Journal of Environmental Health Sciences (한국환경보건학회지)

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Development of Standardized Korean Plant Ontology for International Harmonization of Environmental and Ecological Knowledge Bases

환경·생태 지식베이스의 국제적 조화를 위한 한국형 표준 식물 온톨로지 개발

  • Eunjeong Ju (Department of Science Education, Seoul National University of Education) ;
  • Hunjoo Lee (CHEM. I. NET, Ltd.)
  • Received : 2023.06.29
  • Accepted : 2023.07.25
  • Published : 2023.08.31
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Abstract

Background: To describe domain knowledge consistently and precisely, the establishment of a controlled vocabulary, a so-called ontology, is essential. Internationally, the plant ontology (PO) in the ecology field has been developed for the anatomy and developmental stages of plants in English, Spanish, and Japanese, but there is no Korean version of the PO due to a lack of knowledge on standardization for Korean plants. Objectives: We aimed to establish a Korean plant ontology with core PO architectures. Methods: The latest ontology web language (OWL)-formatted raw version of the PO was collected from the PO consortium site. A formal workflow process and OWL file-handing tools for efficient Korean content development were conducted and executed. Results: The macro- and micro-perspective frameworks of the PO were presented by analyzing the upper model and the internal OWL-leveled physical structure, respectively. We developed and validated Korean knowledge content for a total of 1,957 classes included in the PO and transplanted them into an ontology modeling system. Conclusions: A Korean plant ontology was established for international harmonization through improved compatibility and data exchangeability with multilingual environmental and ecological knowledge bases.

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본 성과물은 농촌진흥청 연구사업(과제번호:PJ01704701)의 지원에 의해 이루어졌으며, 이에 감사드립니다.

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