Vocabulary

TAXONCONCEPT

TaxonConcept Ontology

This ontology and the related TaxonConcept data set mints identifiers that are tied to a specific species concept which can have several names and classifications., Version 0.976 This is an ontology for dealing with data related to species including observations, specimens, images etc. Traditionally species have been identified by the combination of a genus and specific epithet, for example Puma concolor. However these names change frequently as new information moves a given species into a different genus etc.

ontology

E11

FAIR 15/48

Evaluated 26 Oct 2026

How scores work

Source & access

Homepagelod.taxonconcept.org DownloadCanonical file / PURL

homepage lod.taxonconcept.org HTTP 200
download lov.linkeddata.es HTTP fetch failed

Portals & registries

Also registered as
biodivportal: TXN

Automated evaluation

F Findable FAIR1/12

Persistent identifier (F1)no PURL / w3id / DOI for the artefact0
Indexed in services (F4)1: Bioregistry+1
Citable reference (F2)no reference publication listed0

A Accessible FAIR6/12

Homepage reachableHTTP 200+3
Artefact retrievable over HTTP(S) (A1)unreachable0
Metadata persists in a registry (A2)Bioregistry+3

I Interoperable FAIR8/12

Formal machine-readable format (I1)RDF+5
Semantic-web IRIs (I2)RDF+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 Maintenance0/16

Recencyno activity evidence0
Release cadence (12 months)0 releases0

U Community adoption1/16

Documented adopting projects0 projects0
Reused by other ontologies1 vocabularies (LOV)+1
Community signalmax(stars 0 → 0, citations 0 → 0)0

P Penalties (inactivity & inconsistency)-5

No activity evidenceno commits, releases or dated files found-5
Inactive statusnot archived, legacy or inactive0
Consistencynot yet checked by a reasoner0

FAIR subtotal 15/48 · earned 16/100 − 5 inactivity = 11/100 → 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	11 E	15	—	—	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)	lod.taxonconcept.org	26 Oct 2026, 03:24 UTC
Download link check (HTTP fetch failed)	lov.linkeddata.es	26 Oct 2026, 03:25 UTC
Bioregistry mappings, dependencies & reuse	bioregistry.io	26 Oct 2026, 03:24 UTC

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