Research on the Construction of Knowledge Service Platform for TCM Health Preservation

In recent years, people pay more and more attention to the knowledge of health care and longevity. As an important branch of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), health preservation is a subject for studying the theories and methods to prevent diseases and to maintain personal health. We aim to provide the general public as well as the TCM practitioners and students with a convenient way to access the knowledge in this area. Information technologies such as knowledge base, information retrieval, and World Wide Web were used for knowledge management, knowledge engineering, and knowledge sharing. We developed a comprehensive knowledge base for the systemic organization of TCM health preservation knowledge, and established an Internet platform that makes the knowledge base available for TCM practitioners as well as ordinary people. This system implements various functions such as knowledge retrieval, knowledge navigation, and graphical browsing. This system provides an ideal platform for the sharing and dissemination of TCM knowledge about health preservation. It increases the availability of the literature and knowledge base in this field and promotes the inheritance and modernization of this cultural heritage.