泰國原生種稻米知識本體的發展

The Development of an Ontology for Thai's Indigenous Rice Knowledge in Thailand

發展泰國原生種稻米知識本體目的為創造代表泰國稻米生產、加工及文化慣習之範疇與知識架構的詞彙表。融合領域本體論輪廓及層面分析之分析－組合法(analytico-synthetic method)以全面描述術語，透過Hozo程式發展，並由專家進行評估。最終發現，此本體架構包含稻米生產、稻米文化、及原生種稻米知識特殊脈絡三種類別的20種知識分群；並具8種子類別：(1)稻米種類、(2)稻米生產過程、(3)稻米例行作業、(4)稻米當地學者、(5)當地智慧、(6)期間、(7)種族團體、(8)地理標籤。下層層面則包含17種子類別、244種關係、155種特性及10種關聯關係。更發現了具關聯概念的11個群體：(1)生產資源、(2)原則與方法、(3)傳統技術、(4)加工、(5)產品、(6)價值、(7)信仰、(８)安全、(9)保護、(10)持續、(11)社會認同。

The purpose of developing an ontology for Thai's indigenous rice knowledge was to create vocabularies that clearly represented the scope and knowledge structure for the production, processing, and cultural practices of rice in Thailand. The terminology could be described comprehensively by integrating domain ontology outline and the analytico-synthetic method of facet analysis. The process of developing ontology was accomplished through the Hozo program then evaluated by selected experts. It was found that the ontology of indigenous rice culture knowledge could be classified to 20 knowledge groups comprising 3 classes: (1) Rice production; (2) Rice culture; and (3) Special contexts of indigenous rice knowledge beyond 8 sub-classes: (1) Rice varieties; (2) Rice production process; (3) Rice rituals; (4) Rice local scholars; (5) Local wisdom; (6) Periods; (7) Ethnic groups; and (8) Geographic labels. Other beneath layers of the ontology consisted of 17 sub-classes, 244 types of relationships, 155 characteristics, and 10 types of associated relationships. Moreover, 11 groups of associated concepts were found: (1) Production resources; (2) Principles and methods; (3) Traditional technologies; (4) Processes; (5) Products; (6) Value; (7) Belief; (8) Safety; (9) Security; (10) Continuity; and (11) Social identity.