An ontology for mouse anatomy covering embryonic development and postnatal stages.

Prefix

emapa

Preferred Prefix

EMAPA

Alternative Prefixes

EMAPA_RETIRED

Keywords

anatomy animal organ development bioinformatics developmental biology gene expression obo ontology

Version

2026-09-04

License

CC-BY-4.0

Links

Homepage Repository OBO OWL

Publications

1998 An internet-accessible database of mouse developmental anatomy based on a systematic nomenclature

2015 Mouse anatomy ontologies: enhancements and tools for exploring and integrating biomedical data

2013 EMAP/EMAPA ontology of mouse developmental anatomy: 2013 update

2016 Textual Anatomics

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local unique identifiers in Mouse Developmental Anatomy Ontology should match this regular expression:
^\d+$

Example Local Unique Identifier

26753   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Mouse Developmental Anatomy Ontology should match this regular expression:
^EMAPA:\d+$

Example CURIE

EMAPA:26753

Format String for RDF URIs

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/EMAPA_$1

Example RDF URI

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/EMAPA_26753

Contact

Terry Hayamizu   0000-0002-0956-8634   tfhayamizu

Mappings from records in Semantic Farm to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 10 mappings to external registries with 4 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 26753 is used to demonstrate the providers available for Mouse Developmental Anatomy Ontology. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.