This is the top level page for a VKC documentation project on LexEVS loaders. This page and all child pages will move to the LexEVS space once it is created.
LexEVS provides both a GUI and a command line interface to load terminologies. While the GUI is very functional, many system administrators prefer the command line interface so that scripts can be adjusted to increase memory and tune other java virtual machine settings to insure loads of larger terminologies load with adequate resources. Typically a user may select a loading script, open it in an editor, and increase java heap size and PermGen memory, depending on the machine’s resources, and save the script before running with the appropriate options written into the command line. Still, the GUI can be convenient for loading smaller terminologies and in many cases works fine for loading moderately large terminologies like the NCI Thesaurus. Loading resources requires some knowledge of the source.
The guide includes the following sections:
