appears_in:
- scdo
contact:
  email: caripark@iastate.edu
  github: caripark
  name: Carissa Park
  orcid: 0000-0002-2346-5201
depends_on: []
deprecated: false
description: The Vertebrate Trait Ontology is a controlled vocabulary for the description
  of traits (measurable or observable characteristics) pertaining to the morphology,
  physiology, or development of vertebrate organisms.
download_obo: https://github.com/AnimalGenome/vertebrate-trait-ontology/raw/master/current_release/vt.obo
download_owl: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/vt.owl
example: 0000685
example_extras: []
homepage: https://github.com/AnimalGenome/vertebrate-trait-ontology
keywords:
- animal physiology
- biology
- developmental biology
- morphology
- obo
- ontology
- phenotype
- physiology
- trait
- vertebrate
license: CC-BY-4.0
mappings:
  aberowl: VT
  agroportal: VT
  biocontext: VT
  bioportal: VT
  fairsharing: FAIRsharing.10gr18
  obofoundry: vt
  ols: vt
  ontobee: VT
  prefixcommons: vt
  wikidata.entity: Q81661831
name: Vertebrate trait ontology
namespace_in_lui: false
pattern: ^\d{7}$
preferred_prefix: VT
prefix: vt
providers:
- code: bio2rdf
  description: Bio2RDF is an open-source project that uses Semantic Web technologies
    to build and provide the largest network of Linked Data for the Life Sciences.
    Bio2RDF defines a set of simple conventions to create RDF(S) compatible Linked
    Data from a diverse set of heterogeneously formatted sources obtained from multiple
    data providers.
  homepage: https://bio2rdf.org
  name: Bio2RDF
  uri_format: http://bio2rdf.org/vt:$1
publications:
- doi: 10.1186/2041-1480-4-13
  pmc: PMC3851175
  pubmed: '23937709'
  title: 'The Vertebrate Trait Ontology: a controlled vocabulary for the annotation
    of trait data across species'
  year: 2013
rdf_uri_format: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_$1
repository: https://github.com/AnimalGenome/vertebrate-trait-ontology
synonyms: []
uri_format: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_$1
version: '2026-03-17'
