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
Identifier Standards
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
Mappings to External Registries

Mappings from records in Bioregistry to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 6 mappings to external registries with 2 unique external prefixes.

Registry Name Registry Metaprefix External Prefix Curate
AberOWL AberOWL logo aberowl GNO
BioPortal BioPortal Prefixes logo bioportal GNO
OBO Foundry OBO Foundry logo obofoundry gno
OLS EBI Ontology Lookup Service logo ols gno
OntoBee OntoBee logo ontobee GNO
Wikidata (E) Wikidata Entity logo wikidata.entity Q113012663
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 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.

Provider Name Provider Code URI
Glycan Naming and Subsumption Ontology gno http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GNO_10004892
Glycan Naming and Subsumption Ontology (RDF) rdf http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GNO_10004892
Bioregistry bioregistry https://bioregistry.io/gno:10004892
OBO Foundry obofoundry http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GNO_10004892
EBI Ontology Lookup Service ols https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/gno/terms?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GNO_10004892
BioPortal Prefixes bioportal https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/GNO/?p=classes&conceptid=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GNO_10004892
Extra Providers

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

Provider Name Provider Code URL
GNOme Composition Browser gno.composition https://gnome.glyomics.org/CompositionBrowser.html?focus=10004892
GNOme Structure Viewer gno.structure https://gnome.glyomics.org/StructureBrowser.html?focus=10004892