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Start from a Goal or Task

What Would You Like to Do

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• Learn more about LexEVS
• Browse a vocabulary that is already published
• Integrate a vocabulary into an application or program
  • Review the following sections of the LexEVS 5.0 Programmer's Guide
    • Interfaces
    • Search Paradigm
    • Distributed LexBig API Examples of Use
    • Analytical Grid Service Code Examples
  • See the following Code examples
  • Review the JavaDocs
  • For existing EVS programmers, visit the LexEVS 5.x Migration Guide
• Publish a vocabulary for access by others
  • Refer to the following sections of the LexEVS 5.0 Installation Outline
    • Local Node Installation
    • Web-Enabled Node Installation
    • Web-Enabled Applications and Extensions
    • Review the LexEVS 5.x Installation Guide
  • For supported vocabulary formats (OWL, UMLs, OBO, etc):
    • Review the LexEVS 5.x Administration Guide
    • Within the Admin guide see the section on Vocabulary Administration in LexEVS
  • For unsupported formats: Visit the LexGrid model and XML schema/loader (for transform) - LexGrid Model and Schema

Start from Your Role

How Will You Be Working With LexEVS?

• System Administrator
  • See the LexEVS 5.x Administration Guide
  • To access the deployment files navigate to LexEVS 5.0 Components
• Application Programmer
  • Viewing the following is recommended:
    • LexEVS 5.0 Programmer's Guide
    • LexEVS 5.x Installation Guide
    • Deployment files: LexEVS 5.0 Components
    • For existing EVS programmers, LexEVS 5.x Migration Guide
• Vocabulary User
  • For examples of querying vocabulary see the example LexEVS Queries in the Example LexEVS Queries section of the LexEVS 5.0 Programmer's Guide
  • Visit any or all of the browsers: NCI Term Browser, NCI Thesaurus Browser and the NCI Metathesaurus Browser
  • Review the following published paper: LexGrid: A Framework for Representing, Storing, and Querying Biomedical Terminologies from Simple to Sublime
  • Review the following educational paper: Desiderata for Controlled Medical Vocabularies in the Twenty-First Century

Start from a Community of Interest

What Content or Specifications Are of Interest to You?

• Health Level 7 (HL7)
  • Vocabulary Administration in LexEVS
  • Within the LexEVS 5.0 Design and Architecture Guide see the section on HL7 RIM Mapping
  • Common Terminology Services 2 (CTS2)
• Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)
  • Vocabulary Administration in LexEVS
  • Within the LexEVS 5.0 Design and Architecture Guide see the section on UMLS Mapping
• Open Biomedical Ontologies (OBO)
  • Vocabulary Administration in LexEVS
  • Within the LexEVS 5.0 Design and Architecture Guide see the section on OBO Mapping
• Web Ontology Lanaguage (OWL)
  • Vocabulary Administration in LexEVS
  • Within the LexEVS 5.0 Design and Architecture Guide see the section on OWL mapping

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