Ontology
PLOS
PLOS Thesaurus
An ontologization of Public Library of Science (PLOS) journal keywords and topics. It's not clear how the IDs correspond to the actual pages. Appears in ADCAD.
Source & access
- homepage journals.plos.org HTTP 200
- download aber-owl.net HTTP 200
Portals & registries
Also registered as
aberowl: PLOSTHES bioportal: PLOSTHES fairsharing: FAIRsharing.2ndf9r
Automated evaluation
F Findable FAIR4/12
- Persistent identifier (F1)no PURL / w3id / DOI for the artefact0
- Indexed in services (F4)3: BioPortal, Bioregistry, FAIRsharing+4
- 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 FAIR0/12
- Clear license (R1.1)none found0
- Release provenance (R1.2)no version in artefact, registry or release tags0
- 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 Maintenance8/16
- Recency2026-05-19 → 5.3 months (≤ 6 months)+8
- Release cadence (12 months)0 releases0
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 activity0.4 years → 4 × max(0, 0.4 − 1)0
- Inactive statusnot archived, legacy or inactive0
- Consistencynot yet checked by a reasoner0
FAIR subtotal 24/48 · earned 32/100 = 32/100 → 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 | 32 E | 24 | file of 2026-05-19 | — | 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) | journals.plos.org | 26 Oct 2026, 03:14 UTC |
| Download link check (HTTP 200) | aber-owl.net | 26 Oct 2026, 03:14 UTC |
| Artefact header | aber-owl.net | 26 Oct 2026, 03:14 UTC |
| Bioregistry mappings, dependencies & reuse | bioregistry.io | 26 Oct 2026, 03:14 UTC |
Run 2026-10-26T02-37-38Z · evaluator v2.0.0 · rubric v3.4 · entry.json · run snapshot