Objective To transform knowledge organization systems (KOS) about traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) domain into standardized ontologies, in order to achieve the publication, sharing, and fusion of TCM KOS on the Web, and to further improve the organization and management of TCM knowledge. Methods Simple knowledge organization system (SKOS), a technical specification recommended by World Wide Web Consortium, was used to transform TCM KOS into publishable ontologies on the Web. Results Traditional Chinese medicine language system was transformed into an SKOS ontology, which was stored into a knowledge base that could support SPARQL (standard query language of the Semantic Web) query access, and provide concept, terminology, and knowledge services for Semantic Web applications, such as semantic wiki and semantic search via Web service interfaces. Conclusion This research preliminarily verifies the applicability of SKOS in TCM domain, and exemplifies the process of transforming TCM KOS into SKOS ontologies.%目的：将中医药领域的知识组织系统(KOS)转换为规范化本体，以实现其在万维网上的发布、共享与融合，进一步优化中医药学知识的组织与管理。方法采用万维网联盟推荐的“简单知识组织系统(SKOS)”技术规范，将中医药KOS转换为可在万维网上发布的本体。结果将中医药学语言系统转换为SKOS本体并存入知识库中，可支持 SPARQL(语义网的标准查询语言)查询访问，并通过万维网服务接口为语义维基、语义搜索等各种语义网应用程序提供概念、术语和知识服务。结论初步验证了SKOS技术在中医药领域的适用性，对于将其他中医药KOS转换为SKOS本体具有借鉴意义。
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