In this paper,the rationale and the framework of the GC Fingerprint Expert System of the traditional Chinese medicine(ES)has been investigated.On the basis of Digitized evaluation system for super-information characteristics of chromatographic fingerprints in traditional Chinese medicine(3.0),GC as the main analytical tools,through making the Expert knowledge and correlated problem solution logical and sequencing,the rationale and the framework of the ES has been established.The framework include:the litera...