Monthly Archives: July 2011

Android: RadLex – How to HTTP post to a URL, retrieve and parse xml, format and display results in a ListView, override back button, Async Tasks, Loading Dialogs, Webservices and more…

RadLex for android is a program that uses Stanford’s BioPortal Webservices to retrieve data about the RadLex Ontology / Lexicon / Dictionary.  It currently allows the user to navigate the tree structure from concept to concept starting at the root term.

This application requires full Internet access permissions and is dependent on Stanford BioPortal’s webservices http://bioportal.bioontology.org being operational.

RadLex is available for free download at the Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=radlex.wave

User Instructions: [Short Click] or tap on a concept, will navigate to its children or sub-terms.  [Long Click] or hold on a concept, will popup a dialog with a definition and other term details (if it has any).


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