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. 2023 Jan 20;54(1):208–216. [Article in Chinese] doi: 10.12182/20220860201

表 1. Characteristics of ontologies for diabetes treatment.

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Name of ontology or developer (Released date/update date) Domain/objective Main components Source of knowledge Language and tool Main terminology Top-level ontology or standards Reused existing ontology Used in clinical practice
Need patient medical records Knowledge base Rule
 CDO: Chinese diabetes ontology; BFO: basic formal ontology; OGMS: ontology for general medical science; HPO: human phenotype ontology; DOID: human disease ontology; DRON: the drug ontology; LOINC: the logical observation identifiers names and codes system; NDF-RT: national drug file-reference terminology; SYMP: the symptom ontology; CPT: current procedure terminology; GO: gene ontology; OMDP: ontology-based model for diabetic patients; HL7: health level 7; FHIR: fast healthcare interoperability resources; FASTO: FHIR and SSN-based T1D ontology; DMO: diabetes management ontology; SWRL: semantic web rule language; OWL: web ontology language; DL: description logic; SSN: semantic sensor network ontology; OAE: ontology of adverse events; DINTO: the drug-drug interactions ontology; PATO: phenotype and trait ontology; SMASH: semantic mining of activity, social, and health ontology; DMTO: diabetes mellitus treatment ontology; DDO: diabetes mellitus diagnosis ontology; UO: units of measurement ontology; OGMD: ontology of glucose metabolism disorder; UMLS: unified medical language system; BMI: body mass index; EHR: electronic health record; NICE: the national institute for health and care and excellence; CPGs: clinical practice guidelines. * The OWL of the ontology is available; NA: not available.
CDO (2021/2022)[44] Knowledge base Yes Patient profileExercise and dietBasic knowledge of diabetes Treatment plansMedication and interaction SWRL NA Protégé OWL2 SWRL SNOMED-CT BFO OGMS HPO DOID DRON No
MADHUSANKA S (2020)[45]* Knowledge base Yes Clinical practice guideline OWL2 CPGs Protégé OWL2 NA NA NA No
BRAVO M (2020)[35]* Patient profile Yes Patient profileExercise and dietBMIMedication Treatment plans Not applicable Other ontologies Protégé OWL2 LOINC NA NDF-RT DOID SYMP No
SHERIMON P C (2020)[50]* Treatment Yes Patient profileExercise and dietBasic knowledge of diabetesTreatment plansMedication and interaction OWL2 NICE guidelines Protégé OWL2 NA NA NA No
OMDP (2019/NA)[34]* Prognosis Diagnosis Treatment Yes GenePatient profileExercise and dietBasic knowledge of diabetesTimeTreatment plansMedication and interaction SWRL CPGs Domain expert Literature EHR Protégé OWL2 SWRL RxNorm SNOMED CT LOINC CPT BFO OGMS DOID SYMP GO Diet ontology Physical activity ontology No
FASTO (2018/2018)[46] Treatment for type 1 diabetes Yes Sensor dataPatient value and preferencePatient profileExercise and dietBasic knowledge of diabetesTimeTreatment plansMedication and interaction SWRL CPGs Domain expert Literature Official web sites EHR Protégé 5.1 OWL2 SWRL RxNorm, SNOMED CT, LOINC BFO SSN HL7 FHIR Vital-sign ontology DDO DMTO SWRL TO OAE No
DMTO (2017/2017)[36] Treatment Yes Patient profileExercise and dietBasic knowledge of diabetesTimeTreatment plansMedication and interaction SWRL DL-safe CPGs Domain expert Literature Official web sites EHR Book Protégé 5.0 SWRL OWL2 SNOMED CT RxNorm NDF-RT BFO OGMS DDO DINTO RO SMASH PATO OntoFood SYMP TIME No
DDO (before2015/NA)[47]* Diagnosis Yes Patient profileExercise and dietMedicationBasic knowledge of diabetes SWRL CPGs Domain expert Literature Official web sites EHR Book Protégé 5.0 SWRL OWL2 SNOMED CT RxNorm NDF-RT UMLS BFO OGMS DOID SYMP UO OGMD No
CHEN R C (2016/NA)[51]* Determining the ranking of antidiabetic medications Yes Patient profileExercise and dietBasic knowledge of diabetesMedication and interaction Fuzzy Jena TOPSIS algorithm CPGs Domain expert EHR Protégé WebProtégé Jena OWL2 NA NA NA No
IRS-T2D (2016/NA)[52]* Treatment Yes Patient profileExercise and dietBasic knowledge of diabetesTreatment plansMedication and interaction SWRL OWL2 Domain expert Literature Protégé OWL SWRL NA NA NA No
OntoDiabetic (2015/NA)[53]* Assessing risk factors and treatment Yes Patient profileExercise and dietBasic knowledge of diabetesTreatment plansMedication and interaction DL-safe OWL2 CPGs Protégé OWL2 DL-safe NA NA AnsweredQuestionnaire ontology AdaptiveQuestionnaire ontology No
DMO (2014/NA)[49]* Patient register, automated system for EHR data Yes Patient profileBasic knowledge of diabetesMedication NA CPGs Domain expert Protégé 4.3 SNOMED CT NA NA No
CHEN R C (2012/NA)[54]* Antidiabetic medications selection Yes Patient profileExercise and dietBasic knowledge of diabetesMedication and interaction SWRL CPGs Protégé SWRL OWL DL NA NA NA No