Registry Basic Formal Ontology
The upper level ontology upon which OBO Foundry ontologies are built.
- Prefix
bfo- Preferred Prefix
BFO- Version
- 2019-08-26
- Links
- Homepage Repository OBO OWL
- Contact
- Barry Smith 0000-0003-1384-116X phismith
- Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers
-
Local identifiers in Basic Formal Ontology should match this regular expression:
^\d{7}$ - Example Local Unique Identifier
- 0000001 Resolve
- Pattern for CURIES
-
Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Basic Formal Ontology should match this regular expression:
^BFO:\d{7}$ - Example CURIE
- BFO:0000001
Metaregistry Basic Formal Ontology
The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are
7 mappings to external registries for bfo.
| Registry Name | Metaprefix | External Prefix |
|---|---|---|
| BioPortal Prefixes | bioportal |
BFO
|
FAIRSharing
|
fairsharing |
FAIRsharing.wcpd6f
|
| Gene Ontology Registry | go |
BFO
|
OBO Foundry
|
obofoundry |
BFO
|
Ontology Lookup Service
|
ols |
bfo
|
| OntoBee | ontobee |
BFO
|
| Prefix Commons | prefixcommons |
BFO
|
Providers
Providers are various services that resolve CURIEs to URLs. The example CURIE
bfo:0000001 is used to demonstrate the provides available for
bfo. Generation of OLS and BioPortal URLs requires additional programmatic
logic beyond string formatting.