Andrew McIntyre wrote:
> Hello Tim,
> 
> OK, you can arrow down and select the appropriate concept. Really you
> need 2 words or a very complex word or its to vague for a search. Its
> also essential to restrict the top level concept to a defined parent,
> such as procedure or clinical finding, as a minimum.

Um, the attached screenshot shows a tree list of terms containing
duodenal. Am I right in thinking that one needs to chose various
restrictions as you describe before typing some words to look up? Not
quite what I had in mind...

> Restricting the search is vital as there are 2 many concepts
> otherwise.

The trick, Andrew, is to sort the choices by likelihood of being the
correct choice.

> We use some complexity testing before we do a background
> search. Archetypes are excellent for restricting the query.

Complexity testing? You've lost me there? Something to do with teh
entropy of the words (as in password complexity testing)?

Tim C

> Tuesday, February 21, 2006, 4:22:38 PM, you wrote:
> 
> TC> Andrew McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Hello Tim,
>>>
>>> TC> Having seen your demo, I still think that the dream of a mechanism
>>> TC> in which the GP types the first few characters of each term into a
>>> TC> text box and the system provides an intelligent set of guesses
>>> TC> about whcih SCT concept (or English language word) was intended
>>> TC> and auto-completes it for him/her is feasible.
>>>
>>> You can stop dreaming, its done ;-)
> 
> TC> Andrew,
> 
> TC> Jolly good, show us! 
> 
> TC> Tim C
> 
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