Basic Formal Ontology
Top-level ontology for scientific data integration. ISO/IEC 21838-2 standard. Foundation for 500+ OBO Foundry ontologies.
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Foundation for 500+ OBO Foundry biomedical ontologies
US Department of Defense data integration standard
Base layer for Industrial Ontology Foundry
Align heterogeneous scientific databases across domains
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