Neuroscience

Brain data standards, behaviour and neuroscience metadata. See neuroschema.org for the full neuroscience catalog.

46 resources

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Ontology C61

ADDICTOAddiction Ontology

The Addiction Ontology (AddictO) is an ontology being developed all aspects of addiction research.

Neuroscience 2026-10-08
OWL FAIR 31/48 · 0 adopters
Data standard D54

BIDSBrain Imaging Data Structure

A community standard for organising and describing neuroimaging and related data (MRI, EEG, MEG, iEEG, PET, microscopy, and more). Its rules are published as a machine-readable YAML schema.

Neuroscience+2 domains v1.11.2
YAML schemaJSON FAIR 21/48 · 3 adopters
Schema D53

DANDI schemaDANDI Archive Metadata Schema

The metadata models of the DANDI neurophysiology archive. Pydantic models in the dandischema library define Dandiset and asset metadata; versioned JSON Schemas plus a JSON-LD context are generated from them and published in the dandi/schema repository. The library also converts Dandiset metadata to DataCite for DOIs.

Neuroscience+1 domain 0.14.0
JSON SchemaJSON-LDPydantic FAIR 24/48 · 1 adopter
Data standard D50

NWBNeurodata Without Borders Schema

A data standard and schema for neurophysiology: extracellular and intracellular electrophysiology, optical physiology, behavior and stimuli, extensible via neurodata extensions (NDX).

Neuroscience+2 domains 2.11.0
YAML schemaHDF5Zarr FAIR 21/48 · 3 adopters
Ontology D48

NPONanoParticle Ontology

An ontology that represents the basic knowledge of physical, chemical and functional characteristics of nanotechnology as used in cancer diagnosis and therapy.

Neuroscience+3 domains 2011-12-08 (yyyy-mm-dd)
OWL FAIR 36/48 · 1 adopter
Schema D44

NeuroML

An XML-based language (with XSD schema) for describing detailed neuron, synapse and network models in a simulator-independent way.

Neuroscience+1 domain NMLv2.3.1
XSDXMLLEMS FAIR 21/48 · 2 adopters
Ontology D43

nif.stdNIF Standard Ontology

NIFSTD is a base namespace (like obo:) which houses many other prefixes. Sometimes NIFSTD prefixed identifiers appear undifferentiated, but usually if it shows up it means that another prefix definition is missing when serializing.

Neuroscience+1 domain v3.1
OWLTurtle FAIR 31/48 · 2 adopters
Ontology Legacy D42

FMAFoundational Model of Anatomy

The Foundational Model of Anatomy Ontology (FMA) is a biomedical informatics ontology. It is concerned with the representation of classes or types and relationships necessary for the symbolic representation of the phenotypic structure of the human body. Specifically, the FMA is a domain ontology that represents a coherent body of explicit declarative knowledge about human anatomy.

Neuroscience+3 domains 5.1.0
OWL FAIR 41/48 · 0 adopters
Vocabulary D42

HEDHierarchical Event Descriptors

A structured vocabulary and annotation system for describing experimental events in time-series data such as EEG, MEG, fMRI and behavior.

Neuroscience+1 domain mouse_v1.0.0
XMLMediaWikiTSV FAIR 24/48 · 2 adopters
Schema D40

openMINDS

A set of metadata models and controlled terms for neuroscience graph databases, covering datasets, subjects, methods, software, models and brain atlases (SANDS).

Neuroscience+1 domain commit 19412fa
JSON SchemaJSON-LD FAIR 19/48 · 1 adopter
Ontology E38

EPSOEpilepsy and Seizure Ontology

The Epilepsy and Seizure Ontology (EpSO) is an application ontology developed to support epilepsy focused informatics tools for patient care and clinical research.

Neuroscience+1 domain 3
OWL FAIR 28/48 · 0 adopters
Data standard E33

SDSSPARC Dataset Structure

File and metadata structure for datasets in the NIH SPARC programme on the peripheral nervous system, with curation tooling that maps to InterLex terms.

Neuroscience 0.0.1.dev5
SpreadsheetJSON FAIR 13/48 · 1 adopter
Ontology E32

MBAMouse Brain Atlas

A controlled vocabulary to support the study of transcription in the mouse brain

Neuroscience v2025-07-04
OBO FAIR 25/48 · 2 adopters
Schema E31

BICAN modelsBICAN Knowledge Graph Models

LinkML data models for the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN) knowledgebase: taxonomies, assertions and evidence, library generation, anatomical structures, genome annotation, donors and a BICAN subset of Biolink. JSON Schema and Pydantic models are generated from the LinkML sources.

Neuroscience 0.2.0
LinkMLJSON SchemaPydantic FAIR 13/48 · 2 adopters
Schema E30

ReproSchema

A JSON-LD schema for standardising assessments and questionnaires, with versioned items, scoring and provenance, plus a shared library of instruments.

Neuroscience 1.0.0
JSON-LDLinkML FAIR 16/48 · 1 adopter
Ontology Legacy E29

NEMO2Neural ElectroMagnetic Ontology

Neural ElectroMagnetic Ontology (NEMO) describes classes of event-related brain potentials (ERP) and their properties, including spatial, temporal, and functional (cognitive/behavioral) attributes, and data-level attributes (acquisition and analysis parameters). FAIRsharing curators have been unable to contact the project developers, and as such this record has been marked as Uncertain. Please contact us if you have any information on this resource.

Neuroscience+1 domain v3.10
OWL FAIR 28/48 · 0 adopters
Schema E26

BICAN metadataBICAN Metadata Schemas

Metadata schemas and curation documentation for BICAN data, each reviewed and standardized by the BICAN Metadata and Ontologies Integration Working Group (MOWG).

Neuroscience v2026.04.01
Schema files FAIR 8/48 · 1 adopter
Schema E25

Neuroshapes

Open SHACL schemas for neuroscience data and provenance, originally developed within INCF and used by Blue Brain Nexus.

Neuroscience v0.3.15
SHACLJSON-LD FAIR 21/48 · 1 adopter
Ontology E24

HBAHuman Brain Atlas

A controlled vocabulary to support the study of transcription in the human brain

Neuroscience v2025-02-10
OBO FAIR 23/48 · 1 adopter
Ontology E23

BICANOBICAN Application Ontology

An application ontology covering research, research subjects and research results in BICAN, linking experimental knowledge to how data is distributed. It builds on earlier BICCN and Brain Data Standards work.

Neuroscience v2023-10-04
OWL FAIR 21/48 · 1 adopter
Schema E22

CASCell Annotation Schema

A JSON Schema for recording cell type annotations of single-cell datasets, including evidence, marker genes and links to ontology terms.

Neuroscience v1.1.0
JSON Schema FAIR 13/48 · 1 adopter
Schema Inactive E19

NIDMNeuroimaging Data Model

A family of W3C PROV-based specifications for describing neuroimaging experiments, workflows and results (NIDM-Experiment, NIDM-Workflows, NIDM-Results).

Neuroscience NIDM-Results_1.3.0 + co…
RDFTurtleJSON-LD FAIR 19/48 · 2 adopters
Ontology E17

SCAOSpinal Cord Atlas Ontology

An early-stage BICAN ontology repository for spinal cord atlas structures, set up with the Ontology Development Kit.

Neuroscience commit a5f68ee
OWL FAIR 19/48 · 0 adopters
Knowledge base E16

CogAtCognitive Atlas

A collaborative knowledge base of cognitive concepts, tasks, and the relations between them, built for annotating cognitive neuroscience experiments.

Neuroscience
WebJSON APIOWL FAIR 11/48 · 1 adopter
Ontology E15

PBAPrimate Brain Atlas

A controlled vocabulary to support the study of transcription in the primate brain

Neuroscience commit 3ce25f0
OBO FAIR 21/48 · 0 adopters
Ontology Legacy E11

CNOCNO: Construction Site Network Ontology

The Construction Site Network Ontology (CNO) is intended to add concepts and connect them to existing ontologies such as ifcOWL to enable singal strength estimation approaches. It is based on recommendation ITU-R P.2040 [1]. This work is part of the research project EConoM, funded by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport of Germany within the initiative InnoNT (funding number 19Ol22009F).

Neuroscience rdf:type owl:Annotation…
OWL FAIR 26/48 · 0 adopters
Ontology E10

ICEPOIon Channel Electrophysiology Ontology

The Ion Channel Electrophysiology Ontology supports the capture of voltage-gated ion channel electrophysiological data from the literature in a structured manner and thus enables other applications such as querying and reasoning tools.

Neuroscience
OBO FAIR 15/48 · 0 adopters
Ontology E8

BITOBICAN Techniques Ontology

An ontology of experimental techniques and methods used across the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network, to help scientists describe how data were produced.

Neuroscience commit 0d1ec3c
OWL FAIR 14/48 · 0 adopters
Vocabulary E8

CCNCommon Cell Type Nomenclature

A convention for naming and identifying data-driven cell types and taxonomies so that they can be compared and tracked across studies.

Neuroscience
Convention FAIR 6/48 · 1 adopter
Vocabulary E8

InterLex

A dynamic term registry (successor to NeuroLex) where neuroscience terms are minted, linked to existing ontologies and given stable ILX identifiers.

Neuroscience
WebREST APITurtle FAIR 11/48 · 2 adopters
Ontology E8

NDNeurological Disease Ontology

A framework for representing neurological diseases together with their diagnosis, treatment and associated clinical findings.

Neuroscience commit 756a205
OWL FAIR 14/48 · 0 adopters
Vocabulary E8

NeuroNames

A long-standing nomenclature of primate brain structures with synonyms across languages and atlases, served through BrainInfo.

Neuroscience
WebSpreadsheet FAIR 6/48 · 1 adopter
Ontology E8

PBAOPrimate Brain Atlas Ontology

An application ontology of the Allen Institute Primate Brain Atlas structure graph, mapped to Uberon. Currently in draft status.

Neuroscience commit 3ce25f0
OWL FAIR 14/48 · 0 adopters
Ontology E7

PDONParkinson's Disease Ontology

Models knowledge about Parkinson's disease, including etiology, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, for literature mining and data integration.

Neuroscience
OWL FAIR 12/48 · 0 adopters
Vocabulary Inactive E1

odMLodML Terminologies

Terminologies for the odML metadata format, giving standard keys for describing electrophysiology experiments, subjects and hardware.

Neuroscience commit ff4108b
XMLJSONYAML FAIR 14/48 · 1 adopter

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23 resources from other domains
Ontology A99

CLCell Ontology

The Cell Ontology is designed as a structured controlled vocabulary for cell types. The ontology was constructed for use by the model organism and other bioinformatics databases, incorporating cell types from prokaryotes to mammals, and includes plants and fungi.

Life Sciences+2 domains 2026-06-08
OWLOBOJSON FAIR 48/48 · 8 adopters
Ontology A96

UBERONUber Anatomy Ontology

Uberon is an integrated cross-species anatomy ontology representing a variety of entities classified according to traditional anatomical criteria such as structure, function and developmental lineage. The ontology includes comprehensive relationships to taxon-specific anatomical ontologies, allowing integration of functional, phenotype and expression data.

Life Sciences+3 domains 2026-10-01
OWLOBOJSON FAIR 47/48 · 13 adopters
Ontology A92

GOGene Ontology

The Gene Ontology project provides a controlled vocabulary to describe gene and gene product attributes in any organism.

Life Sciences+3 domains 2026-07-26
OWLOBOJSON FAIR 48/48 · 6 adopters
Ontology A87

HPHuman Phenotype Ontology

The Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) aims to provide a standardized vocabulary of phenotypic abnormalities encountered in human disease. Each term in the HPO describes a phenotypic abnormality, such as atrial septal defect. The HPO is currently being developed using the medical literature, Orphanet, DECIPHER, and OMIM.

Health & Clinical+2 domains 2026-09-01
OWLOBOJSON FAIR 45/48 · 2 adopters
Ontology A85

RORelation Ontology

The OBO Relation Ontology provides consistent and unambiguous formal definitions of the relational expressions used in biomedical ontologies.

Foundational & Upper Ontologies+5 domains 2026-09-04
OWLOBOJSON FAIR 48/48 · 1 adopter
Ontology B79

PAINThe Pain Ontology

An ontology that formalizes IASP's definition of pain as both an unpleasant physical and emotional experience, and it provides terms and axioms to represent the multidimensional aspects of pain, such as temporality, quality, extent, biological mechanism, and anatomical location.

Health & Clinical+2 domains 2026-10-15
OWLJSON FAIR 47/48 · 0 adopters
Ontology C59

MFOEMEmotion Ontology

An ontology of affective phenomena such as emotions, moods, appraisals and subjective feelings.

Health & Clinical+1 domain 2025-07-31
OWL FAIR 46/48 · 0 adopters
Ontology C59

MFOMDMental Disease Ontology

The Mental Disease Ontology is developed to facilitate representation for all aspects of mental disease. It is an extension of the Ontology for General Medical Science (OGMS) and Mental Functioning Ontology (MF).

Health & Clinical+1 domain 2020-04-26
OWL FAIR 43/48 · 0 adopters
Ontology Inactive C59

PCLProvisional Cell Ontology

Cell types that are provisionally defined by experimental techniques such as single cell transcriptomics rather than a straightforward & coherent set of properties.

Life Sciences+2 domains 2025-07-07
OWLOBOJSON FAIR 47/48 · 1 adopter
Ontology Inactive D54

ADOAlzheimer's Disease Ontology

Alzheimer's Disease Ontology is a knowledge-based ontology that encompasses varieties of concepts related to Alzheimer'S Disease, foundamentally structured by upper level Basic Formal Ontology(BFO). This Ontology is enriched by the interrelational entities that demonstrate the nextwork of the understanding on Alzheimer's disease and can be readily applied for text mining.

Health & Clinical+1 domain 2023-09-20
OWL FAIR 47/48 · 0 adopters
Vocabulary D53

SSTIMSensory Stimulation Ontology

SSTIM is an open OWL and SKOS vocabulary for sensory stimulation. It mints identifiers for stimulation techniques, stimuli and their parameters, delivery media and body placements, exposure and safety boundaries, session records, and the evidence assessments attached to a claim. It exists so that auditory, visual, tactile and cross-modal stimulation protocols can be described and exchanged in one vocabulary instead of per-study prose, and it is used by researchers, tool builders and the W3C Sensory Stimulation Vocabulary Community Group.

Health & Clinical+1 domain 0.20.0
OWL FAIR 40/48 · 0 adopters
Ontology D50

GMHOGALENOS Mental Health Ontology

The GALENOS Mental Health Ontology (GMHO) is being developed to represent the full range of concepts relevant to mental health. It forms a core component of the Global Alliance for Living Evidence on aNxiety, depressiOn and pSychosis (GALENOS) project, which aims to build a living evidence base for anxiety, depression, and psychosis.

Health & Clinical+1 domain 2026-03-26
OWL FAIR 31/48 · 0 adopters
Ontology E39

CTOClinical Trials Ontology

The core Ontology of Clinical Trials (CTO) will serve as a structured resource integrating basic terms and concepts in the context of clinical trials. Thereby covering clinicaltrails.gov. CoreCTO will serve as a basic ontology to generate extended versions for specific applications such as annotation of variables in study documents from clinical trials.

Health & Clinical+2 domains commit d5a3f8a
OWL FAIR 34/48 · 0 adopters
Ontology Legacy E33

NIF_CELLNIF Cell

NIF Cell: Neuronal cell types. A ontology listed in Bioregistry, OBO Foundry.

Life Sciences+2 domains v.1.10 - July 17, 2013
OWL FAIR 33/48 · 0 adopters
Ontology Inactive E16

biomodels.teddyTerminology for Description of Dynamics

The Terminology for Description of Dynamics (TEDDY) is an ontology for dynamical behaviours, observable dynamical phenomena, and control elements of bio-models and biological systems in Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology.

Life Sciences+1 domain 2014-04-24
OWL FAIR 34/48 · 0 adopters
Ontology Legacy E7

NIF_GROSSANATOMYNIF Gross Anatomy

The "Neuroscience Information Framework Gross Anatomy" was developed as part of the NIF Standard Ontologies. It extended NeuroNames by including terms from BIRNLex, SumsDB, BrainMap.org, etc.; for multi-scale representation of the nervous system and macroscopic anatomy. For more information, see the article "Development and use of Ontologies Inside the Neuroscience Information Framework: A Practical Approach" FT Imam et al, Front Genet 2012 Jun 22; 3:111. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00111. eCollection 2012 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22737162/

Life Sciences+1 domain
OWLOBO FAIR 22/48 · 0 adopters

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