Health informatics — Categorial structures for representation of acupuncture — Part 1: Acupuncture points

ISO/TS 16843-1:2016 specifies the categorial structure within the subject field of acupuncture by defining a set of domain constraints of sanctioned characteristics each composed of a semantic link and an applicable characterizing category in order to represent the concept of acupuncture point.

ISO/TS 16843-1:2016 describes sanctioned characteristics with semantic links and characterizing categories for representation of acupuncture points. Concepts of acupuncture points are used in clinical practices for applying stimulation such as insertion, pricking, scratching, scrubbing, massaging or pressing with various kinds of needles, moxibustion, acupressure and cupping in various medical domains.

The potential uses for this conceptual framework are the following:

- provide a conceptual framework for the generation of compositional concept representation of acupuncture point;

- provide a core model to describe the structure of acupuncture point, and facilitate improved semantic correspondence with information models;

- facilitate the mapping and semantic correspondence between different terminological resources by proposing with a core specification of acupuncture point;

- support