Semantic ontology of knowledge on ethnic groups in Thailand

This paper presents the semantic ontology of knowledge on ethnic groups in Thailand. The ontology was developed from knowledge structure that was derived by content analysis using classification theory. The obtained knowledge structure was used to develop the ontology grounded by the ontology development procedures. Accordingly, a lexical system was assigned to represent knowledge and knowledge scope, which clearly reveal a body of more advanced and clearer knowledge on ethnic groups in Thailand. The constructed ontology can be used as a basis to develop knowledge based systems, semantic search systems, or semantic digital libraries on the knowledge of ethnic groups in Thailand.