Research Article

FoodWiki: Ontology-Driven Mobile Safe Food Consumption System

Table 1

Initial section of the food ontology knowledge base (FOKB).

Main classesSubclasses

Thing → diseases → allergy(i) Leguminous allergy,
(ii) fish allergy,
(iii) wheat protein allergy,
(iv) nut seed allergy,
(v) gluten allergy,
(vi) lactose intolerance,
(vii) fruits and vegetables allergy,
(viii) milk protein allergy,
(ix) egg allergy,
(x) celiac disease allergy, and so forth

Thing → person(i) Physical activity level,
(ii) basal metabolic rate,
(iii) blood pressure level,
(iv) body mass index,
(v) consumer, and so forth

Thing → ingredients(i) Contaminants,
(ii) food additives,
(iii) food items, and so forth

Thing → product(i) EAN,
(ii) product category name,
(iii) product category no., and so forth