Registry Genomic Epidemiology Ontology

The Genomic Epidemiology Ontology (GenEpiO) covers vocabulary necessary to identify, document and research foodborne pathogens and associated outbreaks.

Prefix: genepio
Preferred Prefix: GENEPIO
Keywords: epidemiology food genome genomics obo ontology pathogen
Version: 2026-04-13
License: CC-BY-3.0
Links: Homepage Repository OWL

Identifier Standards

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers: Local unique identifiers in Genomic Epidemiology Ontology should match this regular expression:
^\d{7}$
Example Local Unique Identifier: 0001885 Resolve
Pattern for CURIES: Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Genomic Epidemiology Ontology should match this regular expression:
^GENEPIO:\d{7}$
Example CURIE: GENEPIO:0001885
Format String for RDF URIs: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GENEPIO_$1
Example RDF URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GENEPIO_0001885

Contacts

Contact: Damion Dooley 0000-0002-8844-9165 ddooley

Ontology

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

Depends On (5): CHEBI NCBITaxon PO RO UBERON
In Collection (1): GHGA Collection

Mappings to External Registries

Mappings from records in Bioregistry to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 8 mappings to external registries with 3 unique external prefixes.

Registry Name	Registry Metaprefix	External Prefix
AberOWL	`aberowl`	`GENEPIO`
BioContext	`biocontext`	`GENEPIO`
BioPortal	`bioportal`	`GENEPIO`
FAIRSharing	`fairsharing`	`FAIRsharing.y1mmbv`
OBO Foundry	`obofoundry`	`genepio`
OLS	`ols`	`genepio`
OntoBee	`ontobee`	`GENEPIO`
Wikidata (E)	`wikidata.entity`	`Q55118402`

Providers

Suggest

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 0001885 is used to demonstrate the providers available for Genomic Epidemiology 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
Genomic Epidemiology Ontology	`genepio`	http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GENEPIO_0001885
Genomic Epidemiology Ontology (RDF)	`rdf`	http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GENEPIO_0001885
Bioregistry	`bioregistry`	https://bioregistry.io/genepio:0001885
OBO Foundry	`obofoundry`	http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GENEPIO_0001885
EBI Ontology Lookup Service	`ols`	https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols/ontologies/genepio/terms?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GENEPIO_0001885
BioPortal Prefixes	`bioportal`	https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/GENEPIO/?p=classes&conceptid=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GENEPIO_0001885

Get the version:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_version("genepio")
'2026-04-13'

This name annotation was originally annotated in OBO Foundry and is redistributed under the CC0 license.

Get the name:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_name("genepio")
'Genomic Epidemiology Ontology'

Get the license:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_license("genepio")
'CC-BY-3.0'

Get the homepage:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_homepage("genepio")
'http://genepio.org/'

Get the repository:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_repository("genepio")
'https://github.com/GenEpiO/genepio'

Get the OWL download link:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_owl_download("genepio")
'http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/genepio.owl'

Get the contact's name:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_contact_name("genepio")
'Damion Dooley'

Get the contact's email:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_contact_email("genepio")
'damion_dooley@sfu.ca'

Get the contact's GitHub handle:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_contact_github("genepio")
'ddooley'

Get the contact's ORCiD identifier:

>>> import bioregistry as br
>>> br.get_contact_orcid("genepio")
'0000-0002-8844-9165'