ComputeTransitive - Processing Conceptual_Part_Of
[LexBIG] ComputeTransitive - Processing Disease_Excludes_Finding
[LexBIG] ComputeTransitive - Processing Disease_Has_Associated_Disease
[LexBIG] ComputeTransitive - Processing Disease_Has_Finding
[LexBIG] ComputeTransitive - Processing Disease_May_Have_Associated_Disease
[LexBIG] ComputeTransitive - Processing Disease_May_Have_Finding
[LexBIG] ComputeTransitive - Processing Gene_Product_Has_Biochemical_Function
[LexBIG] ComputeTransitive - Processing Gene_Product_Has_Chemical_Classification
[LexBIG] ComputeTransitive - Processing Gene_Product_is_Physical_Part_of
[LexBIG] ComputeTransitive - Processing hasSubtype
[LexBIG] Finished building transitive expansion - building index
[LexBIG] Getting a results from sql (a page if using mysql)
[LexBIG] Indexed 0 concepts.
[LexBIG] Indexed 5000 concepts.
[LexBIG] Indexed 10000 concepts.
[LexBIG] Indexed 15000 concepts.
[LexBIG] Indexed 20000 concepts.
[LexBIG] Indexed 25000 concepts.
[LexBIG] Indexed 30000 concepts.
[LexBIG] Indexed 35000 concepts.
[LexBIG] Indexed 40000 concepts.
[LexBIG] Indexed 45000 concepts.
[LexBIG] Indexed 46000 concepts.
[LexBIG] Getting a results from sql (a page if using mysql)
[LexBIG] Closing Indexes Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:44:22
[LexBIG] Finished indexing

NCI Metathesaurus

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Loading the Metathesaurus

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Step

Action

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Using a web or ftp client go to the URL: ftp://ftp1.nci.nih.gov/pub/cacore/EVS/
screenshot of FTP directory

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Select the version of NCI Metathesaurus RRF you wish to download. Save the file to a directory on your machine.

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Extract the RRF files from the zip download and save in a directory on your machine. This directory will be referred to as NCI_METATHESAURUS_DIRECTORY.

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RELASE_INFO.RRF is required to be present for the load utility to work.

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Using the LexEVS utilities load the NCI Thesaurus:

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{LEXEVS_HOME}/admin

For Windows installation use the following command:

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LoadMetaBatch.bat –in "file:///{NCI_METATHESAURUS_DIRECTORY}/"

For Linux installation use the following command:

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LoadMetaBatch.sh –in "file:///{NCI_THESAURUS_DIRECTORY}/"

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