Ontology · Legacy
MICRO
Ontology of Prokaryotic Phenotypic and Metabolic Characters
An ontology of prokaryotic phenotypic and metabolic characters
Source & access
Homepagegithub.com
DownloadCanonical file / PURL
Browse in OLSEMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup ServiceBrowse in OBO FoundryOBO Foundry registry
- homepage github.com HTTP 200
- repository github.com HTTP 200
- download purl.obolibrary.org HTTP 200
Portals & registries
| Source | ID | Version | Classes | Properties | Individuals | Loaded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLS (EMBL-EBI) | micro | MicrO (An Ontology of Prokaryotic Phenotypic and Metabolic Characters). Version 1.5.1 released 6/14/2018. Includes terms and term synonyms extracted from > 3000 prokaryotic taxonomic descriptions, collected from a large number of taxonomic descriptions from Archaea, Cyanobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes and Mollicutes. The ontology and the synonym lists were developed to facilitate the automated extraction of phenotypic data and character states from prokaryotic taxonomic descriptions using a natural language processing algorithm (MicroPIE). MicroPIE was developed by Hong Cui, Elvis Hsin-Hui Wu, and Jin Mao (University of Arizona) in collaboration with Carrine E. Blank (University of Montana) and Lisa R. Moore (University of Southern Maine). Descriptions and links to MicroPIE can be found at http://avatol.org/ngp/nlp/overview-2/. https://github.com/biosemantics/micropie2 The most current version of MicrO can be downloaded from https://github.com/carrineblank/MicrO. | 19,246 | 605 | 19 | 25 Oct 2026 |
Ontology IRI http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MicrO.owl
Languages en
Imports from (17)
BFO BSPO CHEBI CHMO CL DRON ENVO GO IAO IDO NCBITaxon OBI PATO PO PR RO UBERON
Also registered as
fairsharing: FAIRsharing.brhpb0 obofoundry: micro ols: micro ontobee: MICRO wikidata.entity: Q81661692
Automated evaluation
F Findable FAIR12/12
- Persistent identifier (F1)purl.obolibrary.org+4
- Indexed in services (F4)4: OLS, OBO Foundry, Bioregistry, FAIRsharing+5
- Citable reference (F2)doi:10.1186/s13326-016-0060-6+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+5
- Semantic-web IRIs (I2)OWL+3
- References other vocabularies (I3)imports 17: bfo, bspo, chebi, chmo, cl, dron, envo, go…+4
R Reusable FAIR7/12
- Clear license (R1.1)CC-BY-2.0+5
- Release provenance (R1.2)MicrO (An Ontology of Prokaryotic Phenotypic and Metabolic Characters). Version 1.5.1 released 6/14/2018. Includes terms and term synonyms extracted from > 3000 prokaryotic taxonomic descriptions, collected from a large number of taxonomic descriptions from Archaea, Cyanobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes and Mollicutes. The ontology and the synonym lists were developed to facilitate the automated extraction of phenotypic data and character states from prokaryotic taxonomic descriptions using a natural language processing algorithm (MicroPIE). MicroPIE was developed by Hong Cui, Elvis Hsin-Hui Wu, and Jin Mao (University of Arizona) in collaboration with Carrine E. Blank (University of Montana) and Lisa R. Moore (University of Southern Maine). Descriptions and links to MicroPIE can be found at http://avatol.org/ngp/nlp/overview-2/. https://github.com/biosemantics/micropie2 The most current version of MicrO can be downloaded from https://github.com/carrineblank/MicrO. (OLS); not declared inside the artefact+2
- Community standards (R1.3)no independent compliance report (not on the OBO Dashboard)0
Q Ontology consistency & quality4/20
- Logical consistencynever checked by a reasoner0
- OWL 2 DL profileprofile not checked0
- Upper-ontology alignmentimports BFO+3
- Standard relations (RO)imports RO+1
- 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
- Recency2018-06-14 → 100.4 months (older / unknown)0
- Release cadence (12 months)0 releases0
U Community adoption2/16
- Documented adopting projects0 projects0
- Reused by other ontologies2: mco, valuesets+1
- Community signalmax(stars 5 → 1, citations 12 → 1)+1
P Penalties (inactivity & inconsistency)-30
- Time since last activity8.4 years → 4 × max(0, 8.4 − 1) (capped)-20
- Inactive statusmarked legacy-10
- Consistencynot yet checked by a reasoner0
FAIR subtotal 43/48 · earned 49/100 − 30 inactivity = 19/100 → 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 | 19 E | 43 | MicrO (An Ontology of Prokaryotic Phenotypic and Metabolic Characters). Version 1.5.1 released 6/14/2018. Includes terms and term synonyms extracted from > 3000 prokaryotic taxonomic descriptions, collected from a large number of taxonomic descriptions from Archaea, Cyanobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes and Mollicutes. The ontology and the synonym lists were developed to facilitate the automated extraction of phenotypic data and character states from prokaryotic taxonomic descriptions using a natural language processing algorithm (MicroPIE). MicroPIE was developed by Hong Cui, Elvis Hsin-Hui Wu, and Jin Mao (University of Arizona) in collaboration with Carrine E. Blank (University of Montana) and Lisa R. Moore (University of Southern Maine). Descriptions and links to MicroPIE can be found at http://avatol.org/ngp/nlp/overview-2/. https://github.com/biosemantics/micropie2 The most current version of MicrO can be downloaded from https://github.com/carrineblank/MicrO. | 19,246 | 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, 03:06 UTC |
| Repository link check (HTTP 200) | github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC |
| Download link check (HTTP 200) | purl.obolibrary.org | 26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC |
| Artefact header | raw.githubusercontent.com | 26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC |
| Git refs (commit 7396326) | github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC |
| GitHub repository statistics | api.github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC |
| OLS classes, imports, version & release | ebi.ac.uk | 26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC |
| OBO Foundry status, license & usages | obofoundry.org | 26 Oct 2026, 02:37 UTC |
| Bioregistry mappings, dependencies & reuse | bioregistry.io | 26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC |
| Crossref citations (doi:10.1186/s13326-016-0060-6) | api.crossref.org | 26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC |
Run 2026-10-26T02-37-38Z · evaluator v2.0.0 · rubric v3.4 · entry.json · run snapshot
How to cite
- MicrO: an ontology of phenotypic and metabolic characters, assays, and culture media found in prokaryotic taxonomic descriptions (2016) · doi:10.1186/s13326-016-0060-6 · 12 citations