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WikiMeSH: Multi Lingual MeSH Translations via Wikipedia
Mikaël Dusenne1, Kévin Billey1, Florent Desgrippes2
1Department of Digital Health, Rouen University Hospital, France.
Objective:
The aim of this paper is to propose an extended translation of the MeSH thesaurus based on Wikipedia pages.
Methods:
A mapping was realized between each MeSH descriptor (preferred terms and synonyms) and corresponding Wikipedia pages.
Results:
A tool called "WikiMeSH" has been developed. Among the top 20 languages of this study, seven have currently no MeSH translations: Arabic, Catalan, Farsi (Iran), Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Serbian, and Ukrainian. For these seven languages, WikiMeSH is proposing a translation for 47% for Arabic to 34% for Serbian.
Conclusion:
WikiMeSH is an interesting tool to translate the MeSH thesaurus and other health terminologies and ontologies based on a mapping to Wikipedia pages.
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