EDAM - The ontology of data analysis and management - Topic - Classes

Last uploaded: November 12, 2025

Id	http://edamontology.org/topic_0003 http://edamontology.org/topic_0003
Preferred Name	Topic
Definitions	A category denoting a rather broad domain or field of interest, of study, application, work, data, or technology. Topics have no clearly defined borders between each other.
Synonyms	sumo:FieldOfStudy
Type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

label	Topic
prefLabel	Topic
inSubset	http://edamontology.org/bio http://edamontology.org/topics
hasRelatedSynonym	sumo:FieldOfStudy
relatedMatch	http://purl.org/biotop/biotop.owl#Quality http://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/ontologies/DOLCE-Lite.owl#quality http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000019
prefixIRI	topic_0003
broadMatch	http://www.onto-med.de/ontologies/gfo.owl#Perpetuant http://www.onto-med.de/ontologies/gfo.owl#Category http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000002 http://onto.eva.mpg.de/ontologies/gfo-bio.owl#Method
subClassOf	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing
closeMatch	http://bioontology.org/ontologies/ResearchArea.owl#Area_of_Research
hasDefinition	A category denoting a rather broad domain or field of interest, of study, application, work, data, or technology. Topics have no clearly defined borders between each other.
type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
notRecommendedForAnnotation	true
Created in	June 12, 2026
disjointWith	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#DeprecatedClass

Delete	Subject	Author	Type	Created
	New Class Proposal: Missing concept(s)	mkalas	New Class Proposal	2021-07-13