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On 9/3/2010 4:26 PM, John F. Sowa wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4C8159F7.7080505@bestweb.net" type="cite">For
example, look at the last sentence quoted below: "By linking
<br>
the concepts in the ontology to the appropriate codes, the system
<br>
is able to annotate free text documents with these codes as the
<br>
documents are being indexed." If the "inventors" add this as a
<br>
claim, anybody who annotates documents with codes could be sued.
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</blockquote>
What is particularly egregious about the claims, to those familiar
with medical informatics, is that it looks like it was taken
directly from the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS). This, of
course, was paid for by all Americans (and probably by a lot of
non-Americans). Thus, for example, making use of its public
availability, I have posted the UMLS <a
href="http://www.clres.com/semrels/umls_relation_list.html">semantic
relations hierarchy</a>. In addition, what my posting represents,
is only the tip of the wonderful semantic network and elaborate
construction of medical terminology from over 60 sources.<br>
<br>
Ken<br>
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