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The NCBO Annotator processes text submitted by users, recognizes relevant biomedical ontology terms in the text and returns the annotations to the user. Use the interface below to submit sample text to get ontology-based annotations. Hover the mouse pointer on any button to see what it does. Click on the (?) to see a detailed help panel. Try typing this sample text: "Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes whichare found predominantly in skin but also in the bowel and the eye”. Choose SNOMEDCT as your ontology of interest. The annotator---when used as a Web service---allows users to utilize ontologies for annotation of biomedical data on their sites in order to facilitate interoperation, search and translational discoveries. You can use the interface below to test different parameters and settings before using the Annotator programmatically.
