The Ontology as the Core of Integrated Information Environment of Chinese Image Medicine

Abstract

The article is devoted to the improvement of modern onto-oriented information tools for Integrative Medicine (IM), in particular, for its component - Chinese Image Medicine. The architecture of the components integrated onto-oriented information and analytical environment for scientific research, professional healing activities and e-learning of the Chinese Image Medicine is presented. The onto-orientation of the developed environment provides the ability to maintain the necessary level of integration, integrity of knowledge and data in the CIM for various information technologies and systems. The structure of the ontology of Chinese Image Medicine are detailed. Namely, the separate structure of the ontology of CIM is specified. The axiomatic-deductive strategy of organizing the knowledge space of the Chinese Image Medicine is proposed. Developed diagnostic ontology of Chinese Image Medicine, which includes the nosological ontology, the topological diagnostic ontology, the ontology of the diagnostic methods and the ontology of the diagnostic metrics of CIM.