Analysis of the ontology construction approach to acupoint anatomy.
10.13703/j.0255-2930.20241223-k0004
- Author:
Wenwen LIU
1
;
Xianghong JING
1
;
Feng YANG
1
Author Information
1. Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
acupoint anatomy;
knowledge structure;
ontology construction
- MeSH:
Acupuncture Points;
Humans;
Meridians;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Biological Ontologies
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2025;45(5):694-702
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Through the investigation of relevant literature, the concepts, methods, languages and tools of ontology were explored, and the suitable methods and tools for the ontology construction of acupoint anatomy were selected. The current mainstream anatomical ontology and related ontology of TCM were investigated so as to provide the reference for the ontology construction of acupoint anatomy. According to the knowledge attributes of acupoint anatomy, the foundational model of anatomy (FMA) was served as the reusable ontology, and in association with the attribute classification of traditional Chinese medicine language system (TCMLS), the construction approach to acupoint anatomical ontology was explored. By taking "anatomical entity of acupoints" as the top-level concept, the demonstrative study on the anatomical ontology construction was conducted on the acupoints of lung meridian of hand-taiyin.
