Bioschemas Types Propose a new type
Schema.org provides a vocabulary of terms that can be used to describe data on the Internet. The Bioschemas community are extending that vocabulary to be able to describe life sciences resources. Here we host the types and properties that are being proposed to the Schema.org vocabulary.
Comments and discussions on the mailing list or GitHub issue tracker are encouraged.
Technical corner
Bioschemas latest released types are provided in machine-actionable formats in
JSON-LD and
Turtle.
The canonical URL for Bioschemas types is 'https://bioschemas.org/terms/' and we use the namespace 'bioschemas'.
The latest drafts (still under discussion by the community, commonly used as release candidates) are also provided in
JSON-LD and
Turtle.
For draft types, we use the canonical URL 'https://bioschemas.org/draft_terms/' and the namespace 'bioschemas_draft'.
To make it easier for machines, we use FAIR Signposting to point to the released types JSON-LD
file from the HTML landing pages. We do not support Signposting for draft types. In both cases, released types and draft types, content negotiation is supported through https://w3id.org.
RELEASE
Released types have been agreed by the community and are widely deployed.
Please note that there may be a newer version in draft status when the community agree that a refinement is needed. Where applicable, these are linked from the release version with the label 'Latest draft'.
Note: In May 2020 we adopted a new set of governance rules which affect the numbering of our types. Since May 2020, new releases are given the next major release number, i.e. are of the form X.0-RELEASE.
Name | Group | Task & Issues |
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BioChemEntity (v0.7-RELEASE-2019_06_19) 2019-06-14 |
Biological Entities |
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BioSample (v0.1-RELEASE-2019_06_19) 2019-06-14 |
Samples |
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ChemicalSubstance (v0.3-RELEASE-2019_09_02) 2019-09-02 |
Chemicals |
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ComputationalWorkflow (v1.0-RELEASE) 2021-03-04 |
Workflow |
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FormalParameter (v1.0-RELEASE) 2020-10-19 |
Workflow |
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Gene (v0.3-RELEASE-2019_09_02) 2019-09-02 |
Genes |
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MolecularEntity (v0.3-RELEASE-2019_09_02) 2019-09-02 |
Chemicals |
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Protein (v0.3-RELEASE-2019_09_02) 2019-09-02 |
Proteins |
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Taxon (v1.0-RELEASE) 2023-05-01 |
Biodiversity |
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TaxonName (v1.0-RELEASE) 2023-05-01 |
Biodiversity |
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DRAFT
Draft types are actively being worked on and are likely to change. Disucssions take place on the mailing list and the GitHub issue tracker.
Draft types are either working towards their first release or are refinements of a previously released version.
Name | Group | Task & Issues |
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BioChemEntity (v0.8-DRAFT) 2022-12-22 |
Biological Entities |
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BioChemStructure (v0.1-DRAFT-2019_06_20) 2019-06-20 |
Chemicals |
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DNA (v0.2-DRAFT-2019_06_20) 2019-06-20 |
DNA |
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Enzyme (v0.1-DRAFT-2019_06_20) 2019-06-20 |
Proteins |
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Gene (v0.4-DRAFT) 2023-03-27 |
Genes |
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LabProcess (v0.1-DRAFT) 2024-01-26 |
Laboratory Protocols |
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LabProtocol (v0.5-DRAFT) 2024-01-12 |
Laboratory Protocols |
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Phenotype (v0.3-DRAFT-2020_06_07) 2020-06-07 |
Phenotypes |
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Protein (v0.4-DRAFT) 2023-03-27 |
Proteins |
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RNA (v0.1-DRAFT-2019_06_21) 2019-06-21 |
DNA |
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Sample (v0.2-DRAFT-2018_11_09) 2018-11-09 |
Samples |
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SequenceAnnotation (v0.1-DRAFT-2019_06_21) 2019-06-21 |
Proteins |
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SequenceMatchingModel (v0.1-DRAFT-2019_06_21) 2019-06-21 |
Proteins |
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SequenceRange (v0.1-DRAFT-2019_06_21) 2019-06-21 |
Proteins |
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Study (v0.3-DRAFT) 2020-12-15 |
Studies |
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Taxon (v0.4-DRAFT) 2020-06-09 |
Biodiversity |
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TaxonName (v0.1-DRAFT) 2020-06-09 |
Biodiversity |
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DEPRECATED
A type can be deprecated because:
- The working group decided that the type is no longer required, e.g. the work undertaken was deemed unsatisfactory, or failed to accomplish the desired objective(s), or has been superseded by some other activity; or
- The working group developing it have suspended work.
If you would like to continue work on one of these types then please email the community public-bioschemas@w3.org to discuss.
Name | Group | Task & Issues |
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DataRecord (v0.3-DRAFT-2019_06_20) 2019-06-20 |
Datasets |
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