Automatic extraction of candidate nomenclature terms using the doublet method.

ABSTRACT:

Background

New terminology continuously enters the biomedical literature. How can curators identify new terms that can be added to existing nomenclatures? The most direct method, and one that has served well, involves reading the current literature. The scholarly curator adds new terms as they are encountered. Present-day scholars are severely challenged by the enormous volume of biomedical literature. Curators of medical nomenclatures need computational assistance if they hope to keep their terminologies current. The purpose of this paper is to describe a method of rapidly extracting new, candidate terms from huge volumes of biomedical text. The resulting lists of terms can be quickly reviewed by curators and added to nomenclatures, if appropriate. The candidate term extractor use

SUBMITTER: Berman JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1274323 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature