Ontology

SPDX

Software Package Data Exchange License

The SPDX License List is a list of commonly found licenses and exceptions used in free and open source and other collaborative software or documentation. The purpose of the SPDX License List is to enable easy and efficient identification of such licenses and exceptions in an SPDX document, in source files or elsewhere. The SPDX License List includes a standardized short identifier, full name, vetted license text including matching guidelines markup as appropriate, and a canonical permanent URL for each license and exception.

licenseontology
D54

FAIR 36/48

Version https://w3id.org/biopragmat…

Evaluated 26 Oct 2026

How scores work

Source & access

Homepagespdx.org Repositorygithub.com DownloadCanonical file / PURL Browse in BioPortalNCBO BioPortal

Portals & registries

Also registered as
bioportal: SPDX-LICENSES

Automated evaluation

F Findable FAIR7/12
  • Persistent identifier (F1)w3id.org+4
  • Indexed in services (F4)2: BioPortal, Bioregistry+3
  • 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, OBO+5
  • Semantic-web IRIs (I2)OWL, OBO+3
  • References other vocabularies (I3)no imported vocabularies found0
R Reusable FAIR9/12
  • Clear license (R1.1)CC0 1.0+5
  • Release provenance (R1.2)https://w3id.org/biopragmatics/resources/spdx/88388db/spdx.ofn (version IRI in the artefact)+4
  • 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 Maintenance13/16
  • Recency2026-09-16 → 1.3 months (≤ 3 months)+10
  • Release cadence (12 months)2 releases (GitHub releases)+3
U Community adoption5/16
  • Documented adopting projects0 projects0
  • Reused by other ontologies00
  • Community signalmax(stars 711 → 5, citations 0 → 0)+5
P Penalties (inactivity & inconsistency)0
  • Time since last activity0.1 years → 4 × max(0, 0.1 − 1)0
  • Inactive statusnot archived, legacy or inactive0
  • Consistencynot yet checked by a reasoner0

FAIR subtotal 36/48 · earned 54/100 = 54/100 → grade D

Community adoption 0

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History & changes 1 run

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RunScoreFAIRVersion evaluatedTermsSnapshot
26 Oct 2026, 03:31 UTC54 D36https://w3id.org/biopragmatics/resources/spdx/88388db/spdx.ofn—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”.

FactSourceRetrieved
Homepage link check (HTTP 200)spdx.org26 Oct 2026, 03:22 UTC
Repository link check (HTTP 200)github.com26 Oct 2026, 03:22 UTC
Download link check (HTTP 200)w3id.org26 Oct 2026, 03:22 UTC
Artefact header (version IRI)raw.githubusercontent.com26 Oct 2026, 03:22 UTC
Git refs (commit 31ba1a5, latest tag v3.29.0)github.com26 Oct 2026, 03:22 UTC
GitHub repository statisticsapi.github.com26 Oct 2026, 03:22 UTC
Bioregistry mappings, dependencies & reusebioregistry.io26 Oct 2026, 03:22 UTC

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