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The GALEN Common Reference Model is the model of medical concepts (or clinical terminology) being built in GRAIL. This model forms the underlying structural foundation for the services provided by a GALEN Terminology Server.

[edit] Background

The GALEN Common Reference Model is written in the formal language GRAIL. The GRAIL statements in the model are equivalent with sentences like these:

• Ulcer is a kind of inflammatory lesion
• The process whose outcome is an ulcer is called ulceration
• The stomach is a part of the GI tract
• It is sensible to talk about ulcers located in the stomach
• Ulcers located in the stomach are called Gastric Ulcers
• Ulcers located in the stomach are actually located on the mucosa of the wall of the stomach

[edit] Availability

The GALEN Common Reference Model is available from the OpenGALEN Foundation as open source.

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