23.12d
Editing of NCI Thesaurus 23.12d was completed on Dec 26, 2023.  Version 23.12d
was December's fourth build in our development cycle.

This directory contains files:

	ReadMe.txt			This file
	Thesaurus_23.12d.FLAT.zip	The NCI Thesaurus 23.12d in flat file format
	Thesaurus.FLAT.zip		Same as above but without a version tag
	Thesaurus_23.12d.OWL.zip	The NCI Thesaurus 23.12d in OWL2
	Thesaurus.OWL.zip		Same as above but without a version tag
	ThesaurusInf_23.12d.OWL.zip	The NCI Thesaurus 23.12d, inferred, in OWL2 format
	ThesaurusInf.OWL.zip		Same as above but without a version tag


The zip files unpack the following files:

	Thesaurus_23.12d.FLAT.zip	Thesaurus.txt
	Thesaurus.FLAT.zip		Thesaurus.txt
	Thesaurus_23.12d.OWL.zip	Thesaurus.owl
	Thesaurus.OWL.zip		Thesaurus.owl
	ThesaurusInf.OWL.zip		ThesaurusInferred.owl
	ThesaurusInf_23.12d.OWL.zip	ThesaurusInferred.owl

In the first two formats below, the relations are as stated by the editors, no inferred
relations are specified.

The Thesaurus.txt flat file is in tab-delimited format.  Included in this format
are all the terms associated with NCI Thesaurus concepts (names and synonyms), a text
definition of the concept (if one is present), and stated parent-child relations, sufficient
to reconstruct the hierarchy.  The fields are:

	code <tab> concept IRI <tab> parents <tab> synonyms <tab> definition <tab> display name <tab> concept status <tab> semantic type <tab> concept in subset <EOL>

The "parents" field contains the codes of the superconcept(s).
If a field contains multiple entries, these are pipe-delimited.
For root concepts without "parents", this field is empty.  The first entry in the "synonyms" field is the preferred name of the concept. The "definition" field contains only one definition if more than one definition is associated with the concept; not all concepts contain definitions.
A "display_name", "concept status" or "concept in subset" may contain zero values.
The "semantic type" field is guaranteed to contain one or more values.

Please see the OWL2_Announcement.txt for details on the changes made to comply with OWL2:
https://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/NCI_Thesaurus/OWL2_Announcement.txt

The Thesaurus.owl file contains the entire terminology expressed in the
Web Ontology Language (OWL), and the rdf:about (rdf:ID) utilizes semantically
meaningless identifiers, e.g. "C123456", which is the value of the "code"
property.  Relations are as stated by the
editors; no inferred relations are specified.  Annotations of use only to the
EVS (for example, editor's notes) are absent in the released terminology.
The rdf:about of annotation and object properties are also replaced with
their corresponding codes.

The unzipped Thesaurus.owl is available directly at http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl

The ThesaurusInferred.owl file contains the terminology from the NCI Thesaurus but 
excludes retired concepts and includes inferred relationships. This file is created for 
import into the UMLS and NCI Metathesaurus. Properties of use only to the EVS (e.g. editor 
notes) are absent in the released terminology.  It also uses semantically meaningless
rdf:about identifiers as described above.

The file nci_code_cui_map_202308.dat contains the map of NCI Thesaurus (NCIt) codes
to NCI Metathesaurus (NCIMeta) CUIs (concept unique identifier).  The format of the
file is code <pipe> CUI <pipe>.  The CUIs are either derived from the UMLS Metathesaurus
(CUIs that begin with "C-digit") or specific to the NCI Metathesaurus (CUIs that begin
with "CL").  This mapping file is created for each release of the NCIMeta, which is
published on a biannually schedule hence is not current with every release of NCIt which
is published monthly.  Newly created Thesaurus concepts will not appear in this file
until the next release of the Metathesaurus, and newly retired Thesaurus concepts will
continue to appear until the next release of the Metathesaurus.  Archived mapping files
may be found in the archives directory beneath the last release of Thesaurus it was
generated from.  The current mapping file is derived from NCIt version 23.12d and
NCIMeta version 202308.

For previous releases of the NCI Thesaurus please see the archives at
ftp://ftp1.nci.nih.gov/pub/cacore/EVS/NCI_Thesaurus/archive/

For additional information, please see the LexEVS summary page.
(https://wiki.nci.nih.gov/display/EVS/LexEVS+Servers+and+APIs+Summary)