dragon.nlp.ontology

Interface Ontology

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractOntology, BasicMeshOntology, BasicOntology, UmlsAmbiguityOntology, UmlsDBOntology, UmlsExactOntology, UmlsFileBackedOntology, UmlsOntology

public interface Ontology

Interface of Ontology

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003

Company:

Version:

1.0

Author:

not attributable

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ArrayList	findAllTerms(Word starting) Finds out all terms beginning with the given word
ArrayList	findAllTerms(Word starting, Word ending) Finds out all terms between the starting word and the ending word.
Term	findTerm(Word starting) Finds the longest term starting with the given word.
Term	findTerm(Word starting, Word ending) Finds the longest term starting with given word and ending no later than the given word.
boolean	getAdjectiveTermOption() Gets the option whether adjective term is allowed.
boolean	getCoordinateOption() Gets the option whether a term can contain a conjunction.
String[]	getCUI(String term) Gets all possible concept ids the specified term has
String[]	getCUI(Word starting, Word ending) Gets all possible concept ids the specified term has
boolean	getLemmaOption() Gets the option of using the base form of the word when matching a term.
boolean	getNPPOption() Gets the option whether NPP term is allowed.
SemanticNet	getSemanticNet() Gets the semantic network of the ontology
String[]	getSemanticType(String cui) Gets all possible semantic types of the given concept
String[]	getSemanticType(String[] cuis) Gets all possible semantic types of the given concepts
boolean	getSenseDisambiguationOption() Gets the option disambiguating the sense of extracted terms.
SimilarityMetric	getSimilarityMetric() Get the similarity metric of the ontology
boolean	isStartingWord(Word cur) Tests if the current word could be a starting word of a term.
boolean	isTerm(String term) Tests if the given term is defined in the ontology.
boolean	isTerm(Word starting, Word ending) Tests if the term specified by the starting word and the ending word is a term in the ontology.
void	setAdjectiveTermOption(boolean enabled) Sets the option whether adjective term is allowed.
void	setCoordinateOption(boolean enabled) Sets the option whether a term can contain a conjunction.
void	setLemmaOption(boolean enabled) Sets the option of using the base form of the word when matching a term.
void	setNPPOption(boolean enabled) Sets the option whether NPP term is allowed.
void	setSenseDisambiguationOption(boolean enabled) Sets the option disambiguating the sense of extracted terms.

Method Detail

getSemanticNet

SemanticNet getSemanticNet()

Gets the semantic network of the ontology

Returns:

the semantic network

getSimilarityMetric

SimilarityMetric getSimilarityMetric()

Get the similarity metric of the ontology

Returns:

the term smilarity metric

getSemanticType

String[] getSemanticType(String[] cuis)

Gets all possible semantic types of the given concepts

Parameters:

cuis - the set of concepts

Returns:

all possible semantic types of the given concepts

getSemanticType

String[] getSemanticType(String cui)

Gets all possible semantic types of the given concept

Parameters:

cui - the concept id

Returns:

all possible semantic types of the given concept.

getCUI

String[] getCUI(String term)

Gets all possible concept ids the specified term has

Parameters:

term - the term for testing

Returns:

all possible concept ids if the specified term exists in the ontology, otherwise null

getCUI

String[] getCUI(Word starting,
                Word ending)

Gets all possible concept ids the specified term has

Parameters:

starting - the starting word of the term.

ending - the ending word of the term.

Returns:

all possible concept ids if the specified term exists in the ontology, otherwise null

isTerm

boolean isTerm(String term)

Tests if the given term is defined in the ontology.

Parameters:

term - the term for testing

Returns:

true if the given term is defined in the ontology.

isTerm

boolean isTerm(Word starting,
               Word ending)

Tests if the term specified by the starting word and the ending word is a term in the ontology.

Parameters:

starting - the starting word of the term.

ending - the ending word of the term.

Returns:

true if the term is defined in the ontology.

isStartingWord

boolean isStartingWord(Word cur)

Tests if the current word could be a starting word of a term.

Parameters:

cur - the current word

Returns:

true f the current word could be a starting word of a term.

findTerm

Term findTerm(Word starting)

Finds the longest term starting with the given word.

Parameters:

starting - the starting word

Returns:

the term if exists, otherwise null

findTerm

Term findTerm(Word starting,
              Word ending)

Finds the longest term starting with given word and ending no later than the given word.

Parameters:

starting - the starting word

ending - the ending word

Returns:

the term if exists, otherwise null

findAllTerms

ArrayList findAllTerms(Word starting)

Finds out all terms beginning with the given word

Parameters:

starting - the starting word

Returns:

a list of terms

findAllTerms

ArrayList findAllTerms(Word starting,
                       Word ending)

Finds out all terms between the starting word and the ending word.

Parameters:

starting - the starting word

ending - the ending word

Returns:

a list of terms

setSenseDisambiguationOption

void setSenseDisambiguationOption(boolean enabled)

Sets the option disambiguating the sense of extracted terms.

Parameters:

enabled - the option disambiguating the sense of extracted terms.

getSenseDisambiguationOption

boolean getSenseDisambiguationOption()

Gets the option disambiguating the sense of extracted terms.

Returns:

true if the ontology disambiguates the sense of extracted terms.

setAdjectiveTermOption

void setAdjectiveTermOption(boolean enabled)

Sets the option whether adjective term is allowed.

Parameters:

enabled - whether adjective term is allowed.

getAdjectiveTermOption

boolean getAdjectiveTermOption()

Gets the option whether adjective term is allowed.

Returns:

true if adjective term is allowed.

setNPPOption

void setNPPOption(boolean enabled)

Sets the option whether NPP term is allowed. For example, "bank of america" is a NPP term

Parameters:

enabled - the option whether NPP term is allowed.

getNPPOption

boolean getNPPOption()

Gets the option whether NPP term is allowed.

Returns:

true if NPP term is allowed.

setCoordinateOption

void setCoordinateOption(boolean enabled)

Sets the option whether a term can contain a conjunction. For example, the term "the cancer of neck and hand" contains a conjunction.

Parameters:

enabled - the option whether a term can contain a conjunction

getCoordinateOption

boolean getCoordinateOption()

Gets the option whether a term can contain a conjunction.

Returns:

true if a term can contain a conjunction.

setLemmaOption

void setLemmaOption(boolean enabled)

Sets the option of using the base form of the word when matching a term.

Parameters:

enabled - the option of using the base form of the word when matching a term.

getLemmaOption

boolean getLemmaOption()

Gets the option of using the base form of the word when matching a term.

Returns:

true if the base form of words is used when matching a term.