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Biological Spatial Ontology

ontology for representing spatial concepts used in biology
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Biological Spatial Ontology

Summary

Biological Spatial Ontology is an ontology[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Biological Spatial Ontology's instance of is recorded as ontology[3].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's instance of is recorded as knowledge graph[4].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's maintained by is recorded as Christopher J. Mungall[5].
  • biospatial is named after Biological Spatial Ontology[6].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported[7].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology is part of Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology Foundry Ontologies[8].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology is part of BLOD: Biomedical Linked Open Datasets[9].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's catalog code is recorded as bspo[10].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Shawn Zheng Kai Tan[11].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Sofia Robb[12].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Nicolas Matentzoglu[13].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Jennifer C. Girón[14].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Martin Larralde[15].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Anita Reane Caron[16].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Charles Tapley Hoyt[17].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as James P. Balhoff[18].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Christopher J. Mungall[19].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Meghan Balk[20].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's official website is recorded as https://github.com/obophenotype/biological-spatial-ontology[21].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/obophenotype/biological-spatial-ontology[22].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's described by source is recorded as Q109302681[23].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's described by source is recorded as BioPortal[24].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's described by source is recorded as Ontobee[25].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's described by source is recorded as Nose to tail, roots to shoots: spatial descriptors for phenotypic diversity in the Biological Spatial Ontology[26].
  • Biological Spatial Ontology's depends on software is recorded as Ontology Development Kit[27].

Body

Geography

Part of include Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology Foundry Ontologies[8] and BLOD: Biomedical Linked Open Datasets[9], a health care[28].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ontology[3] and knowledge graph[4].

History and Context

Biological Spatial Ontology's catalog code is recorded as bspo[10]. biospatial is named after it[6].

Why It Matters

Biological Spatial Ontology is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . obofoundry.org. Retrieved . obofoundry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . obofoundry.org. obofoundry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . obofoundry.org. Retrieved . obofoundry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . obofoundry.org. Retrieved . obofoundry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . obofoundry.org. Retrieved . obofoundry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . bioregistry.io. bioregistry.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . bioportal.bioontology.org. bioportal.bioontology.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ontobee.org. ontobee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Lemoncheddar · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imported from → —
    Wikidata description → ontology for representing spatial concepts used in biology
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'bspo'}
    Linked open data cloud id → bioportal-bspo
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1324]]: https://github.com/obophenotype/biological-spatial-ontology, Sourced metadata correction; https://github.com/SteveHedden/open-knowledge-graphs/issues/1"
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