A study on the ontology building methodology for diseases of mind diagnosis
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/JSIT-11-2013-0059 |
| Pages | 102-112 |
| Date | 11 May 2015 |
| Published date | 11 May 2015 |
| Author | Hyeongi Baek,Mun Koo Kang |
| Subject Matter | Information & knowledge management,Information systems |
A study on the ontology building
methodology for diseases of
mind diagnosis
Hyeongi Baek
The Institute of Mind Humanities, Wonkwang University,
Iksan-si, Republic of Korea, and
Mun Koo Kang
Department of English Education, Kongju National University,
Gongju-Si, Republic of Korea
Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this study was to construct a mind counseling ontology to efciently
facilitate the diagnosis of the diseases of mind. To determine the structure of mind counseling ontology,
this study conducted analysis on structural forms available in counseling books and other related elds
and adopted essential ones in the explanation of counseling. The processing of the diseases of mind was
divided into three stages: cause, symptoms and counseling. The stages were analyzed one by one in
terms of process, functional elements and relevant technique necessary at each stage.
Design/methodology/approach – In the mind counseling list, there are 12 different diagnoses of
diseases of mind that are classied into four classes. Thus, the causes, symptoms, prescription and
medical history for 12 diseases of mind are dened as a higher rank concept of mind counseling
ontology. The causes, symptoms, prescription and medical history consist of denition, affective
characteristics and related factors, while the potential diagnosis consists of denition and risk factor.
This information does specify detailed notions in the diagnosis of diseases of mind, but considering the
limitation of not being able to represent all the diseases, this study enables a counseling center to give
and use individual denitions of diagnostic terminology of their own.
Findings – This study adopted the top-down approach, in which mind counseling ontology denes a
higher rank concept, the terminology in diagnosing diseases of mind, based on the list of terms from the
counseling record that species the abstract concepts of the diagnosis. The bottom-up approach was
also incorporated, which denes the diagnostic terms extracted from the counseling record as a
subordinate concept of the mind counseling ontology. Thus, the development of the mind counseling
ontology involves the combination of top-down and bottom-up approaches to the construction of
ontology.
Originality/value – This research has signicance in that it deals with the fundamental problem of
the mind aiming for a true change and healing of it, which is the ultimate purpose of this ontology,
especially in the circumstances where research on ontology in diagnosing the diseases of mind is
unprecedented.
Keywords RDF, RDFS, Ontology, Mind diagnosis, Ontology building methodology, OWL
Paper type Research paper
“This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Grant funded by
the Korean Government (MEST) (NRF-2010-361-A00008).”
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JSIT
17,2
102
Received 10 November 2013
Revised 20 February 2014
Accepted 4 March 2014
Journalof Systems and
InformationTechnology
Vol.17 No. 2, 2015
pp.102-112
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DOI 10.1108/JSIT-11-2013-0059
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