bao

is a Ontology.

The BioAssay Ontology (BAO) is a formal OWL-DL ontology that establishes common reference metadata terms and definitions for describing low- and high-throughput drug and probe screening assays and their results. It captures assay design, screening formats, detection technologies, perturbagens, biological targets, endpoints, and measured results, enabling integration, aggregation, retrieval, and analysis of bioassay data across resources such as PubChem and ChEMBL. BAO is modularized into reusable components covering biology, properties, and controlled vocabularies.

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CC BY 4.0

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GitHub

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Product Summary

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From this Resource
ID Name URL Category Format Description
bao.complete-owl BAO complete OWL bao_complete.owl (38.2 KB) OntologyProduct owl The complete BioAssay Ontology in OWL...
bao.core-owl BAO core OWL bao_core.owl (9.0 KB) OntologyProduct owl The core BioAssay Ontology module in ...
bao.website BioAssay Ontology website bioassayontology.org GraphicalInterface http The BioAssay Ontology project website...
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ID Name URL Category Format Relation Description
biobtree.api BioBTree REST API api ProgrammingInterface http had primary source REST API for searching identifiers an...

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BioAssay Ontology

The BioAssay Ontology (BAO) is a formal OWL-DL ontology that establishes common reference metadata terms and definitions for describing low- and high-throughput drug and probe screening assays and their results. It captures assay design, screening formats, detection technologies, perturbagens, biological targets, endpoints, and measured results.

BAO enables effective integration, aggregation, retrieval, and analysis of bioassay data across resources such as PubChem and ChEMBL. The ontology is modularized into reusable components covering biology, properties, and controlled vocabularies, and is distributed as a complete OWL file alongside its individual modules.

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Created: June 15, 2026 | Last modified: June 15, 2026