Ontology

FBcv

FlyBase Controlled Vocabulary

A structured controlled vocabulary used for various aspects of annotation by FlyBase.

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A88

FAIR 48/48

Version 2026-10-01

Evaluated 26 Oct 2026

How scores work

Source & access

Homepagepurl.obolibrary.org Repositorygithub.com DownloadCanonical file / PURL Browse in OLSEMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup ServiceBrowse in BioPortalNCBO BioPortalBrowse in OBO FoundryOBO Foundry registry

Portals & registries

SourceIDVersionClassesPropertiesIndividualsLoaded
OLS (EMBL-EBI)fbcv2026-10-012,377117025 Oct 2026
OBO Dashboardfbcv2026-07-101,475——18 Jul 2026

Ontology IRI http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/fbcv.owl
Version IRI http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/fbcv/releases/2026-10-01/fbcv.owl

Languages en

Imports from (6)
BFO CHEBI FBdv IAO RO UBERON

Reused by (4)
APOLLO_SV DPO ONTOAVIDA UPHENO

Logical consistency
consistent · 0 unsatisfiable
OWL 2 DL
yes
ROBOT report
0 errors · 14 warnings · 3 info
OBO principles
FP01FP02FP03FP04FP05FP06FP07FP08FP09FP11FP12FP16FP20
Axioms
10,813 · 7.48% entities reused

Also registered as
aberowl: FB-CV bioportal: FB-CV fairsharing: FAIRsharing.6tgyxf obofoundry: fbcv ols: fbcv ontobee: FBcv wikidata.entity: Q81661622

Automated evaluation

F Findable FAIR12/12
  • Persistent identifier (F1)purl.obolibrary.org+4
  • Indexed in services (F4)5: OLS, BioPortal, OBO Foundry, Bioregistry, FAIRsharing+5
  • Citable reference (F2)doi:10.1186/2041-1480-4-30+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)OBO Foundry, Bioregistry+3
I Interoperable FAIR12/12
  • Formal machine-readable format (I1)OWL, OBO+5
  • Semantic-web IRIs (I2)OWL, OBO+3
  • References other vocabularies (I3)imports 6: bfo, chebi, fbdv, iao, ro, uberon+4
R Reusable FAIR12/12
  • Clear license (R1.1)CC BY 4.0+5
  • Release provenance (R1.2)2026-10-01 (version IRI in the artefact)+4
  • Community standards (R1.3)OBO principles: 11/13 checks pass+3
Q Ontology consistency & quality20/20
  • Logical consistencyconsistent, 0 unsatisfiable classes (OBO Dashboard)+10
  • OWL 2 DL profilein OWL 2 DL+2
  • Upper-ontology alignmentimports BFO+3
  • Standard relations (RO)imports RO+1
  • ROBOT report: no errors0 errors+2
  • ROBOT report: warning density14 warnings / 1475 classes = 0.01+1
  • Pitfall scan: no critical pitfallsno pitfall scan yet; ROBOT report has 0 errors+1
M Maintenance15/16
  • Recency2026-10-01 → 0.8 months (≤ 3 months)+10
  • Release cadence (12 months)4 releases (GitHub releases)+5
U Community adoption5/16
  • Documented adopting projects1 project+2
  • Reused by other ontologies4: apollo_sv, dpo, ontoavida, upheno+2
  • Community signalmax(stars 10 → 1, citations 24 → 1)+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

FAIR subtotal 48/48 · earned 88/100 = 88/100 → grade A

Community adoption 1

  • flybase.org

    FlyBase uses FBcv for phenotype data annotation in Drosophila

    Source: OBO Foundry registry

Know a project that uses FBcv? Suggest it.

History & changes 1 run

History starts with the first archived run; changes appear after the next evaluation.

RunScoreFAIRVersion evaluatedTermsSnapshot
26 Oct 2026, 03:31 UTC88 A482026-10-012,377JSON

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”.

FactSourceRetrieved
Homepage link check (HTTP 200)purl.obolibrary.org26 Oct 2026, 02:55 UTC
Repository link check (HTTP 200)github.com26 Oct 2026, 02:55 UTC
Download link check (HTTP 200)purl.obolibrary.org26 Oct 2026, 02:55 UTC
Artefact header (version IRI)release-assets.githubusercontent.com26 Oct 2026, 02:55 UTC
Git refs (commit 5bab918, latest tag v2026-10-01)github.com26 Oct 2026, 02:55 UTC
GitHub repository statisticsapi.github.com26 Oct 2026, 02:55 UTC
OLS classes, imports, version & releaseebi.ac.uk26 Oct 2026, 02:55 UTC
OBO Foundry status, license & usagesobofoundry.org26 Oct 2026, 02:37 UTC
Bioregistry mappings, dependencies & reusebioregistry.io26 Oct 2026, 02:55 UTC
OBO Dashboard (checked 18 Jul 2026)dashboard.obofoundry.org26 Oct 2026, 02:37 UTC
Crossref citations (doi:10.1186/2041-1480-4-30)api.crossref.org26 Oct 2026, 02:51 UTC

Run 2026-10-26T02-37-38Z · evaluator v2.0.0 · rubric v3.4 · entry.json · run snapshot

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