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Biological Collections Ontology

KGXBioPortal ontologyv2021-11-14CC0 1.0
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A KGX transformation of the BioPortal ontology Biological Collections Ontology (BCO), produced by KG‑Bioportal. Nodes are ontology classes; edges are the relations between them.

Graph at a glance

860
Nodes
1,287
Edges
2021-11-14
Version
2026-09-14
Transformed

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BCO.tar.gz
860 nodes · 1K edges
Base graph is the full graph

This ontology declares no imports, so its base graph already is its full graph; nothing separate was built.

The graph contains BCO_nodes.tsv and BCO_edges.tsv. Releases are incremental, so each link points at whichever release most recently rebuilt this ontology.

Biolink categories 13 categories across 860 nodes

NamedThing690
InformationContentEntity53
PhysicalEntity39
OrganismTaxon31
Procedure23
MaterialSample9
BiologicalProcessOrActivity5
Activity3
Cell3
Attribute1
MacromolecularComplex1
Protein1
Publication1

An item carrying more than one category is counted under each, so these counts can add up to more than the total.

How they were assigned 170 of 860 nodes (19.8%)

12is a seed term whose Biolink class is not in doubt
158inherits from a seed term above it in the hierarchy

Biolink categories 1 category across 1,287 edges

Association1,287

An item carrying more than one category is counted under each, so these counts can add up to more than the total.