AfPO is an ontology that can be used in the study of diverse populations across Africa. It brings together publicly available demographic, anthropological and genetic data relating to African people in a standardised and structured format. The AfPO can be employed to classify African study participants comprehensively in prospective research studies. It can also be used to classify past study participants by mapping them using a language or ethnicity identifier or synonyms.
- Prefix
afpo- Preferred Prefix
AfPO- Keywords
- obo ontology
- License
- CC-BY-4.0
- Links
- Homepage Repository OBO OWL OBO JSON
- Contact
- Melek Chaouch 0000-0001-5868-4204 Melek-C
- Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers
- Missing LUI pattern
- Example Local Unique Identifier
- 0000440 Resolve
- Example CURIE
- AfPO:0000440
Metaregistry African Population Ontology
The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 4 mappings to external registries for this resource with 1 unique external prefixes.
| Registry Name | Registry Metaprefix | External Prefix | Curate |
|---|---|---|---|
AberOWL
|
aberowl |
AFPO
|
|
BioPortal
|
bioportal |
AFPO
|
|
OBO Foundry
|
obofoundry |
afpo
|
|
OntoBee
|
ontobee |
AfPO
|
RDF Information
When using this resource in RDF, the following URI format should be used:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/AfPO_$1
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 0000440 is used to demonstrate the providers
available for African Population Ontology. A guide for curating additional providers can be found
here.