OBA: Ontology of Biological Attributes
This repository contains source files for OBA (Ontology of Biological Attributes).
The Ontology of Biological Attributes (OBA) is a formalised, species-independent collection of interoperable phenotypic trait categories that is intended to fulfil a data integration role. OBA is a standardised representational framework for observable attributes that are characteristics of biological entities, organisms, or parts of organisms. It is a collection of biological attributes (traits) covering all kingdoms of life and is interoperable with other ontologies in the Open Biological and Biomedical Ontologies (OBO) Foundry.
Useful links
Construction of the Ontology of Biological Attributes
OBA is drawn from various different sources:
- VT: Vertebrate Trait Ontology (itself partly drawn from the mouse phenotype ontology)
- TO: Plant Trait Ontology
- OBA terms partially derived from the
regulation of biological qualitybranch of the Gene Ontology (GO) - OBA terms generated de novo by curators; for example, for curation of EOL trait data in TraitBank
Citing OBA
Stefancsik R, Balhoff JP, Balk MA, Ball RL, Bello SM, Caron AR, Chesler EJ, de
Souza V, Gehrke S, Haendel M, Harris LW, Harris NL, Ibrahim A, Koehler S,
Matentzoglu N, McMurry JA, Mungall CJ, Munoz-Torres MC, Putman T, Robinson P,
Smedley D, Sollis E, Thessen AE, Vasilevsky N, Walton DO, Osumi-Sutherland D.
The Ontology of Biological Attributes (OBA)-computational traits for the life sciences.
Mamm Genome. 2023 Apr.