Users

Below you will find an alphabetical list of ontologies and institutions/groups using BFO.

Ontologies

• (EXperimental ACTions) Biomedical Protocol Ontology (EXACT2)
• (Microbial) Typing Ontology (TypOn)
• ACGT Master Ontology (ACGT MO)
• Actionable Intelligence Retrieval System (AIRS)
• Addiction Ontology (AO)
• Additive Manufacturing Ontology (AMO)
• Adolescent Depression Ontology (ADO)
• Adverse Event Reporting Ontology (AERO)
• AFO Foundational Ontology
• African Wildlife Ontology (AWO)
• Agronomic Linked Data (AgroLD)
• Agronomy Ontology (AGRO)
• Algorithm-Implementation-Execution Ontology Design Pattern
• Alzheimer Disease Ontology (ADO)
• Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis Ontology (ADDO)
• Anatomy of the Insect Skeleto-Muscular system ontology (AISM)
• Animals in Context Ontology (ACO)
• Antimicrobial-Microorganism Ontology
• Apollo Structured Vocabulary (Apollo-SV)
• ARIES (Arkansas Imaging Enterprise System) Knowledge Graph
• Asset Management Ontology (AMODO)
• Autism-DSM-ADI-R Ontology (ADAR)
• Bacterial Clinical Infectious Diseases Ontology (BCIDO)
• Bank Ontology
• Battle Management Ontology (BMO)
• Behavior Change Intervention Ontology (BCIO)
• Behavior Perspective Model (BPM)
• Beta Cell Genomics Application Ontology (BCGO)
• Bio-Knowledge Network Ontology (BioKNO)
• BioAssay Ontology
• Bioinformatics Web Service Ontology (OBIWS)
• Biological Collections Ontology (BCO)
• Biomedical Ethics Ontology
• Biomedical Grid Terminology (BiomedGT, retired)
• Biomedical Study - Lifecycle Management (BMS-LM) core ontology
• Biomimetic Ontology
• BioTop : a biomedical top-domain ontology
• BioTopLite2 (See also BioTopLite2 to BFO bridge )
• Body Fluids Ontology (BFLO)
• Bone Dysplasia Ontology (BDO) (see also here )
• Cancer Cell Ontology (OncoCL)
• Cancer Chemoprevention Ontology (CanCo)
• Cardiovascular Disease Ontology (CVDO)
• Case Based Reasoning (CBR) Ontology
• Categorical Temporal Phenomenology
• Cell Behavior Ontology (CBO)
• Cell Culture Ontology (CCONT)
• Cell Cycle Ontology
• Cell Expression, Localization, Development and Anatomy Ontology (CELDA)
• Cell Line Ontology (CLO)
• Cell Ontology : designed as a structured controlled vocabulary for cell types
• Cellular Microscopy Phenotype Ontology (CMPO)
• Chemical Analysis Ontology (CAO)
• Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI)
• Chemical Information Ontology (CHEMINF)
• Chemical Methods Ontology (CHMO)
• CHRONIOUS Ontology Suite
• CICCONETO et al., 2020; CICCONETO, 2021) spatial relations ontology
• CIDO-COVID-19
• Cigarette Smoke Exposure Ontology (CSEO)
• Clinical Data Integration Model (CDMO)
• Clinical Narrative Temporal Relation Ontology (CNTRO)
• Clinical Trial Protocol Ontology (CTP-O)
• Clusters of Orthologous Groups (COG) Analysis Ontology (CAO)
• Cognition-Guided Surgery (CGS) Ontology
• Cognitive Paradigm Ontology (COGPO)
• Cognitive Process Ontology (CPO)
• Collaborative Learning Healthcare Systems (CLHS) ontology
• Common Anatomy Reference Ontology (CARO) : anatomical structures in all organisms
• Common Core Cyber Ontology (C3O)
• Common Core Ontologies (CCO)
• Communication Standards Ontology (CSO)
• Comparative Data Analysis Ontology (CDAO)
• Computational Neuroscience Ontology (CNO)
• Computer Aided Engineering Modeling Language (CAEML) Ontology
• Computer-Based Patient Record Ontology (CPRO)
• Conceptual Model Ontology (CMO)
• Core Data Integration Model (CDIM)
• Coriell Cell Line Ontology
• Coronavirus Infectious Disease Ontology (CIDO)
• CPR Ontology for the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) Computer-Based Patient Record Ontology
• Crop Planning and Production Process Ontology (C3PO)
• CybOnto (Cognitive Digital Twin Ontology for CyberSecurity)
• Cybonto Cyber Security Ontology
• Dairy Cattle Performance Ontology (DCPO)
• Data Integration Aggregated Model for Nuclear Deployment (DIAMOND)
• Data Model for Representing Biographical Information for Prosopography (Bio-CRM)
• Data Use Ontology (DUO) see also here
• Decision Ontology
• Diabetes mellitus Diagnosis Ontology (DDO)
• Diabetes Mellitus Treatment Ontology (DMTO)
• Digital Objects in Philosophy Ontology (DOPHO)
• Document Act Ontology (D-Acts)
• Drug Interaction Ontology (DIO)
• Drug Ontology (DrOn)
• Drug Repurposing Ontology (DRO)
• Drug-drug Interaction Evidence Ontology (DIDEO)
• Drug-drug Interaction Ontology (DINTO)
• Eagle-I Research Resource Ontology (ERO)
• EifcOWL (Enhanced Ontology for the Construction Industry Foundation Classes) see also here
• Electrocardiography Ontology (ECG)
• Eligibility Criteria Ontology (EC-O)
• Email Ontology
• Emotion Ontology (EMO) : an ontology to describe affective phenomena
• ENanoMapper (ENM)
• End of Life (EoL) Domain Ontology
• Engineering-to-BioMimetic Ontology (E2BMO)
• Environment Ontology
• ENVOn (3D shape ontology)
• Epidemiology Ontology (EPO)
• Epilepsy and Seizure Ontology (EPSO)
• Epilepsy Ontology (EPIO)
• European Materials Modeling Ontology (EMMO)
• Event-Based Functional Behavior Ontology (EFBO)
• Event-Based Ontology for Historical Description (EOHD)
• Evolution Ontology (EO)
• Experimental Factor Ontology (EFO)
• Exposé : an ontology for data mining experiments)
• eXtended Formal Ontology (XFO)
• FASTO Ontology (incorporates BFO, FHIR, CPG,and SSN)
• Feedback Intervention Ontology (FIO)
• Financial Documents Ontology (FIN)
• Fission Yeast Phenotype Ontology (FYPO)
• Flower-Visiting Domain Ontology (FV), Known Flower-Visiting Group Domain Ontology (KFG), Flower-Visiting Behavior Application Ontology (FVB) and Observation-Date Application Ontology (OBD)
• Flybase Drosophila Anatomy Ontology (DAO)
• Flybase Drosophila Phenotype Ontology (FYPO)
• Food Ontology (FoodOn)
• Food Recipe Ingredient Substitution Ontology (FRISO)
• Food-Energy-Water Systems Ontology (FEWsONT)
• Foundational Model of Anatomy (FMA)
• Framework for Semantic Workflow Composition in the Geology Domain
• Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Ontology (GIEO)
• Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation (GSSO) ontology
• Gene Ontology (GO)
• Gene Regulation Ontology (GRO)
• General Information Model (GIM)
• Genomic Epidemiology Ontology (GenEpiO)
• Genomic Feature and Variation Ontology (GFVO)
• GeoCore Geology Ontology see also here
• Geographical Entity Ontology (GEO)
• GeoReservoir Ontology
• GeoReservoir ontology for deep-marine depositional system geometry
• Gestalt : Federated Access to Cyber Observables for Detection of Targeted Attack
• Global Electronic Health Record Ontology (G-EHR-O)
• Graphs, Objects, Points, Properties, Roles, and Relationships Ontology (GOPPRRE) with extensions
• Health Data Ontology Trunk (HDOT)
• Hemocomponents and Hemoderivatives Ontology (HEMONTO)
• HERMES 4D Printing Ontology
• Host Pathogen Interactions Ontology (HPO)
• Human Activity and Infrastructure Foundry (HAIF)
• Human Disease Ontology (DOID)
• Human Experience Realist Ontology (HERO)
• Human Interaction Network Ontology (HINO)
• Human Physiology Simulation Ontology (HuPSON) (see also here )
• Infectious Disease Ontology
• Information Artifact Ontology (IAO)
• Information Security Domain (ISD) ontology
• Informed Consent Ontology (ICO)
• Innovative Capabilities of Additive Manufacturing (ICAM) Ontology
• Integrated Framework for Additively Manufactured Products (IFAMP) ontology
• Interaction Network Ontology (INO)
• Interdisciplinary Prostate Ontology Project (IPOP)
• International Center for Food Ontology, Operability, Data and Semantics (IC-FOODS)
• uc_Eating : an ontology for the characterization of eating, drinking and otherwise consuming foods
• uc_FoodDrugInteractionOntology : an ontology for the characterization of interactions between foods and drugs
• uc_Milk : an ontology for the characterization of mammalian milks
• uc_Processing : an ontology for the characterization of processing methods and the products they engender
• uc_Sense : an ontology for the characterization of sensory perception, qualities, and attributes
• Intervention Setting Ontology
• Intracranial Aneurysm (ICA) Ontology
• Iranian Traditional Medicine General Ontology (IrGO)
• Knowledge Base Of Biomedicine (KaBOB)
• Knowledge Object Reference Ontology (KORO)
• Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures
• Lipid Ontology
• Literary Theme Ontology (LTO)
• Machine Learning Schema (ML-Schema) ontology
• Maintenance Activity Reference Ontology
• Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) Restriction Ontology (MRO)
• Malaria Ontology (IDOMAL)
• Manufacturing Service Description Language (MSDL) ontology
• Manufacturing Supply Chain Ontology (MSCO)
• Medication Adherence Behavior Ontology (MAB-Ontology)
• Mental Disease Ontology (MFO-MD)
• Mental Functioning Ontology (MF)
• Microbiology Ontology (MicrO)
• Middle Layer Ontology for Clinical Care (MLOCC)
• Military Ontology
• Military Scenario Ontology (MSO)
• Minimum Information Model for Patient Safety (MIMPS)
• miRNAO : an Ontology Unfolding the Domain of microRNAs
• MIRO and IRbase : IT Tools for the Epidemiological Monitoring of Insecticide Resistance in Mosquito Disease Vectors
• Mission and Means Framework (MMF) Ontology
• MOCA (Multi-attribute Ontology-based Criticality Analysis)
• Modal Relation Ontology (MRO)
• Mode of Delivery (MoD) Ontology
• Model for Clinical Information (MCI)
• Model for Describing Insect Anatomical Structures (MoDIAS)
• Modular Environmental Modeling Ontology (MEMOn)
• Mouse Pathology Ontology (MPATH)
• Name Reaction Ontology (RXNO)
• Nanoparticle Ontology (NPO) : Ontology for Cancer Nanotechnology Research
• Nanoparticles Impact on Human Cell morphology Ontology (NIHCO)
• Neomark Oral Cancer Ontology (NEOMARK4)
• Neural Electromagnetic Ontologies (NEMO) : Ontology-based Tools for Representation and Integration of Event-related Brain Potentials
• NeuroPsychological Testing Ontology (NPT)
• Neuroscience Information Framework (see also here )
• Neuroscience Information Framework Cell Ontology (NIFCELL)
• Neuroscience Information Framework Dysfunction Ontology (NIFDYS)
• Neuroscience Information Framework Standard Ontology (NIFSTD) : a collection of OWL modules covering distinct domains of biomedical reality
• NMR-Instrument Component of Metabolomics Investigations Ontology
• Non-Coding RNA Ontology (NCRO)
• OBDMR: An Ontology-Based Data Model for Railways
• OBR Scolio (scoliosis) ontology
• Ocular Disease Ontology (ODO)
• Ocular Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases Ontology (OcIMIDo)
• OncoCL-KB : Knowledgebase for Integration of Clinical and Molecular Cancer Data
• OntoAlign++ : A Combined Strategy for Improving Ontologies Alignment
• OntoDM Core
• OntoForInfoScience
• Ontologies for Representing Surgical Procedure Models (OntoSPM)
• Ontologized Minimum Information About BIobank data Sharing (OMIABIS)
• Ontology Based Clinical Decision Support System for Geriatrics
• Ontology Based Decision Support System for Tuberculosis Management and Control
• Ontology for Adverse Events (OAE)
• Ontology for Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Ontology for Biobanking (OBIB)
• Ontology for Biomedical Investigations (OBI)
• Ontology for Cancer research variables (OCRV)
• Ontology for Computable Eligibility Criteria - Hepatitis C Virus (OCEC-HCV)
• Ontology for Dengue Fever (IDODEN)
• Ontology for Documentation of Variable/Data Source Selection (ODVDS)
• Ontology for Drug Discovery Investigations (DDI)
• Ontology for Energy Investigations (OEI)
• Ontology for Functionally Graded Materials (OFGM)
• Ontology for General Medical Science (OGMS)
• Ontology for Genes and Genomes - Mouse (OGG-MM)
• Ontology for Genetic Interval (OGI)
• Ontology for Guiding Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing
• Ontology for Information Science (OntoforInforScience)
• Ontology for Laparoscopic Surgeries (LapOntoSPM)
• Ontology for MIcroRNA Target Prediction (OMIT) ( here )
• Ontology for Newborn Screening and Translational Research (ONSTR)
• Ontology for Next Generation Sequencing Experiments (NGS Ontology)
• Ontology for Nutritional Epidemiology (ONE)
• Ontology for Nutritional Studies (ONS)
• Ontology for Pain and Related Disability, Mental Health and Quality of Life (OPMQoL)
• Ontology for Parasite LifeCycle (OPL)
• Ontology for Periodontitis (PERIO)
• Ontology for Stem Cell Investigations (OSCI)
• Ontology for Thoracentesis
• Ontology of Arthropod Circulatory Systems (OArCS)
• Ontology of Biological and Clinical Statistics (OBCS)
• Ontology of Cancer Related Socialecological Variables (OCRSEV)
• Ontology of Card Sleights
• Ontology of Card Sleights
• Ontology of Cardiovascular Drug Adverse Events (OCVDAE)
• Ontology of Chinese Medicine for Rheumatism (OCMR)
• Ontology of Clinical Research (OCRe)
• Ontology of Commercial Exchange (OCE)
• Ontology of Data Mining (OntoDM)
• Ontology of Datatypes (OntoDT)
• Ontology of Electronics (OOE)
• Ontology of Experimental Variables and Values (OOEVV)
• Ontology of Genes and Genomes (OGG)
• Ontology of Genetic Disease Investigations (OGDI)
• Ontology of Genetic Susceptibility Factor (OGSF)
• Ontology of Hemotherapy (HEMONTO)
• Ontology of Medical Microbiology (OntoMic)
• Ontology of Medically Related Social Entities (OMRSE)
• Ontology of Microbial Phenotypes (OMP)
• Ontology of Organizational Structures ofTrauma systems and Trauma centers (OOSTT)
• Ontology of Social Participation (OPS)
• Ontology of Systems Engineering
• Ontology of Vaccine Adverse Events (OVAE)
• Ontology-Based Data Access (OBDA)
• Ontology-Based eXtensible Data Model (OBX)
• Ontology-Based Operational Emergency Response (POLARISC)
• Ontology-Driven Information System (ODIS)/Ontology-Driven Scenario Generator (ODSG)
• Open Model-Based Engineering Environment (OpenMBEE)
• Operational Environment Ontology (OEO)
• Oral Health and Disease Ontology (OHD)
• Organization Ontology Based on ROR
• Parasite Experiment Ontology (PEO)
• Part-Focused Manufacturing Process Ontology (PMPO)
• Patient Safetry Categorial Structure (PS-CAST)
• Petrochemical Ontology
• PGxO Pharmacogenomics Ontology
• Phenotypic Quality Ontology (PaTO) : qualities of biomedical entities
• Physics-Based Simulation Ontology (PSO-Physics and PSO-Sim)
• Plant Experimental Assay Ontology (PEAO)
• Plant Ontology (PO)
• Plastic Rock Deformation (PRD) ontology
• Pneumonia Ontology
• POLARISC Emergency Response System Ontology
• Ponte Ontology Platform (PONTE)
• Population and Community Ontology (PCO)
• Population Health Record (PopHR)
• Porifera Ontology (PORO)
• Pre-Eclampsia Ontology (PEO)
• Precision Medicine Ontology (PMO)
• PreOptique Platform for Integrated Pre-surgery Reports
• Prescription of Drugs Ontology (PRDO)
• PRISM: A Platform for Imaging inPrecision Medicine
• Process and Observation Ontology (PO2)
• Product Life Cycle Ontology for Additive Manufacturing
• Product Service System (PSS) Ontology
• Proper Name Ontology (PNO)
• PROSPECT-IDR: Personalised Prediction of Infectious Disease Risk
• Protein Ontology (PRO) : protein types and modifications classified on the basis of evolutionary relationships
• Protein-Ligand Interaction Ontology (PLIO)
• Provenir ontology for provenance modeling
• Public Safety and Emergency Management (PS/EM) Communications Ontology
• QROWD urban traffic and mobility ontology
• Quality of Service (QoS) Ontology
• Relations Ontology (RO)
• Reliability Assessment for Assembly Stations (RAAS) Ontology
• Rescue Ontology (ResOnt)
• RFID System Configuration Ontology (RFID SCO)
• RNA Ontology (RnaO) : RNA features, interactions and motifs
• Rock Plastic Deformation (RPD) ontology
• Role Ontology (ROLEO)
• ROMAIN industrial maintenance ontology
• Saliva Ontology (SALO)
• Schistosomiasis Process Ontology (IDOSCHISTO)
• Scientific Evidence and Provenance Information Ontology (SEPIO)
• Semantic Electronic Health Record (SEHR) Model from Linked2Safety (see also here )
• Semantic LAminated Composites Knowledge management System (SLACKS)
• Semantic Reference Model for Individualization of Information Processes
• Semantic Systems Engineering Ontology (SESO)
• Semanticscience Integrated Ontology (SIO)
• Senselab Ontology with applications to NeuronDB and BrainPharm
• Sentinel: Platform for Semantic Enrichment of Social Media Streams
• Sequence Ontology (SO) : features and properties of nucleic sequences
• Shop-Floor Digital Twin (DT) ontology
• Situated and Interactive Multimodal Conversations
• Situation Awareness Ontology (SAO)
• Sketch Map Ontology
• Skin Physiology Ontology (SPO)
• Sleep Domain Ontology (SDO)
• SMART Protocols : SeMAntic RepresenTation for Experimental Protocols
• Smart Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (SUOG) Ontology
• SNOMED CT (SCT) Standard Ontology
• Social Psychology Ontology (SPO)
• Software Ontology (SWO)
• Software, Disabilities and Competences Ontology (SODIC)
• Space Domain Ontologies (SDO)
• Space Object Ontology (SOO)
• Spatial Graph Adapter (SGA) Ontology Design Pattern
• Spatial Relation Ontology
• Spatiotemporal Ontology for the Administrative Units of Switzerland (SONADUS)
• Special Nuclear Materials Detection Ontology (SNM-DO)
• Statistics Ontology (STATO)
• STATO-LMM Linear Mixed Model Ontology
• Subcellular Anatomy Ontology (SAO)
• Suggested Ontology for Pharmacogenomics (SO-Pharm)
• Supply Chain Traceability Ontology
• Surface Water Ontology (SWO)
• Survey Ontology
• Taxonomy for Rehabilitation of Knee Conditions (TRAK)
• The Common Rule Ontology (CRO)
• The Trope Ontology
• Time Event Ontology (TEO)
• Toxic Process Ontology (TXPO)
• Trade-Space Analysis Tool for Constellations (TAT-C) ontology
• Traditional Chinese Drugs Ontology (TCDO)
• Translational Medicine Ontology (TMO)
• Transportation System Ontology
• Tumour-Node-Metastasis Ontology (TNM-O)
• UMass Engineering Core Ontologies
• United Nations SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Ontology Framework
• United Nations System Document Ontology (ONTO-UNDO)
• Universal Core Semantic Layer
• Vaccination Informed Consent Ontology (VICO)
• Vaccine Ontology (VO)
• Value Stream Mapping (VSM) Ontology
• Visualized Emotion Ontology (VEO)
• Vital Sign Ontology (VSO)
• VIVO Ontology
• Volcanism Ontology (VO)
• Volcanism Ontology (VO)
• Xenopus Anatomy Ontology (XAO)
• Xenopus Phenotype Ontology (XPO)
• yOWL : ontology-driven knowledge base for yeast biologists
• ZEMELA Intelligent Agriculture Platform

Institutions, Groups and Projects

• Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, New York
• Allotrope Foundation: Rethinking Scientific Data
• AstraZeneca
• Clinical Information Science (see also here )
• Bentley Software, Inc.
• Berkeley Bioinformatics Open-Source Projects (BBOP)
• Biomedical Knowledge Engineering Lab at Seoul National University (SNU BiKE)
• Biomedical Ontologies, University of Arkansas, Medical Center, Little Rock
• Brain Operation Database (BODB)
• Center for e-Design
• CTSAconnect
• CUBRC
• Darwin Core (DwC) (see also here )
• Division of Biomedical Ontology at the University at Buffalo Department of Biomedical Informatics
• DOQS : Data-Oriented Quality Solutions
• DSpace at NTNUA
• Dumontier Lab
• eagle-i Research Resource Ontology
• Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
• Elsevier Smart Content Strategy
• eNanoMapper
• EuPath Ontology
• Extensible Neuroimaging Archive Toolkit (XNAT)
• Good Ontology Design (GoodOD)
• HIGHFLEET
• Influenza Research Database (IRD)
• INRIA Lorraine Research Unit
• Institute for Defense Analysis
• Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)
• Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
• Kobe University, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Sociomedical Informatics
• L3 Data Tactics Corporation (see also here )
• Language and Computing Bought by Nuance
• libryo
• Medical University Graz - Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation
• National Center for Multi-Source Information Fusion
• OntoCAT
• OntoCOG
• University at Buffalo Referent Tracking Unit
• Open PHACTS
• openEHR
• OSTHUS
• Praxis : EMR research on interoperability and query of clinical records
• REMINE
• SAIC
• Saitama University - Faculty of Liberal Arts (see also here )
• Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
• Securboration
• Science Commons
• Neurocommons
• SMART Protocols
• Thermo Fisher Scientific
• TRADOC Operational Environment Center
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS)
• University of South Alabama - School of Computing - South Biomedical Informatics (SBI) Research Group (see also here )
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (see also here )
• University of Washington - Structural Informatics Group (SIG)
• Virus Pathogen Resource (ViPR)
• VIVO : An interdisciplinary national network enabling collaboration and discovery between scientists across all disciplines
• Volley: AI-powered learning hub