The BioStudies database holds descriptions of biological studies, links to data from these studies in other databases at EMBL-EBI or outside, as well as data that do not fit in the structured archives at EMBL-EBI. The database can accept a wide range of types of studies described via a simple format. It also enables manuscript authors to submit supplementary information and link to it from the publication.

Prefix

biostudies

Keywords

portal

Links

Homepage

Publications

2018 The BioStudies database-one stop shop for all data supporting a life sciences study

2015 The BioStudies database

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in BioStudies database should match this regular expression:
^S-[A-Z]{4}[\-\_A-Z\d]+$

Example Local Unique Identifier

S-EPMC6266652   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from BioStudies database should match this regular expression:
^biostudies:S-[A-Z]{4}[\-\_A-Z\d]+$

Example CURIE

biostudies:S-EPMC6266652

Contact

Ugis Sarkans   0000-0001-9227-8488

A summary of the relations in the Semantic Farm schema can be found here.

In Collection

Resources mentioned in "Sharing biological data: why, when, and how" Synapse.org external links

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Semantic Farm and other registries. There are 4 mappings to external registries for this resource with 3 unique external prefixes.

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier S-EPMC6266652 is used to demonstrate the providers available for BioStudies database. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.