Ontologies
BCO
Biological Collections Ontology (BCO)
OWL
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Last submission date August 2, 2023
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General information

The biological collection ontology includes consideration of the distinctions between individuals, organisms, voucher specimens, lots, and samples the relations between these entities, and processes governing the creation and use of "samples". Within scope as well are properties including collector, location, time, storage environment, containers, institution, and collection identifiers., The BCO supports the interoperability of biodiversity and biodiversity related data, including data on museum collections, environmental/metagenomic samples, and ecological surveys. A key aspect of the BCO is distinguishing among material samples (i.e. specimens), observing processes, and data about either of those entities. See more...
Last modified on November 14, 2021. For additional information, contact Bco Discuss List (bco-discuss@googlegroups.com).

Categories and subjects

Bio
Biodiv
Obs
Taxo
Biolo
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Total score : 252.0 ( 52.0%)
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Identifiers

URI

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bco.owl
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bco.owl

Version IRI

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bco/releases/2021-11-14/bco.owl
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bco/releases/2021-11-14/bco.owl

BiodivPortal URI

https://biodivportal.gfbio.org/ontologies/BCO
https://biodivportal.gfbio.org/ontologies/BCO

Dates

Creation date

November 14, 2021

Submission date

August 2, 2023

Persons and organizations

Contact

bco-discuss list

Contributor

John Wieczorek
Biocode Commons Ontology Hackathon members
Ramona Walls
Barry Smith
John Deck
Robert Guralnick

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Projects and usage information

Projects using BCO

No projects using BCO

Methodology and provenance

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Community

Notes

This is the editor's version of the ontology. Use with caution. For the live version of the ontology, use http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bco.owl. The Biological Collections Ontology was originally created at the Biocode Commons Hackathon at GSC14. Older versions can be viewed at http://code.google.com/p/biocode-commons/source/browse/#svn%2Ftrunk%2Fontologies%2Fbiocollections. Some of the classes in this ontology may be replaced by existing or newly requested terms from OBI or other ontologies.

Groups

OBO Foundry

Content

Root of obsolete branch

http://www.geneontology.org/formats/oboInOwl#ObsoleteClass
http://www.geneontology.org/formats/oboInOwl#ObsoleteClass

Example of resource

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bco_0000036
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bco_0000036

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