bfo

is a Ontology.

It is part of the OBO Foundry collection.

The upper level ontology upon which OBO Foundry ontologies are built.

Domains

biological systems

License

CC BY 4.0

Homepage

bfo

Repository

GitHub

Infores ID

infores:bfo

FAIRsharing ID

Unknown

Product Summary

Contacts

Barry Smith

ORCID: 0000-0003-1384-116X

Github: phismith

Products

From this Resource
ID Name URL Category Format Description
bfo.owl bfo.owl bfo.owl (20.4 KB) OntologyProduct owl Basic Formal Ontology in OWL format
bfo.obo bfo.obo bfo.obo (17.5 KB) OntologyProduct obo Basic Formal Ontology in OBO format
From other Resources
ID Name URL Category Format Description
efo.owl EFO OWL efo.owl (229.5 MB) OntologyProduct owl The latest release of EFO in OWL format
efo.obo EFO OBO efo.obo (61.1 MB) OntologyProduct obo The latest release of EFO in OBO format

Details

Description

The upper level ontology upon which OBO Foundry ontologies are built.

Contacts

Products

bfo.owl

Basic Formal Ontology in OWL format

URL: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo.owl

Format: owl

bfo.obo

Basic Formal Ontology in OBO format

URL: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo.obo

Format: obo

Domains: biological systems

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Created: June 25, 2025 | Last modified: April 15, 2026