title: OpenGALEN: open source medical terminology and tools.
abstract: The GALEN programme of research into medical terminology began in 1991. In 1999 OpenGALEN was formed to provide an open source route both for disseminating the results of that programme and as a framework for its future development. Currently available open source resources include a sophisticated ontology development environment and a large open source description logic-based ontology for the medical domain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Rector
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Zanstra
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van Der Haring
mesh_terms: D018973:Intellectual Property; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled