Hi all, I am Abhishek De, a newcomer to the CTAKES community. I had worked with CTAKES over 4 years ago, but now I am trying to incorporate it into my Java application as a senior developer, so I need to know a lot of things about it. For starters, I can see that even the pipeline without UMLS needs UMLS credentials in order to run. So I have the following questions:
1. Is there a certain fee which is required in order to apply for a UMLS license? 2. My organization is building this pharmacovigilance app which will internally use CTAKES for its client. Is it okay for only my parent organization to have the UMLS license or do the client needs to have it too? If I expose the application as a service, with the servers residing in our organization's premises, would the client still need to have a licnse? 3. As there is precious little documentation on CTAKES, and many links there are now dead including the ones giving instructions on how to install dictionaries for RxNorm or SNOMED-CT, could anyone please help me in this regard? 4. Also, I would like to know if there are any small dictionaries which could be used free of charge or licensing, for my PoC. Thanks and Regards, Abhishek De
