The Informed Consent Ontology (ICO) is an ontology for the informed consent and informed consent process in the medical field.
- Prefix
ico- Preferred Prefix
ICO- Keywords
- biomedical science clinical studies health science medicine obo ontology
- Version
- 2026-02-28
- License
- CC-BY-4.0
- Links
- Homepage Repository OWL
Identifier Standards
- Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers
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Local unique identifiers in Informed Consent Ontology should match this
regular expression:
^\d{7}$ - Example Local Unique Identifier
- 0000066 Resolve
- Pattern for CURIES
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Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Informed Consent Ontology should match
this regular expression:
^ICO:\d{7}$ - Example CURIE
- ICO:0000066
- Format String for RDF URIs
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ICO_$1
- Example RDF URI
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ICO_0000066
Contacts
Mappings to External Registries
Mappings from records in Bioregistry to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 8 mappings to external registries with 3 unique external prefixes.
| Registry Name | Registry Metaprefix | External Prefix | Curate |
|---|---|---|---|
AberOWL
|
aberowl |
ICO
|
|
| BioContext | biocontext |
ICO
|
|
BioPortal
|
bioportal |
ICO
|
|
FAIRSharing
|
fairsharing |
FAIRsharing.b9znd5
|
|
OBO Foundry
|
obofoundry |
ico
|
|
OLS
|
ols |
ico
|
|
OntoBee
|
ontobee |
ICO
|
|
Wikidata (E)
|
wikidata.entity |
Q55118417
|
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 0000066 is used to demonstrate the providers
available for Informed Consent 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.