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You can always create concept graphs for WSD from your UMLS installation. If you have the UMLS in your DB, YTEX will create a dictionary lookup table from the UMLS during the installation.

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For production use, we suggest that you install UMLS in your database.

• If you have not done so already, obtain a UMLS License and create a UMLS Technology Services (UTS) Account, available free of charge: https://uts.nlm.nih.gov/home.html

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Edit environment batch/shell script

Fix the path references to match your environment.

• windows - no changes necessary; see CTAKES_HOME\bin\setenv.cmd
• linux -
• move CTAKES_HOME/bin/ctakes.profile to ${HOME}/ctakes.profile
• edit the CTAKES_HOME environment variable
• make executable - chmod u+x ${HOME}/ctakes.profile

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5) Create CTAKES_HOME\resources\org\apache\ctakes\ytex\ytex.properties

In this file, you specify the database connection parameters. Use CTAKES_HOME\resources\org\apache\ctakes\ytex\ytex.properties.<db type>.example as a template. If you have UMLS installed on your database, specify the umls.schema and umls.catalog properties (see the properties file for an explanation of what these are).

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6) Install the UMLS in

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your database (Optional)

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We strongly suggest that you install UMLS in your database.

• If you have not done so already, obtain a UMLS License and create a UMLS Technology Services (UTS) Account, available free of charge: https://uts.nlm.nih.gov/home.html
• UMLS's MetamorphoSys can create database load scripts for MySQL and Oracle.  Follow these instructions: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/implementation_resources/scripts/index.html
• We have provided load scripts for MS SQL. Refer to UMLS SQL Server Installation for instructions on how to install UMLS in MS SQL Server.

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7) Execute the setup script

windows: Open a command prompt, navigate to CTAKES_HOME, and execute setup script:

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