Vertebrate Breed Ontology is an ontology created to serve as a single computable resource for vertebrate breed names.
- Prefix
vbo- Preferred Prefix
VBO- Keywords
- obo ontology
- Version
- 2026-04-15
- License
- CC-BY-4.0
- Links
- Homepage Repository OBO OWL OBO JSON
- Publications
- https://bioregistry.io/doi:10.48550/arXiv.2406.02623
- The Vertebrate Breed Ontology: Toward Effective Breed Data Standardization
Identifier Standards
- Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers
-
Local unique identifiers in Vertebrate Breed Ontology should match this
regular expression:
^\d{7}$ - Example Local Unique Identifier
- 0000038 Resolve
- Pattern for CURIES
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Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Vertebrate Breed Ontology should match
this regular expression:
^VBO:\d{7}$ - Example CURIE
- VBO:0000038
- Format String for RDF URIs
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VBO_$1
- Example RDF URI
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VBO_0000038
Contacts
Ontology
A summary of the relations in the Bioregistry schema can be found here.
- Depends On (1)
- NCBITaxon
- In Collection (1)
- NFDI4Biodiversity Collection
Mappings to External Registries
Mappings from records in Bioregistry to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 9 mappings to external registries with 2 unique external prefixes.
| Registry Name | Registry Metaprefix | External Prefix | Curate |
|---|---|---|---|
AberOWL
|
aberowl |
VBO
|
|
AgroPortal
|
agroportal |
VBO
|
|
BiodivPortal
|
biodivportal |
VBO
|
|
BioPortal
|
bioportal |
VBO
|
|
Cellosaurus
|
cellosaurus |
VBO
|
|
OBO Foundry
|
obofoundry |
vbo
|
|
OLS
|
ols |
vbo
|
|
OntoBee
|
ontobee |
VBO
|
|
Wikidata (E)
|
wikidata.entity |
Q114296193
|
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 0000038 is used to demonstrate the providers
available for Vertebrate Breed 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.