An Ontology Model for Medical Tourism Supply Chain Knowledge Representation

This study developed an application ontology related to the medical tourism supply chain domain (MTSC). The motivation for developing is that current MTSC studies use a descriptive approach provide knowledge, which difficult comprehend and apply. formalization of knowledge can stakeholders with shared understanding business. As result, requires efficient semantic representation. Ontology popular integrating comprehension because it presents schema base in accurate relevant feature. paper employed engineering methodology, included specification, conceptualization, implementation steps. conceptual model facets are proposed. objective scope tested competency questions against SPARQL Query formulations. metrics evaluation was used verify quality including external validation done by experts. results showed has appropriate design, terminologies, query results.