Ontology modeling of Malaysian food composition

Each new design solution must contain a novelty element. Thus, case adaptation becomes an important subtask in case-based design. This subtask plays the role of modifying the previous solution of the best retrieved case. Generally, adaptation task requires for domain knowledge, and domain- and task-heuristics. This paper demonstrates the process of modeling a domain knowledge using ontology. The domain ontology models the dietitians' knowledge where they use it in designing the dietary menu plan. The method used for ontology modeling is Ontology Development 101 (OD 101). The domain ontology was built from scratch. MyFCO has successfully modeled the domain knowledge of the dietary menu planning. We evaluated the quality of the domain ontology by using it in the design case adaptation for dietary menu planning application. The iterative process emphasized by OD 101 enabled a novice ontology developer to model the ontology in a simpler and more flexible way. This contributes to the success factor of ontology modeling for domain knowledge.