Objective Developing an ontology can help collecting and sharing information in traditional medicine including Persian medicine in a well-defined format. The present study aimed to develop an ontology for gastric dystemperament in the Persian medicine.

Methods This was a mixed-methods study conducted in 2019. The first stage was related to providing an ontology requirements specification document. In the second stage, important terms, concepts, and their relationships were identified via literature review and expert panels. Then, the results derived from the second stage were refined and validated using the Delphi method in three rounds. Finally, in the fourth stage, the ontology was evaluated in terms of consistency and coherence.

Results In this study, 241 concepts related to different types of gastric dystemperament, diagnostic criteria, and treatments in the Persian medicine were identified through literature review and expert panels, and 12 new concepts were suggested during the Delphi study. In total, after performing three rounds of the Delphi study, 233 concepts were identified. Finally, an ontology was developed with 71 classes, and the results of the evaluation study revealed that the ontology was consistent and coherent.

Conclusion In this study, an ontology was created for gastric dystemperament in the Persian medicine. This ontology can be used for designing future systems, such as case-based reasoning and expert systems. Moreover, the use of other evaluation methods is suggested to construct a more complete and precise ontology.

目标 开发本体有助于以明确的格式收集和共享包括波斯医学在内的传统医学信息。本研究旨在开发波斯医学中胃温差的本体论。

方法 这是 2019 年进行的一项混合方法研究。第一阶段与提供本体需求规范文档有关。在第二阶段，通过文献回顾和专家小组确定重要的术语、概念及其关系。然后，使用 Delphi 方法对第二阶段得出的结果进行了三轮改进和验证。最后，在第四阶段，对本体的一致性和连贯性进行了评估。

结果 在本研究中，通过文献回顾和专家小组，确定了241个与波斯医学中不同类型的胃温差、诊断标准和治疗相关的概念，并在德尔菲研究中提出了12个新概念。在进行了三轮德尔福研究后，总共确定了 233 个概念。最后，开发了一个包含 71 个类的本体，评估研究的结果表明该本体是一致且连贯的。

结论 在本研究中，为波斯医学中的胃温差症创建了一个本体。该本体可用于设计未来的系统，例如基于案例的推理和专家系统。此外，建议使用其他评估方法来构建更完整和更精确的本体。