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P.A. Bernstein, S. Melnik: Meta Data Management,
ICDE'04 Boston
Anatomy
Matching Algorithm
1.Lexical Match
•Normalize string,
UMLS dictionary lookup, convert to concept-ID from thesaurus
•String
comparison ® 306 matches
•Adding spaces, ignoring case ® 1834
matches
•Lexical
tools ® 3503 matches