appears_in:
- fovt
contact:
  email: cjmungall@lbl.gov
  github: cmungall
  name: Chris Mungall
  orcid: 0000-0002-6601-2165
depends_on: []
deprecated: false
description: A collection of biological attributes (traits) covering all kingdoms
  of life. Interoperable with VT (vertebrate trait ontology) and TO (plant trait ontology).
  Extends PATO.
download_json: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/oba.json
download_obo: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/oba.obo
download_owl: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/oba.owl
example: '0000001'
example_extras:
- VT0003769
homepage: https://github.com/obophenotype/bio-attribute-ontology
keywords:
- biology
- obo
- ontology
license: CC0-1.0
mappings:
  aberowl: OBA
  agroportal: OBA
  biocontext: OBA
  bioportal: OBA
  fairsharing: FAIRsharing.mp0rwf
  obofoundry: oba
  ols: oba
  ontobee: OBA
  wikidata.entity: Q81661730
name: Ontology of Biological Attributes
pattern: ^(VT)?\d{7}$
preferred_prefix: OBA
prefix: oba
providers: []
publications:
- doi: 10.1007/s00335-023-09992-1
  pubmed: '37076585'
  title: The Ontology of Biological Attributes (OBA)-computational traits for the
    life sciences
  year: 2023
- doi: 10.1101/2023.01.26.525742
  pmc: PMC9900877
  pubmed: '36747660'
  title: The Ontology of Biological Attributes (OBA) - Computational Traits for the
    Life Sciences
  year: 2023
rdf_uri_format: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_$1
repository: https://github.com/obophenotype/bio-attribute-ontology
synonyms: []
uri_format: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_$1
version: '2025-10-29'
