Ontology
RADLEX
RSNA Informatics RadLex
A comprehensive set of radiology terms for use in radiology reporting, decision support, data mining, data registries, education and research. RadLex provides the foundation for vital data resources used in radiology: - The LOINC/RSNA Radiology Playbook - RadElement Common Data Elements -RadReport Radiology Reporting Templates The development of RadLex has been supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) project.
Source & access
- homepage radlex.org HTTP 200
- download aber-owl.net HTTP 200
Portals & registries
Also registered as
aberowl: RADLEX bioportal: RADLEX fairsharing: FAIRsharing.shm2f2
Automated evaluation
- Persistent identifier (F1)no PURL / w3id / DOI for the artefact0
- Indexed in services (F4)3: BioPortal, Bioregistry, FAIRsharing+4
- Citable reference (F2)doi:10.1016/j.jvir.2009.04.031+3
- Homepage reachableHTTP 200+3
- Artefact retrievable over HTTP(S) (A1)download HTTP 200+6
- Metadata persists in a registry (A2)Bioregistry+3
- Formal machine-readable format (I1)OWL+5
- Semantic-web IRIs (I2)OWL+3
- References other vocabularies (I3)no imported vocabularies found0
- Clear license (R1.1)http://www.rsna.org/uploadedFiles/RSNA/Content/Informatics/RadLex_License_Agreement_and_Terms_of_Use_V2_Final.pdf (not a recognised open license)+2
- 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
- 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
- Recency2026-05-19 → 5.3 months (≤ 6 months)+8
- Release cadence (12 months)0 releases0
- Documented adopting projects0 projects0
- Reused by other ontologies00
- Community signalmax(stars 0 → 0, citations 16 → 1)+1
- 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 29/48 · earned 38/100 = 38/100 → grade E
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.
| Run | Score | FAIR | Version evaluated | Terms | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026, 03:31 UTC | 38 E | 29 | 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) | radlex.org | 26 Oct 2026, 03:17 UTC |
| Download link check (HTTP 200) | aber-owl.net | 26 Oct 2026, 03:17 UTC |
| Artefact header | aber-owl.net | 26 Oct 2026, 03:17 UTC |
| Bioregistry mappings, dependencies & reuse | bioregistry.io | 26 Oct 2026, 03:17 UTC |
| Crossref citations (doi:10.1016/j.jvir.2009.04.031) | api.crossref.org | 26 Oct 2026, 03:17 UTC |
| Crossref citations (doi:10.1016/j.jvir.2008.10.022) | api.crossref.org | 26 Oct 2026, 03:17 UTC |
Run 2026-10-26T02-37-38Z · evaluator v2.0.0 · rubric v3.4 · entry.json · run snapshot
How to cite
- The IR Radlex Project: an interventional radiology lexicon--a collaborative project of the Radiological Society of North America and the Society of Interventional Radiology (2009) · doi:10.1016/j.jvir.2009.04.031 · 16 citations
- The IR RadLex project: an interventional radiology lexicon--a collaborative project of the Radiological Society of North America and the Society of Interventional Radiology (2008) · doi:10.1016/j.jvir.2008.10.022 · 13 citations