Bioregistry JSON Schema

This section describes the JSON schema used Bioregistry. It can be accessed here.

Bioregistry RDF Schema

This section describes the schema elements used in the RDF dumps of the Bioregistry used with prefix bioregistry.schema and URL https://bioregistry.io/schema/#. It can be downloaded here.

Bioregistry schema diagram

C Resource
bioregistry.schema:0000001

A type for entries in the Bioregistry's registry.

C Registry
bioregistry.schema:0000002

A type for entries in the Bioregistry's metaregistry.

C Collection
bioregistry.schema:0000003

A type for entries in the Bioregistry's collections

P has local unique identifier example
bioregistry.schema:0000005

An identifier for a resource or metaresource.

P has provider formatter
bioregistry.schema:0000006

The URL format for a provider that contains $1 for the identifier (or metaidentifier) that should be resolved.

P has resolver formatter
bioregistry.schema:0000007

The URL format for a resolver that contains $1 for the prefix and $2 for the identifier that should be resolved.

P has local unique identifier pattern
bioregistry.schema:0000008

The pattern for identifiers in the given resource

P has download URL
bioregistry.schema:0000010

A download link for the given resource

P provides for
bioregistry.schema:0000011

For resources that do not create their own controlled vocabulary, this relation should be used to point to a different resource that it uses. For example, CTD's gene resource provides for the NCBI Entrez Gene resource.

P is deprecated
bioregistry.schema:0000012

A property whose subject is a resource that denotes if it is still available and usable? Currently this is a blanket term for decommissioned, unable to locate, abandoned, etc.

P has canonical
bioregistry.schema:0000016

A property connecting two prefixes that share an IRI where the subject is the non-preferred prefix and the target is the preferred prefix. See examples here.

P depends on
bioregistry.schema:0000017

The data in resource denoted by the subject prefix depends on the data in the resources denoted by the object prefix

P appears in
bioregistry.schema:0000018

Terms from the source appear in the target resource

P has responsible
bioregistry.schema:0000019

The responsible person for a resource

C Person
bioregistry.schema:0000020

A person

P has reviewer
bioregistry.schema:0000021

The reviewer of a prefix

P has responsible
bioregistry.schema:0000022

The main contact person for a registry

P has alternative prefix
bioregistry.schema:0000023

An alternative or synonymous prefix

P has URI prefix
bioregistry.schema:0000024

The URL prefix for a provider that does not $1 for the identifier (or metaidentifier) that should be resolved.

C Organization
bioregistry.schema:0000025

An organization

P has identifier space owner
bioregistry.schema:0000026

An organization

P has resource example
bioregistry.schema:0000027

An expanded example URL for a resource or metaresource.

P has URI pattern
bioregistry.schema:0000028

The pattern for expanded URIs in the given resource

P has prefix
bioregistry.schema:0000029

has canonical prefix