Biological Spatial Ontology
An ontology for representing spatial concepts, anatomical axes, gradients, regions, planes, sides, and surfaces
[{"category": "Individual", "contact_details": [{"contact_type": "email", "value": "cjmungall@lbl.gov"}, {"contact_type": "github", "value": "cmungall"}], "label": "Chris Mungall", "orcid": "0000-0002-6601-2165"}]
[{"category": "OntologyProduct", "description": "Biological Spatial Ontology in OWL format", "format": "owl", "id": "bspo.owl", "name": "bspo.owl", "original_source": [{"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "bspo"}], "product_file_size": 45961, "product_url": "http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bspo.owl"}, {"category": "OntologyProduct", "description": "Biological Spatial Ontology in OBO format", "format": "obo", "id": "bspo.obo", "name": "bspo.obo", "original_source": [{"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "bspo"}], "product_file_size": 27154, "product_url": "http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bspo.obo"}, {"category": "GraphProduct", "description": "KGX distribution of the SRI-Reference KG", "format": "kgx", "id": "sri-reference-kg.graph", "name": "SRI-Reference KG (KGX distribution)", "original_source": [{"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "sri-reference-kg"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "alliance"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "bgee"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "biogrid"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "clingen"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "clinvar"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "ctd"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "dictybase"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "flybase"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "goa"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "hgnc"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "mgi"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "ncbigene"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "omim"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "orphanet"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "panther"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "pombase"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "reactome"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "rgd"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "sgd"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "string"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "wormbase"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "xenbase"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "zfin"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "phenio"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "bfo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "bspo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "chebi"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "cl"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "ddanat"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "ddpheno"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "doid"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "dpo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "eco"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "emapa"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "fbbt"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "fbdv"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "foodon"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "fypo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "go"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "hp"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "hsapdv"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "maxo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "mondo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "mp"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "mpath"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "nbo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "ncbitaxon"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "ncit"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "oba"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "ordo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "pato"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "pr"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "ro"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "so"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "uberon"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "upheno"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "wbbt"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "wbls"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "wbphenotype"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "xao"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "xpo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "zfa"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "zfs"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "zp"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "icd10cm"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "icd11"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "decipher"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "mmrrc"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "cureid"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "phenopacket-store"}], "product_file_size": 230046094, "product_url": "https://data.monarchinitiative.org/monarch-kg-dev/latest/monarch-kg.tar.gz"}]
{"activity_status": "active", "category": "Ontology", "collection": ["obo-foundry"], "contacts": [{"category": "Individual", "contact_details": [{"contact_type": "email", "value": "cjmungall@lbl.gov"}, {"contact_type": "github", "value": "cmungall"}], "label": "Chris Mungall", "orcid": "0000-0002-6601-2165"}], "creation_date": "2025-09-29T00:00:00Z", "description": "An ontology for representing spatial concepts, anatomical axes, gradients, regions, planes, sides, and surfaces", "domains": ["anatomy and development"], "homepage_url": "https://github.com/obophenotype/biological-spatial-ontology", "id": "bspo", "infores_id": "bspo", "last_modified_date": "2026-06-18T00:00:00Z", "layout": "resource_detail", "license": {"id": "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/", "label": "CC BY 3.0", "logo": "http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/buttons/80x15/png/by.png"}, "name": "Biological Spatial Ontology", "products": [{"category": "OntologyProduct", "description": "Biological Spatial Ontology in OWL format", "format": "owl", "id": "bspo.owl", "name": "bspo.owl", "original_source": [{"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "bspo"}], "product_file_size": 45961, "product_url": "http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bspo.owl"}, {"category": "OntologyProduct", "description": "Biological Spatial Ontology in OBO format", "format": "obo", "id": "bspo.obo", "name": "bspo.obo", "original_source": [{"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "bspo"}], "product_file_size": 27154, "product_url": "http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bspo.obo"}, {"category": "GraphProduct", "description": "KGX distribution of the SRI-Reference KG", "format": "kgx", "id": "sri-reference-kg.graph", "name": "SRI-Reference KG (KGX distribution)", "original_source": [{"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "sri-reference-kg"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "alliance"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "bgee"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "biogrid"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "clingen"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "clinvar"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "ctd"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "dictybase"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "flybase"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "goa"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "hgnc"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "mgi"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "ncbigene"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "omim"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "orphanet"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "panther"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "pombase"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "reactome"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "rgd"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "sgd"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "string"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "wormbase"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "xenbase"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "zfin"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "phenio"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "bfo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "bspo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "chebi"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "cl"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "ddanat"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "ddpheno"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "doid"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "dpo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "eco"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "emapa"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "fbbt"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "fbdv"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "foodon"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "fypo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "go"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "hp"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "hsapdv"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "maxo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "mondo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "mp"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "mpath"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "nbo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "ncbitaxon"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "ncit"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "oba"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "ordo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "pato"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "pr"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "ro"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "so"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "uberon"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "upheno"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "wbbt"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "wbls"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "wbphenotype"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "xao"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "xpo"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "zfa"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "zfs"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "zp"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "icd10cm"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "icd11"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "decipher"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "mmrrc"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "cureid"}, {"relation_type": "prov:hadPrimarySource", "source": "phenopacket-store"}], "product_file_size": 230046094, "product_url": "https://data.monarchinitiative.org/monarch-kg-dev/latest/monarch-kg.tar.gz"}], "publications": [{"authors": ["Dahdul WM", "Cui H", "Mabee PM", "Mungall CJ", "Osumi-Sutherland D", "Walls RL", "Haendel MA"], "doi": "10.1186/2041-1480-5-34", "id": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25140222", "journal": "J Biomed Semantics", "title": "Nose to tail, roots to shoots: spatial descriptors for phenotypic diversity in the Biological Spatial Ontology.", "year": "2014"}], "repository": "https://github.com/obophenotype/biological-spatial-ontology"}