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Pt 1
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2001-10-17
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The use of language for communication purposes introduces a semantic gap in data processing. We have developed a new tool called semantic distance to overcome this gap. A previous presentation of our tool was based on an empirical approach. Here, we examine the properties and theoretical foundation of semantic distance from a rationalistic perspective. We present an epistemological framework to explain the meaning of semantic distance. As a tool, the purpose of semantic distance is the exchange of data or knowledge based on linguistic expressions between software components. We propose a review of the relationship between language and its representation for data processing based on the underlying philosophical assumptions. Description logic is a new paradigm in the medical informatics community to express relations between terms in "is-a" hierarchies. The utility of semantic distance is compared to description logic for communication purposes in different use cases.
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eng
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IM
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MEDLINE
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0926-9630
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Print
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84
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NLM
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Y
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166-70
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2008-7-10
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2001
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Expression and meaning of medical language: building an epistemological framework for the study of semantic distance.
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UFR-Broussais-Hôtel Dieu, Santé Publique et Informatique Médicale, 75270 Paris, France. cbousquet@magic.fr
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Journal Article
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