An ontology for animal behaviours. It defines, labels, and interconnects potentially discernible actions, functional contexts, and dispositions. Using scientific references, it attempts to provide an internally consistent framework for classifying assertions which have been made about behaviours.

Prefix
actan
Preferred Prefix
ACTAN
Keywords
ontology
License
CC0-1.0
Links
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Identifier Standards
Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in Active Animals Ontology should match this regular expression:
^\d{7}$

Example Local Unique Identifier
0000002   Resolve
Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Active Animals Ontology should match this regular expression:
^ACTAN:\d{7}$

Example CURIE
ACTAN:0000002
Pattern for RDF URIs
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ACTAN_$1
Example RDF URI
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ACTAN_0000002
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 0000002 is used to demonstrate the providers available for Active Animals 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
Active Animals Ontology actan http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ACTAN_0000002
Active Animals Ontology (RDF) rdf http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ACTAN_0000002
Bioregistry bioregistry https://bioregistry.io/actan:0000002