An ontological framework for the formalization, organization and usage of TCM-Knowledge.

Journal: BMC medical informatics and decision making
Published Date: Apr 9, 2019

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The traditional Chinese Medicine Language System (TCMLS) is a large-scale terminology system, developed from 2002 on by the Institute of Information of Traditional Chinese Medicine (IITCM). Until now, more than 120,000 concepts, 300,000 terms and 1.27 million semantic relational links are included. Its top-level framework, called TCMLS-semantic network (SN), provides an important basis for the standardization and mapping of traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) terminology systems. Though, many data produced and stored in TCMLS have poor quality for historical reasons or because of human factors. There is a large number of classification errors or inconsistent expressions of terms remained in the current TCMLS- SN, which hamper an efficient utilization of the data stored in TCMLS in practical applications.

Authors

  • Hai Long
    Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE) University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Yan Zhu
    Department of Chemistry, Xixi Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310028, China. Electronic address: zhuyan@zju.edu.cn.
  • Lirong Jia
    Institute of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
  • Bo Gao
  • Jing Liu
    Department of Ophthalmology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
  • Lihong Liu
    State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
  • Heinrich Herre
    Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.

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