The purpose of this contract is to provide research support for improving the structures, algorithms, methods, and procedures for maintaining and enhancing the United Medical Language System (UMLS) Metathesaurus. The Metathesaurus is a complex machine-readable knowledge source containing concepts and terms from a variety of biomedical terminologies and classifications. It is a tool for facilitating information retrieval from disparate machine readable sources, such as patient records and bibliographic databases, and a vehicle for uniform distribution of different vocabularies used in health data and information.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Type
Research and Development Contracts (N01)
Project #
N01LM063531-001
Application #
2371459
Study Section
Project Start
1996-07-01
Project End
1999-06-30
Budget Start
1996-09-30
Budget End
1997-09-30
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1996
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Lexical Technology, Inc.
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Alameda
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
94501