Upper-Level ontology for Biology and Medicine. Compatible with BFO, DOLCE, and the UMLS Semantic Network
- Prefix
biotop- Keywords
- biology ontology
- License
- CC-BY-3.0
- Links
- Homepage Repository OWL Request Discussion
- Publications
- 2009 Alignment of the UMLS semantic network with BioTop: methodology and assessment
- 2008 The ontology of biological taxa
Identifier Standards
- Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers
- Missing LUI pattern
- Example Local Unique Identifier
- attachedTo Resolve
- Example CURIE
- biotop:attachedTo
Contacts
- Contact
- Stefan Schulz 0000-0001-7222-3287 steschu63
- Contributors
- submitter Charles Tapley Hoyt 0000-0003-4423-4370 cthoyt
Metaregistry BioTop
The metaregistry provides mappings between the Semantic Farm and other registries. There are 4 mappings to external registries for this resource with 1 unique external prefixes.
| Registry Name | Registry Metaprefix | External Prefix | Curate |
|---|---|---|---|
AberOWL
|
aberowl |
BIOTOP
|
|
BioPortal
|
bioportal |
BIOTOP
|
|
LOV
|
lov |
biotop
|
|
Prefix Commons
|
prefixcommons |
biotop
|
Providers
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 attachedTo is used to demonstrate the providers
available for BioTop. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below.
A guide for curating additional providers can be found
here.
| Name | Metaprefix | URI |
|---|---|---|
| BioTop | biotop |
http://purl.org/biotop/biotop.owl#attachedTo |
| Bioregistry | bioregistry |
https://bioregistry.io/biotop:attachedTo |
Extra Providers
Additional providers curated in the Semantic Farm are listed here. These are typically inherited from Identifiers.org or Prefix Commons, and need extra curation.
| Code | Name | URL |
|---|---|---|
bio2rdf |
Bio2RDF | http://bio2rdf.org/biotop:attachedTo |