SSSOM is a Simple Standard for Sharing Ontological Mappings, providing - a TSV-based representation for ontology term mappings - a comprehensive set of standard metadata elements to describe mappings and - a standard translation between the TSV and the Web Ontology Language (OWL). Most metadata elements, such as "sssom:mapping_justification" are defined in the sssom namespace.
sssom
Local identifiers in Simple Standard for Sharing Ontological Mappings should match this
regular expression:
^[A-Za-z_]+$
Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Simple Standard for Sharing Ontological Mappings should match
this regular expression:
^sssom:[A-Za-z_]+$
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 mapping_justification is used to demonstrate the providers
available for Simple Standard for Sharing Ontological Mappings. A guide for curating additional providers can be found
here.
| Name | Metaprefix | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Simple Standard for Sharing Ontological Mappings | sssom |
https://w3id.org/sssom/mapping_justification |
| Bioregistry | bioregistry |
https://bioregistry.io/sssom:mapping_justification |