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Collaborative platform for multicultural herbal information creation

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Verayuth Lertnattee,

Kergrit Robkob,

Virach SornlertlamvanichAuthors Info & Claims

IWIC '09: Proceedings of the 2009 international workshop on Intercultural collaboration

Pages 13 - 22

https://doi.org/10.1145/1499224.1499229

Published: 20 February 2009 Publication History

Abstract

Traditional knowledge about herbal medicine can be contributed from several cultures. With conventional techniques, it is hard to find a way in which experts can build a self-sustainable community for exchanging their knowledge. To alleviate the problem of gathering intellectual herbal information based on different cultures, the Knowledge Unifying Initiator for Herbal Information (KUIHerb) is used as a platform for building a web community for collecting the intercultural herbal knowledge. KUIHerb provides a capability for the expression of information about images, local names, parts used, indications, methods for preparation, precautions including toxicity and additional information. In cases where multiple opinions are provided, the popular vote will select the most preferable term, used in the community. Herb identification, herbal vocabulary, a list of experts in herbal medicine and multicultural knowledge can be collected from this system.

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Collaborative platform for multicultural herbal information creation
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Collaborative and social computing systems and tools
2. Information systems
  1. World Wide Web

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IWIC '09: Proceedings of the 2009 international workshop on Intercultural collaboration

February 2009

342 pages

ISBN:9781605585024

DOI:10.1145/1499224

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Carnegie Mellon University, USA
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Kyoto University, Japan

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