An ontology for glycans based on GlyTouCan, but organized by subsumption.

Prefix

gno

Preferred Prefix

GNO

Alternative Prefixes

gnome

Keywords

obo ontology

Version

2026-03-14

License

CC-BY-4.0

Links

Homepage Repository OBO OWL OBO JSON

Publications

2021 GNOme - Glycan Naming and Subsumption Ontology

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in Glycan Naming and Subsumption Ontology should match this regular expression:
^(\d{8}|(\w+\d+\w+))$

Example Local Unique Identifiers

10004892   Resolve
G99373GG   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Glycan Naming and Subsumption Ontology should match this regular expression:
^GNO:(\d{8}|(\w+\d+\w+))$

Example CURIEs

GNO:10004892
GNO:G99373GG

Pattern for RDF URIs

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GNO_$1

Example RDF URI

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GNO_10004892

Contact

Nathan Edwards   0000-0001-5168-3196   edwardsnj

Mappings from records in Bioregistry to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 6 mappings to external registries with 2 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 10004892 is used to demonstrate the providers available for Glycan Naming and Subsumption 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.

Additional providers curated in the Bioregistry are listed here. These are typically inherited from Identifiers.org or Prefix Commons, and need extra curation.