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Quick Start

Need help getting started?

Not to worry. The LexGrid/LexBIG/EVS world is a big place and can be an interesting experience for new users.

Following are some links to help assist with navigation. And, of course, if you don't find what you need, please feel free to submit questions, comments, or concerns using our Discussion Forums. Pages are continuously being enhanced and improved in order to provide a better experience.

Start from a Goal or Task

What would you like to do?

• Learn more about LexEVS
• Browse a vocabulary that is already published
  *Integrate a vocabulary into an application or program
  • Please review the LexEVS 5.0 Programmer's Guide
    • Specifically view the following sections:
      • Interfaces
      • Search Paradigm
      • Distributed LexBig API Examples of Use
      • Analytical Grid Service Code Examples
  • Please see the following Code examples
  • Please review the JavaDocs
  • For existing EVS programmers, please visit the LexEVS 5.0 Migration Guide

    *Publish a vocabulary for access by others

  • Utilize the Installation Outline
    • Specifically review the following sections:
      • Local Node Installation
      • Web-Enabled Node Installation
      • Web-Enabled Applications and Extensions
    • Please review the LexEVS 5.x Installation Guide
  • For supported vocabulary formats (OWL, UMLs, OBO, etc):
    • Please review the LexEVS 5.x Administration Guide
    • Within the Admin guide please see the section on Vocabulary Administration in LexEVS
  • For unsupported formats:
    • Please 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
  • Please see the LexEVS 5.0 Administration Guide
  • To access the deployment files: LexEVS 5.0 Components
• Application Programmer
  • We recommend viewing the following:
    • LexEVS 5.0 Programmer's Guide
    • LexEVS 5.x Installation Guide
    • To access the deployment files: LexEVS 5.0 Components
    • For existing EVS programmers, LexEVS 5.0 Migration Guide
• Vocabulary User
  • For examples of querying vocabulary please see Example LexEVS Queries within the LexEVS 5.0 Programmer's Guide
  • Please visit the NCI Term Browser, NCI Thesaurus Browser and/or NCI Metathesaurus Browser
  • Please review the following published paper: LexGrid: A Framework for Representing, Storing, and Querying Biomedical Terminologies from Simple to Sublime
  • Please 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 please 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 please see the section on UMLS Mapping
• Open Biomedical Ontologies (OBO)
  • Vocabulary Administration in LexEVS
  • Within the LexEVS 5.0 Design and Architecture Guide please see the section on OBO Mapping
• Web Ontology Lanaguage (OWL)
  • Vocabulary Administration in LexEVS
  • Within the LexEVS 5.0 Design and Architecture Guide please see the section on OWL mapping

External Links to Communities

• Health Level 7 (HL7)
• Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)]]
• Open Biomedical Ontologies (OBO)]]
• W3C OWL Web Ontology Language