{"id":39670,"date":"2026-03-16T00:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/showcase-structuring-2170-tcm-herbs-into-json-challenges-in-data-normalization\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T00:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:30:51","slug":"showcase-structuring-2170-tcm-herbs-into-json-challenges-in-data-normalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/showcase-structuring-2170-tcm-herbs-into-json-challenges-in-data-normalization\/","title":{"rendered":"[Showcase] Structuring 2,170+ TCM Herbs Into JSON: Challenges In Data Normalization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>Hi everyone, I\u2019ve spent the last few months digitizing and structuring a database of 2,170+ traditional medicinal herbs. The biggest challenge wasn&#8217;t just translation, but mapping biochemical compounds (like Astragaloside IV) to qualitative properties (Nature\/Taste) in a way that modern systems can process.<\/p>\n<p>Technical Breakdown:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nomenclature: Cross-referenced English, Latin, and Hanzi.<\/li>\n<li>Safety Data: Structured toxicity levels and contraindications.<\/li>\n<li>Structure: Validated JSON, optimized for knowledge graphs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019ve put together a substantive summary and a 50-herb sample for anyone interested in the data schema or herbal research. You can find the documentation and the sample file here: IF ANYONE WANT IT PLS TEXT ME \ud83e\udd7a ITS FREEE<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to get your thoughts on the schema design, especially regarding the mapping of chemical compounds to therapeutic functions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON -->   submitted by   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Desperate_Spirit_576\"> \/u\/Desperate_Spirit_576 <\/a> <br \/> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/datasets\/comments\/1rut6gg\/showcase_structuring_2170_tcm_herbs_into_json\/\">[link]<\/a><\/span>   <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/datasets\/comments\/1rut6gg\/showcase_structuring_2170_tcm_herbs_into_json\/\">[comments]<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-right'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-39670 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='39670' data-nonce='bc39e8310e' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-39670 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-39670 status align-right'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone, I\u2019ve spent the last few months digitizing and structuring a database of 2,170+ traditional medicinal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-datatards","wpcat-85-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}