NAME

getSemanticRelation.pl - This program returns a concepts semantic relation(s) between two semantic types

SYNOPSIS

This program takes two semantic types in the abbreviation form and returns their semantic relation.

USAGE

Usage: getSemanticRelation.pl [OPTIONS] [ST1] [ST2]

INPUT

The semantic types in their abbreviation form. For example, the semantic type of ahnd is Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component. Its abbreviation form (which is more commonly used - at least by us - is pboc <- this is the form that you should entir.

Optional Arguments:

--infile FILE

A file containing a list of concepts or terms. The format requires two semantic types per line. For example:

  st1<>st2
  st3<>st4
  ...

--debug

Sets the debug flag for testing

--username STRING

Username is required to access the umls database on MySql unless it was specified in the my.cnf file at installation

--password STRING

Password is required to access the umls database on MySql unless it was specified in the my.cnf file at installation

--hostname STRING

Hostname where mysql is located. DEFAULT: localhost

--socket STRING

The socket your mysql is using. DEFAULT: /tmp/mysql.sock

--database STRING

Database contain UMLS DEFAULT: umls

--help

Displays the quick summary of program options.

--version

Displays the version information.

OUTPUT

List of CUIs that are associated with the input term

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Perl (version 5.8.5 or better) - http://www.perl.org

AUTHOR

 Bridget T. McInnes, University of Minnesota

COPYRIGHT

 Bridget T. McInnes, University of Minnesota
 bthomson at cs.umn.edu
    
 Ted Pedersen, University of Minnesota Duluth
 tpederse at d.umn.edu

 Siddharth Patwardhan, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
 sidd@cs.utah.edu
 
 Serguei Pakhomov, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
 pakh0002@umn.edu

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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 The Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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 Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.

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