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

Missing Contact

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 biotools with 3 unique external prefixes.

Providers are various services that resolve CURIEs to URLs. The example CURIE biotools:bioregistry is used to demonstrate the provides available for biotools. Generation of OLS and BioPortal URLs requires additional programmatic logic beyond string formatting.