appears_in:
- scdo
contact:
  email: hoganwr@gmail.com
  github: hoganwr
  name: William Hogan
  orcid: 0000-0002-9881-1017
depends_on: []
deprecated: false
description: An ontology to support comparative effectiveness researchers studying
  claims data.
download_json: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/dron.json
download_obo: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/dron.obo
download_owl: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/dron.owl
example: '00023232'
example_extras: []
homepage: https://github.com/ufbmi/dron
keywords:
- approved drug
- biomedical science
- drug
- obo
- ontology
- small molecule
license: CC-BY-3.0
mappings:
  aberowl: DRON
  biocontext: DRON
  bioportal: DRON
  fairsharing: FAIRsharing.w5ntfd
  obofoundry: dron
  ols: dron
  ontobee: DRON
  wikidata.entity: Q81661592
name: The Drug Ontology
pattern: ^\d{8}$
preferred_prefix: DRON
prefix: dron
providers: []
publications:
- doi: 10.1186/s13326-017-0121-5
  pmc: PMC5335794
  pubmed: '28253937'
  title: 'Therapeutic indications and other use-case-driven updates in the drug ontology:
    anti-malarials, anti-hypertensives, opioid analgesics, and a large term request'
  year: 2017
- doi: 10.1186/s13326-016-0048-2
  pmc: PMC4836073
  pubmed: '27096073'
  title: An accurate and precise representation of drug ingredients
  year: 2016
- doi: 10.1186/2041-1480-4-44
  pmc: PMC3931349
  pubmed: '24345026'
  title: Building a drug ontology based on RxNorm and other sources
  year: 2013
rdf_uri_format: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DRON_$1
repository: https://github.com/mcwdsi/dron
synonyms: []
uri_format: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DRON_$1
version: '2025-07-19'
