title: Structuration and acquisition of medical knowledge. Using UMLS in the conceptual graph formalism.
abstract: The use of a taxonomy, such as the concept type lattice (CTL) of Conceptual Graphs, is a central structuring piece in a knowledge-based system. The knowledge it contains is constantly used by the system, and its structure provides a guide for the acquisition of other pieces of knowledge. We show how UMLS can be used as a knowledge resource to build a CTL and how the CTL can help the process of acquisition for other kinds of knowledge. We illustrate this method in the context of the MENELAS natural language understanding project.
authors.affiliation: Service de l'Information Médicale, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Volot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zweigenbaum
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bachimont
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Said
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouaud
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fieschi
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Boisvieux
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D013358:Subject Headings; D017432:Unified Medical Language System