BioTools is a registry of databases and software with tools, services, and workflows for biological and biomedical research.

Prefix

biotools

Keywords

bioinformatics biology biomedical science

Links

Homepage Repository

Contact

Hans Ienasescu   0000-0001-9727-2544   hansioan

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in BioTools should match this regular expression:
^[-A-Za-z0-9\_]*$

Example Local Unique Identifier

bioregistry   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from BioTools should match this regular expression:
^biotools:[-A-Za-z0-9\_]*$

Example CURIE

biotools:bioregistry

Publications

2015 Tools and data services registry: a community effort to document bioinformatics resources

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 5 mappings to external registries for this resource with 3 unique external prefixes.

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 bioregistry is used to demonstrate the providers available for BioTools. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.