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Conceptual Graph Grammar – A Simple Formalism for Sublanguage
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Editor | Johnson, S. B. |
| Copyright Year | 1998 |
| Description | There are a wide variety of computer applications that deal with various aspects of medical language: concept representation, controlled vocabulary, natural language processing, and information retrieval. While technical and theoretical methods appear to differ, all approaches investigate different aspects of the same phenomenon: medical sub language. This paper surveys the properties of medical sublanguage from a formal perspective, based on detailed analyses cited in the literature. A review of several computer systems based on sublanguage approaches shows some of the difficulties in addressing the interaction between the syntactic and semantic aspects of sUblanguage. A formalism called Conceptual Graph Grammar is presented that attempts to combine both syntax and semantics into a single notation by extending standard Conceptual Graph notation. Examples from the domain of pathology diagnoses are provided to illustrate the use of this formalism in medical language analysis. The strengths and weaknesses of the approach are then considered. Conceptual Graph Grammar is an attempt to synthesize the common properties of different approaches to sublanguage into a single formalism, and to begin to define a common foundation for language-related research in medical informatics. |
| Related Links | http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3d6d/6a06fae1ab21cb0af5d56b50771cbfe9df38.pdf http://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1055/s-0038-1634565.pdf |
| Ending Page | 352 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| Starting Page | 345 |
| ISSN | 00261270 |
| e-ISSN | 2511705X |
| DOI | 10.1055/s-0038-1634565 |
| Journal | Methods of Information in Medicine |
| Issue Number | 04/05 |
| Volume Number | 37 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Georg Thieme Verlag KG |
| Publisher Date | 1998-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Methods of Information in Medicine Medical Informatics Medical Linguistics Concept Representation Controlled Vocabulary Natural Language Processing |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Health Information Management Advanced and Specialized Nursing Health Informatics |
