Ontology
PATO
Phenotype And Trait Ontology
PATO is an ontology of phenotypic qualities, intended for use in a number of applications, primarily defining composite phenotypes and phenotype annotation.
Source & access
- 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) | pato | 2026-10-01 | 8,713 | 356 | 0 | 25 Oct 2026 |
| TIB Terminology Service | pato | 2025-05-14 | 8,625 | 357 | 0 | 15 May 2025 |
| OBO Dashboard | pato | 2025-05-14 | 2,877 | — | — | 11 Dec 2025 |
Ontology IRI http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
Version IRI http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato/releases/2026-10-01/pato.owl
Languages en
Imports from (14)
BFO BSPO CARO CHEBI CL COB GO IAO NBO NCBITaxon PCO RO SO UBERON
Reused by (131)
ADO AGRO AISM APOLLO_SV BMONT CHEMINF CIDO CL CLAO CLO COLAO CTENO CTO DDPHENO DIDEO DPO DRON DUO ECOCORE ECTO ENVO EPIO EXMO FBbt FLOPO FOODON FOVT FYPO GALLONT GECKO GENEPIO GEOGEO GO GSSO HP HTN IAO ICO LEPAO MAXO MCO MCRO MONDO MP NBO NGBO OAE OBA OBCS OBI OBIB OHD OHMI OHPI OMP ONE ONS OOSTT OPMI OVAE PCL PCO PDRO PECO PHIPO PLANA PLANP PO PORO PPO PROCO PSDO RBO RO SEPIO STATO SWO TO TXPO UBERON UPHENO VO WBPhenotype XPO ZP ADDICTO AFO BAO BCGO BCIO BSPO CAO CARO CDNO CHMO CMPO COB COHO COVOC CPONT ECAO ECO EFO EMRO ENM EUPATH FBbi GENO GMHO HCAO IDOMAL MFMO MICRO MSIO OGSF OMIABIS OMRSE ONTONEO PAIN PBPKO PREFER PRIDE PSO SLSO TAO VALUESETS VBO VSAO WBbt WBls MS
- Logical consistency
- consistent · 0 unsatisfiable
- OWL 2 DL
- yes
- ROBOT report
- 0 errors · 20 warnings · 2 info
- OBO principles
- FP01FP02FP03FP04FP05FP06FP07FP08FP09FP11FP12FP16FP20
- Axioms
- 23,009 · 1.89% entities reused
Also registered as
aberowl: PATO agroportal: PATO biodivportal: PATO bioportal: PATO fairsharing: FAIRsharing.ezwdhz obofoundry: pato ols: pato ontobee: PATO tib.ts: pato wikidata.entity: Q81661522
Automated evaluation
- Persistent identifier (F1)purl.obolibrary.org+4
- Indexed in services (F4)6: OLS, TIB, BioPortal, OBO Foundry, Bioregistry, FAIRsharing+5
- Citable reference (F2)doi:10.1093/bib/bbx035+3
- Homepage reachableHTTP 200+3
- Artefact retrievable over HTTP(S) (A1)download HTTP 200+6
- Metadata persists in a registry (A2)OBO Foundry, Bioregistry+3
- Formal machine-readable format (I1)OWL, OBO+5
- Semantic-web IRIs (I2)OWL, OBO+3
- References other vocabularies (I3)imports 14: bfo, bspo, caro, chebi, cl, cob, go, iao…+4
- Clear license (R1.1)CC BY 3.0+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
- Logical consistencyconsistent, 0 unsatisfiable classes (OBO Dashboard)+10
- OWL 2 DL profilein OWL 2 DL+2
- Upper-ontology alignmentimports BFO, COB+3
- Standard relations (RO)imports RO+1
- ROBOT report: no errors0 errors+2
- ROBOT report: warning density20 warnings / 2877 classes = 0.01+1
- Pitfall scan: no critical pitfallsno pitfall scan yet; ROBOT report has 0 errors+1
- Recency2026-10-09 → 0.6 months (≤ 3 months)+10
- Release cadence (12 months)1 release (GitHub releases)+2
- Documented adopting projects1 project+2
- Reused by other ontologies131: ado, agro, aism, apollo_sv, bmont, cheminf…+4
- Community signalmax(stars 60 → 2, citations 227 → 2)+2
- Time since last activity0.0 years → 4 × max(0, 0.0 − 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
- hpo.jax.org
PATO is used by the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) for logical definitions of phenotypes that facilitate cross-species integration.
Source: OBO Foundry registry
Know a project that uses PATO? Suggest it.
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 | 88 A | 48 | 2026-10-01 | 8,713 | 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, 03:13 UTC |
| Repository link check (HTTP 200) | github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 03:13 UTC |
| Download link check (HTTP 200) | purl.obolibrary.org | 26 Oct 2026, 03:13 UTC |
| Artefact header (version IRI) | raw.githubusercontent.com | 26 Oct 2026, 03:13 UTC |
| Git refs (commit b38c5dc, latest tag v2026-10-01) | github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 03:13 UTC |
| GitHub repository statistics | api.github.com | 26 Oct 2026, 03:13 UTC |
| OLS classes, imports, version & release | ebi.ac.uk | 26 Oct 2026, 03:13 UTC |
| OBO Foundry status, license & usages | obofoundry.org | 26 Oct 2026, 02:37 UTC |
| TIB Terminology Service metrics | service.tib.eu | 26 Oct 2026, 03:13 UTC |
| Bioregistry mappings, dependencies & reuse | bioregistry.io | 26 Oct 2026, 03:13 UTC |
| OBO Dashboard (checked 11 Dec 2025) | dashboard.obofoundry.org | 26 Oct 2026, 02:37 UTC |
| Crossref citations (doi:10.1093/bib/bbx035) | api.crossref.org | 26 Oct 2026, 03:13 UTC |
| Crossref citations (doi:10.1186/gb-2010-11-1-r2) | api.crossref.org | 26 Oct 2026, 03:13 UTC |
Run 2026-10-26T02-37-38Z · evaluator v2.0.0 · rubric v3.4 · entry.json · run snapshot
How to cite
- The anatomy of phenotype ontologies: principles, properties and applications (2018) · doi:10.1093/bib/bbx035 · 91 citations
- Integrating phenotype ontologies across multiple species (2010) · doi:10.1186/gb-2010-11-1-r2 · 227 citations