Ontology
geonames.ontology
GeoNames Ontology
An ontology used to enable annotating geospatial semantic information to entities in GeoNames
Source & access
- homepage geonames.org HTTP 200
- download geonames.org HTTP 200
Automated evaluation
F Findable FAIR1/12
- Persistent identifier (F1)no PURL / w3id / DOI for the artefact0
- 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+5
- Semantic-web IRIs (I2)OWL+3
- References other vocabularies (I3)no imported vocabularies found0
R Reusable FAIR9/12
- Clear license (R1.1)CC BY 3.0+5
- Release provenance (R1.2)Version 3.3 - 2022-01-30 (version info in the artefact)+4
- Community standards (R1.3)no independent compliance report (not on the OBO Dashboard)0
Q Ontology consistency & quality0/20
- Logical consistencynever checked by a reasoner0
- OWL 2 DL profileprofile not checked0
- Upper-ontology alignmentno BFO/COB/DOLCE import found0
- Standard relations (RO)does not import the Relation Ontology0
- ROBOT report: no errorsno ROBOT report available0
- ROBOT report: warning densityno ROBOT report available0
- Pitfall scan: no critical pitfallsno pitfall scan or ROBOT report yet0
M Maintenance0/16
- Recency2023-06-27 → 40.0 months (older / unknown)0
- Release cadence (12 months)0 releases0
U Community adoption3/16
- Documented adopting projects0 projects0
- Reused by other ontologies12 vocabularies (LOV)+3
- Community signalmax(stars 0 → 0, citations 0 → 0)0
P Penalties (inactivity & inconsistency)-9
- Time since last activity3.3 years → 4 × max(0, 3.3 − 1)-9
- Inactive statusnot archived, legacy or inactive0
- Consistencynot yet checked by a reasoner0
FAIR subtotal 30/48 · earned 33/100 − 9 inactivity = 24/100 → grade E
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 | 24 E | 30 | Version 3.3 - 2022-01-30 | — | 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) | geonames.org | 26 Oct 2026, 02:57 UTC |
| Download link check (HTTP 200) | geonames.org | 26 Oct 2026, 02:57 UTC |
| Artefact header (version info) | geonames.org | 26 Oct 2026, 02:57 UTC |
| Bioregistry mappings, dependencies & reuse | bioregistry.io | 26 Oct 2026, 02:57 UTC |
Run 2026-10-26T02-37-38Z · evaluator v2.0.0 · rubric v3.4 · entry.json · run snapshot