Ontology
HOMBA
Harmonized Ontology of Mammalian Brain Anatomy
A BICAN ontology that harmonizes brain anatomy terms across mammalian brain atlases. Built with the Ontology Development Kit; early-stage.
Source & access
- homepage github.com HTTP 200
- repository github.com HTTP 200
- download purl.brain-bican.org HTTP 200
Automated evaluation
F Findable FAIR0/12
- Persistent identifier (F1)purl.brain-bican.org PURL does not resolve to the artefact (redirects to a web page)0
- Indexed in services (F4)not indexed anywhere0
- Citable reference (F2)no reference publication listed0
A Accessible FAIR6/12
- Homepage reachableHTTP 200+3
- Artefact retrievable over HTTP(S) (A1)download resolves to a web page, not the file; repository reachable+3
- Metadata persists in a registry (A2)not in Bioregistry or OBO Foundry0
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 FAIR2/12
- Clear license (R1.1)none found0
- Release provenance (R1.2)v2026-04-28 (latest GitHub release); not declared inside the artefact+2
- 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 Maintenance13/16
- Recency2026-04-28 → 5.9 months (≤ 6 months)+8
- Release cadence (12 months)5 releases (GitHub releases)+5
U Community adoption0/16
- Documented adopting projects0 projects0
- Reused by other ontologies00
- Community signalmax(stars 0 → 0, citations 0 → 0)0
P Penalties (inactivity & inconsistency)0
- Time since last activity0.5 years → 4 × max(0, 0.5 − 1)0
- Inactive statusnot archived, legacy or inactive0
- Consistencynot yet checked by a reasoner0
FAIR subtotal 16/48 · earned 29/100 = 29/100 → 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 | 29 E | 16 | v2026-04-28 | — | 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) | github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:59 UTC |
| Repository link check (HTTP 200) | github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:59 UTC |
| Download link check (HTTP 200) | purl.brain-bican.org | 26 Oct 2026, 02:59 UTC |
| Artefact header | github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:59 UTC |
| Git refs (commit 82829a0, latest tag v2026-04-28) | github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:59 UTC |
| GitHub repository statistics | api.github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 02:59 UTC |
Run 2026-10-26T02-37-38Z · evaluator v2.0.0 · rubric v3.4 · entry.json · run snapshot