Ontology
BIBO
The Bibliographic Ontology
The Bibliographic Ontology Specification provides main concepts and properties for describing citations and bibliographic references (i.e. quotes, books, articles, etc) on the Semantic Web.
Source & access
- homepage purl.org HTTP 200
- repository github.com HTTP 200
- download purl.org HTTP 200
Automated evaluation
F Findable FAIR5/12
- Persistent identifier (F1)purl.org+4
- Indexed in services (F4)1: Bioregistry+1
- Citable reference (F2)no reference publication listed0
A Accessible FAIR12/12
- Homepage reachableHTTP 200+3
- Artefact retrievable over HTTP(S) (A1)download HTTP 200+6
- Metadata persists in a registry (A2)Bioregistry+3
I Interoperable FAIR8/12
- Formal machine-readable format (I1)OWL, Turtle+5
- Semantic-web IRIs (I2)OWL, Turtle+3
- References other vocabularies (I3)no imported vocabularies found0
R Reusable FAIR4/12
- Clear license (R1.1)none found0
- Release provenance (R1.2)http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/1.3/ (version info in the artefact)+4
- Community standards (R1.3)no independent compliance report (not on the OBO Dashboard)0
Q Ontology consistency & quality11/20
- Logical consistencyconsistent, 0 unsatisfiable classes (ROBOT ELK in SchemaScope CI)+10
- OWL 2 DL profileoutside OWL 2 DL0
- Upper-ontology alignmentno BFO/COB/DOLCE import found0
- Standard relations (RO)does not import the Relation Ontology0
- ROBOT report: no errors54 errors0
- ROBOT report: warning density157 warnings / 1 classes = 157.000
- Pitfall scan: no critical pitfalls0 critical, 2 important, 2 minor pitfall types (SchemaScope Python scan (OOPS! pitfall subset))+1
M Maintenance10/16
- Recency2026-09-15 → 1.3 months (≤ 3 months)+10
- Release cadence (12 months)0 releases0
U Community adoption5/16
- Documented adopting projects0 projects0
- Reused by other ontologies62 vocabularies (LOV)+4
- Community signalmax(stars 6 → 1, citations 0 → 0)+1
P Penalties (inactivity & inconsistency)0
- Time since last activity0.1 years → 4 × max(0, 0.1 − 1)0
- Inactive statusnot archived, legacy or inactive0
- Consistencyconsistent, no unsatisfiable classes0
- ROBOT report errors54 errors against OBO conventions; not penalised (not an OBO-style ontology)0
FAIR subtotal 29/48 · earned 55/100 = 55/100 → grade C
Community adoption 0
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History & changes 1 run
History starts with the first archived run; changes appear after the next evaluation.
| Run | Score | FAIR | Version evaluated | Terms | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026, 03:31 UTC | 55 C | 29 | http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/1.3/ | — | JSON |
Provenance
Every fact on this page was fetched automatically. Each row shows where it came from and when. If a source fails, the last good value is kept and marked “carried forward”.
| Fact | Source | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|
| Homepage link check (HTTP 200) | purl.org | 26 Oct 2026, 02:40 UTC |
| Repository link check (HTTP 200) | github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:40 UTC |
| Download link check (HTTP 200) | purl.org | 26 Oct 2026, 02:40 UTC |
| Artefact header (version info) | dublincore.org | 26 Oct 2026, 02:40 UTC |
| Git refs (commit bcdd0e0) | github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:40 UTC |
| GitHub repository statistics | api.github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:40 UTC |
| Bioregistry mappings, dependencies & reuse | bioregistry.io | 26 Oct 2026, 02:40 UTC |
| ROBOT reason/report in SchemaScope CI | — | 25 Oct 2026, 21:57 UTC |
| OOPS! pitfall scan | oops.linkeddata.es | 25 Oct 2026, 21:57 UTC |
Run 2026-10-26T02-37-38Z · evaluator v2.0.0 · rubric v3.4 · entry.json · run snapshot