Ontology

MS

Mass spectrometry ontology

The PSI-Mass Spectrometry (MS) CV contains all the terms used in the PSI MS-related data standards. The CV contains a logical hierarchical structure to ensure ease of maintenance and the development of software that makes use of complex semantics.

chemistrydataplantnfdi4catnfdi4chemoboontology
C68

FAIR 47/48

Version 4.2.11

Evaluated 26 Oct 2026

How scores work

Source & access

Homepagepsidev.info 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)ms—6,11551025 Oct 2026
TIB Terminology Servicems—3,8653903 Nov 2025
OBO Dashboardms—4,048——16 Sept 2026

Ontology IRI http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ms.owl
Version IRI http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ms/4.2.8/ms.owl

Languages en

Imports from (7)
IAO NCIT OBI RO STATO UO PATO

Reused by (5)
CHMO CAO MSIO PRIDE VALUESETS

Logical consistency
consistent · 0 unsatisfiable
OWL 2 DL
no
ROBOT report
333 errors · 303 warnings · 42 info
OBO principles
FP01FP02FP03FP04FP05FP06FP07FP08FP09FP11FP12FP16FP20
Axioms
28,402 · 1.99% entities reused

Also registered as
aberowl: MS bioportal: MS obofoundry: ms ols: ms ontobee: MS tib.ts: ms wikidata.entity: Q81661714

Automated evaluation

F Findable FAIR12/12
  • Persistent identifier (F1)purl.obolibrary.org+4
  • Indexed in services (F4)5: OLS, TIB, BioPortal, OBO Foundry, Bioregistry+5
  • Citable reference (F2)doi:10.1093/database/bat009+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 7: iao, ncit, obi, ro, stato, uo, pato+4
R Reusable FAIR11/12
  • Clear license (R1.1)CC BY 3.0+5
  • Release provenance (R1.2)4.2.11 (version IRI in the artefact)+4
  • Community standards (R1.3)OBO principles: 7/13 checks pass+2
Q Ontology consistency & quality11/20
  • Logical consistencyconsistent, 0 unsatisfiable classes (OBO Dashboard)+10
  • OWL 2 DL profileoutside OWL 2 DL0
  • Upper-ontology alignmentno BFO/COB/DOLCE import found0
  • Standard relations (RO)imports RO+1
  • ROBOT report: no errors333 errors0
  • ROBOT report: warning density303 warnings / 4048 classes = 0.070
  • Pitfall scan: no critical pitfallsno pitfall scan yet; ROBOT report has 333 errors0
M Maintenance16/16
  • Recency2026-10-25 → 0.0 months (≤ 3 months)+10
  • Release cadence (12 months)34 releases (GitHub releases)+6
U Community adoption4/16
  • Documented adopting projects0 projects0
  • Reused by other ontologies5: chmo, cao, msio, pride, valuesets+2
  • Community signalmax(stars 42 → 2, citations 88 → 2)+2
P Penalties (inactivity & inconsistency)-10
  • Time since last activity0.0 years → 4 × max(0, 0.0 − 1)0
  • Inactive statusnot archived, legacy or inactive0
  • Consistencyconsistent, no unsatisfiable classes0
  • ROBOT report errors333 errors-10

FAIR subtotal 47/48 · earned 78/100 − 10 inactivity = 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.

RunScoreFAIRVersion evaluatedTermsSnapshot
26 Oct 2026, 03:31 UTC68 C474.2.116,115JSON

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)psidev.info26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC
Repository link check (HTTP 200)github.com26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC
Download link check (HTTP 200)purl.obolibrary.org26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC
Artefact header (version IRI)release-assets.githubusercontent.com26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC
Git refs (commit 412b0a8, latest tag v4.2.11)github.com26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC
GitHub repository statisticsapi.github.com26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC
OLS classes, imports, version & releaseebi.ac.uk26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC
OBO Foundry status, license & usagesobofoundry.org26 Oct 2026, 02:37 UTC
TIB Terminology Service metricsservice.tib.eu26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC
Bioregistry mappings, dependencies & reusebioregistry.io26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC
OBO Dashboard (checked 16 Sept 2026)dashboard.obofoundry.org26 Oct 2026, 02:37 UTC
Crossref citations (doi:10.1093/database/bat009)api.crossref.org26 Oct 2026, 03:06 UTC

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

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