Abstract:

【Purpose/significance】In order to cooperate with the implementation of Chinese Thesaurus (Biology,Medicine and Agricul⁃ture) Compilation and Research project,adapt to the development trend of terminology systems in the fields of biology,medicine and ag⁃riculture,and meet the practical needs of discipline application【. Method/process】This study constructs the semantic type framework of the top-level ontology of Chinese Thesaurus in the fields of biology,medicine and agriculture,referring to UMLS,MeSH,SNOMED CT,AGROVOC,CABi,Chinese Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Subject Headings and other authoritative terminology systems.【Result/conclusion】This semantic type framework includes 62 semantic types as well as their properties,and the usability is verified through practical tests

【. Innovation/limitation】The semantic type framework of top-level ontology can provide semantic background for
concepts of in the fields of biology,medicine and agriculture,and can be further modified as needed in the actual compilation of Chi⁃nese Thesaurus (Biology,Medicine and Agriculture).concepts of in the fields of biology,medicine and agriculture,and can be further modified as needed in the actual compilation of Chi⁃nese Thesaurus (Biology,Medicine and Agriculture).