The Ontology Lookup Service (OLS) is a repository for biomedical ontologies that aims to provide a single point of access to the latest ontology versions.
- Prefix
ols- Keywords
- biomedicine classification data visualization knowledge representation life science omics ontology registry
- Links
- Homepage
- Publications
- 2010 The Ontology Lookup Service: bigger and better
- 2008 The Ontology Lookup Service: more data and better tools for controlled vocabulary queries
- 2006 The Ontology Lookup Service, a lightweight cross-platform tool for controlled vocabulary queries
Identifier Standards
Contacts
- Contact
-
Henriette Harmse
0000-0001-7251-9504
henrietteharmse
- Contributor
-
creator
Charles Tapley Hoyt
0000-0003-4423-4370
cthoyt
Mappings to External Registries
Mappings from records in Bioregistry to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 1 mapping to an external registry.
| Registry Name | Registry Metaprefix | External Prefix | Curate |
|---|---|---|---|
FAIRSharing
|
fairsharing |
FAIRsharing.Mkl9RR
|
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 chebi is used to demonstrate the providers
available for EBI Ontology Lookup Service. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EBI Ontology Lookup Service | ols |
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/ontologies/chebi |
| Bioregistry | bioregistry |
https://bioregistry.io/ols:chebi |