| Acronym | IAO |
| Visibility | Public |
| Description | The Information Artifact Ontology (IAO) is an ontology of information entities, originally driven by work by the OBI consortium.
To import Latest released version: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/iao.owl Other versions Developer (live) version: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/iao/dev/iao.owl Ontology metadata properties and classes only: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/iao/dev/iao.owl Dated versions
Please note: The ontology metrics displayed by BioPortal do not distinguish IAO-developed terms from terms imported from other ontologies. Tracker: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/iao/tracker |
| Status | Beta |
| Format | OWL |
| Categories | |
| Groups |
| Bibliographic reference | |
| Contact | Alan Ruttenberg ([email protected]) |
| Creation date | April 10, 2026
|
| Deprecated |
false
See more...
|
| Documentation |
https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO
See more...
|
| Homepage |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/iao
See more...
|
| License | 
|
| Notes |
IDs allocated to subdomains of IAO. pno.owl: IAO_0020000-IAO_0020999, d-acts.owl: IAO_0021000-IAO_0021999
See more...
An information artifact is, loosely, a dependent continuant or its bearer that is created as the result of one or more intentional processes. Examples: uniprot, the english language, the contents of this document or a printout of it, the temperature measurements from a weather balloon. For more information, see the project home page at https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO
See more...
IDs allocated to related efforts: PNO: IAO_0020000-IAO_0020999, D_ACTS: IAO_0021000-IAO_0021999
See more...
|
| Object creation date property | |
| Object modification date property | |
| Root of obsolete branch | |
| Submission date | April 10, 2026
|
| Version IRI | |
| Version information |
2026-03-30
See more...
|
| uri |