Ontology
CiTO
Citation Typing Ontology
An ontology that enables characterization of the nature or type of citations, both factually and rhetorically.
Source & access
- homepage sparontologies.net HTTP 200
- repository github.com HTTP 200
- download purl.org HTTP 200
Portals & registries
| Source | ID | Version | Classes | Properties | Individuals | Loaded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIB Terminology Service | cito | 2.8.1 | 10 | 126 | 0 | 18 Apr 2024 |
- Logical consistency (ROBOT ELK)
- consistent · 0 unsatisfiable
- ROBOT report
- 0 errors · 241 warnings
OOPS!: 0 critical · 2 important · 2 minor pitfall types
Also registered as
fairsharing: FAIRsharing.b220d4 tib.ts: cito
Automated evaluation
F Findable FAIR11/12
- Persistent identifier (F1)purl.org+4
- Indexed in services (F4)3: TIB, Bioregistry, FAIRsharing+4
- Citable reference (F2)doi:10.1016/j.websem.2012.08.001+3
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, RDF+5
- Semantic-web IRIs (I2)OWL, RDF+3
- References other vocabularies (I3)no imported vocabularies found0
R Reusable FAIR9/12
- Clear license (R1.1)CC BY 4.0+5
- Release provenance (R1.2)2026-09-03 (version IRI in the artefact)+4
- Community standards (R1.3)no independent compliance report (not on the OBO Dashboard)0
Q Ontology consistency & quality13/20
- 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 errors0 errors+2
- ROBOT report: warning density241 warnings / 1 classes = 241.000
- Pitfall scan: no critical pitfalls0 critical, 2 important, 2 minor pitfall types (OOPS! (local Docker))+1
M Maintenance12/16
- Recency2026-09-03 → 1.7 months (≤ 3 months)+10
- Release cadence (12 months)1 release (GitHub releases)+2
U Community adoption3/16
- Documented adopting projects0 projects0
- Reused by other ontologies1 vocabularies (LOV)+1
- Community signalmax(stars 18 → 1, citations 155 → 2)+2
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
FAIR subtotal 40/48 · earned 68/100 = 68/100 → grade C
Community adoption 0
No adopting projects documented yet.
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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 | 68 C | 40 | 2026-09-03 | — | 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) | sparontologies.net | 26 Oct 2026, 02:43 UTC |
| Repository link check (HTTP 200) | github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:43 UTC |
| Download link check (HTTP 200) | purl.org | 26 Oct 2026, 02:43 UTC |
| Artefact header (version IRI) | sparontologies.github.io | 26 Oct 2026, 02:43 UTC |
| Git refs (commit d34b42e, latest tag v2.9.0) | github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:43 UTC |
| GitHub repository statistics | api.github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:43 UTC |
| TIB Terminology Service metrics | service.tib.eu | 26 Oct 2026, 02:43 UTC |
| Bioregistry mappings, dependencies & reuse | bioregistry.io | 26 Oct 2026, 02:43 UTC |
| ROBOT reason/report in SchemaScope CI | — | 25 Oct 2026, 21:56 UTC |
| OOPS! pitfall scan | oops.linkeddata.es | 25 Oct 2026, 21:56 UTC |
| Crossref citations (doi:10.1016/j.websem.2012.08.001) | api.crossref.org | 26 Oct 2026, 02:43 UTC |
Run 2026-10-26T02-37-38Z · evaluator v2.0.0 · rubric v3.4 · entry.json · run snapshot
How to cite
- FaBiO and CiTO: Ontologies for describing bibliographic resources and citations (2012) · doi:10.1016/j.websem.2012.08.001 · 155 citations