NIFSTD is a base namespace (like obo:) which houses many other prefixes. Sometimes NIFSTD prefixed identifiers appear undifferentiated, but usually if it shows up it means that another prefix definition is missing when serializing.

Prefix
nif.std
Alternative Prefixes
NIFSTD
Keywords
brain disease neuroscience ontology
Version
3.1 - January 15, 2018
License
CC-BY-4.0
Links
Homepage Repository Part of nif
Publications
2008 The NIFSTD and BIRNLex vocabularies: building comprehensive ontologies for neuroscience
Identifier Standards
Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers
Local unique identifiers in NIF Standard Ontology should match this regular expression:
^BAMSC\d+$
Example Local Unique Identifier
BAMSC981   Resolve
Pattern for CURIES
Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from NIF Standard Ontology should match this regular expression:
^nif\.std:BAMSC\d+$
Example CURIE
nif.std:BAMSC981
Mappings to External Registries

Mappings from records in Semantic Farm to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 2 mappings to external registries with 2 unique external prefixes.

Registry Name Registry Metaprefix External Prefix Curate
BioPortal BioPortal logo bioportal NIFSTD
FAIRsharing FAIRsharing logo fairsharing FAIRsharing.vgw1m6
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 BAMSC981 is used to demonstrate the providers available for NIF Standard 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.

Provider Name Provider Code URI
NIF Standard Ontology nif.std http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/BAMSC981
Bioregistry bioregistry https://bioregistry.io/nif.std:BAMSC981