• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.9
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• pp.556-566
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• 2014

Objectives : The goal of this paper is to enhance the percentage of linkages between an acupuncture point ontology and an acupuncture treatment ontology. Methods : Terms of the effect from acupuncture points and terms of the treatment method from diseases are selected in the ontologies. We have disassembled the terms into minimum meaning units and then linked them again. Results : By linking terms of the effect and terms of the treatment method, the meaninful information on the acupuncture point and treatment ontology is increased. Conclusions : The links between points for acupuncture points and treatment methods for diseases could improve the information in the ontologies. This also enables the knowledge representation for the use of acupuncture points with accompanied symptoms, causes of disease, and treatment methods.