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Table 2 Examples of different levels of granularity

From: Social tagging in the life sciences: characterizing a new metadata resource for bioinformatics

Level

Example

String

'Adolescent-Psychology'

Standardized String

'adolescent psychology'

UMLS Concept

CUI 0001584: 'Adolescent Psychology'

UMLS Semantic Type

SUI T090: 'Biomedical Occupation or Discipline'

UMLS Semantic Group

OCCU: 'Occupations'