title: Alternate approaches to a UMLS.
abstract: A scheme for the continuing development of Meta-1, a taxonomy of medical subjects based; on MeSH and other systems, is described. The objective is a single, structured classification for medical knowledge.
authors.affiliation: University of Buffalo, State University of New York 14214.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Bishop
mesh_terms: D002965:Classification; D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000592:standards*; D003663:Decision Trees; D006801:Humans; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D012660:Semantics; D013358:Subject Headings; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014825:Vocabulary