Ontology

GO

Gene Ontology

Describes gene product functions, processes and locations, including synaptic transmission, neurotransmitter release and neuron development.

genessynapsefunctionOBO Foundry
A91

FAIR 48/48

Version 2026-07-26

Evaluated 27 Oct 2026

How scores work

Source & access

Homepagegeneontology.org Repositorygithub.com DownloadCanonical file / PURL Browse in OLSEMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup ServiceBrowse in BioPortalNCBO BioPortalBrowse in OBO FoundryOBO Foundry registry

Portals & registries

SourceIDVersionClassesPropertiesIndividualsLoaded
OLS (EMBL-EBI)go2026-07-2685,1694844827 Oct 2026
TIB Terminology Servicego2025-10-1051,84272018 Oct 2025
OBO Dashboardgo2026-07-2651,986——16 Sept 2026

Ontology IRI http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/extensions/go-plus.ofn
Version IRI http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/releases/2026-07-26/extensions/go-plus.ofn

Languages en

Imports from (24)
BFO BSPO ChEBI CL COB DDANAT ENVO FAO IAO IDO MOD NBO NCBITaxon OBA OBI OMO OPL PATO PO PR RO SO TAXRANK UBERON

Reused by (144)
ADO AMPHX APOLLO_SV BMONT CIDO CL CLO CLYH CTENO DDPHENO DIDEO DPO ECAO ECOCORE ECTO EMRO ENVO FBbt FBdv FLOPO FOVT FYPO GECKO GENO GSSO HPO ICEO IDO INO MF MFOEM MONDO MP MRO NBO NCRO OAE OBA OBI OHD OHMI OMIT OMP OMRSE ONS ONTONEO OPL PAIN PATO PBPKO PCL PCO PHIPO PLANA PORO PPO PREFER RBO RO STATO TO TXPO UBERON UPHENO VO WBPhenotype XPO ZP AGRO AISM BAO BCGO BCIO BCO BSPO CARO CCO CEPH CHEMINF CHIRO CHMO CMPO COB COHO COVOC DRON EC ECO EFO ENM EPIO EUPATH EXMO FBbi FOODON GALLONT GENEPIO GEXO HCAO HGNC hgnc.genegroup HTN ICO IDOCOVID19 IDOMAL MAXO MCO MFMO MFOMD MICRO MIRO MPIO MSIO OBCS OBIB OGSF OHPI OMIABIS ONE OOSTT OPMI ORNASEQ PDRO PECO PLANP PO PR PRIDE PROCO PSDO PSO PW RETO REXO SEPIO SLSO SWO TAO UPA VALUESETS VBO VSAO WBbt WBls

Logical consistency
consistent · 0 unsatisfiable
OWL 2 DL
no
ROBOT report
0 errors · 3 warnings · 8 info
OBO principles
FP01FP02FP03FP04FP05FP06FP07FP08FP09FP11FP12FP16FP20
Axioms
608,324 · 0.09% entities reused

Also registered as
aberowl: GO agroportal: GO bioportal: GO fairsharing: FAIRsharing.6xq0ee obofoundry: go ols: go ontobee: GO tib.ts: go wikidata.entity: Q135085

Automated evaluation

F Findable FAIR12/12
  • Persistent identifier (F1)purl.obolibrary.org+4
  • Indexed in services (F4)6: OLS, TIB, BioPortal, OBO Foundry, Bioregistry, FAIRsharing+5
  • Citable reference (F2)doi:10.1093/genetics/iyad031+3
A Accessible FAIR12/12
  • Homepage reachableHTTP 200+3
  • Artefact retrievable over HTTP(S) (A1)download HTTP 200+6
  • Metadata persists in a registry (A2)OBO Foundry, Bioregistry+3
I Interoperable FAIR12/12
  • Formal machine-readable format (I1)OWL, OBO+5
  • Semantic-web IRIs (I2)OWL, OBO+3
  • References other vocabularies (I3)imports 24: bfo, bspo, chebi, cl, cob, ddanat, envo, fao…+4
R Reusable FAIR12/12
  • Clear license (R1.1)CC BY 4.0+5
  • Release provenance (R1.2)2026-07-26 (version IRI in the artefact)+4
  • Community standards (R1.3)OBO principles: 11/13 checks pass+3
Q Ontology consistency & quality18/20
  • Logical consistencyconsistent, 0 unsatisfiable classes (OBO Dashboard)+10
  • OWL 2 DL profileoutside OWL 2 DL0
  • Upper-ontology alignmentimports BFO, COB+3
  • Standard relations (RO)imports RO+1
  • ROBOT report: no errors0 errors+2
  • ROBOT report: warning density3 warnings / 51986 classes = 0.00+1
  • Pitfall scan: no critical pitfallsno pitfall scan yet; ROBOT report has 0 errors+1
M Maintenance12/16
  • Recency2026-10-27 → 0.0 months (≤ 3 months)+10
  • Release cadence (12 months)1 release (OLS version IRI)+2
U Community adoption13/16
  • Documented adopting projects6 projects+5
  • Reused by other ontologies144: ado, amphx, apollo_sv, bmont, cido, cl…+4
  • Community signalmax(stars 255 → 4, citations 0 → 0)+4
P Penalties (inactivity & inconsistency)0
  • Time since last activity0.0 years → 4 × max(0, 0.0 − 1)0
  • Inactive statusnot archived, legacy or inactive0
  • Consistencyconsistent, no unsatisfiable classes0

FAIR subtotal 48/48 · earned 91/100 = 91/100 → grade A

Community adoption 6

  • SynGO

    Synaptic annotations built on GO terms

    Curated by SchemaScope
  • geneontology.org

    The GO ontology is used by the GO consortium for functional annotation of genes

    Source: OBO Foundry registry
  • uniprot.org

    Uniprot uses GO to show the function of proteins

    Source: OBO Foundry registry
  • reactome.org

    Reactome annotates activities, pathways, and cellular localization using GO

    Source: OBO Foundry registry
  • alliancegenome.org

    The Alliance of Genome Resources uses GO for model organism gene function annotation

    Source: OBO Foundry registry
  • rhea-db.org

    Rhea uses GO to describe individual biochemical reactions

    Source: OBO Foundry registry

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History & changes 2 runs

26 Oct 2026: 9227 Oct 2026: 91Score over time
Metrics across runs
27 Oct 2026
rubric v3.5		26 Oct 2026
rubric v3.4
Score9192
Findable1212
Accessible1212
Interoperable1212
Reusable1212
Quality1818
Maintenance1212
Adoption1314
Penalty00
Logically consistentyesyes
Unsatisfiable classes00
In OWL 2 DLnono
ROBOT errors00
ROBOT warnings33
Imported vocabularies2424
Reused by144144

Newest run first. Highlighted cells changed since the run before; hover to see the earlier value. A rubric change alone can move points.

  • Adoption: 14 → 13 (-1)
  • Score: 92 → 91 · rubric v3.4 → v3.5
RunScoreFAIRVersion evaluatedTermsSnapshot
27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC91 A482026-07-2685,169JSON
26 Oct 2026, 03:31 UTC92 A482026-07-2685,169JSON

Provenance

Every fact on this page was fetched automatically. Each row shows where it came from and when. If a source fails, the last good value is kept and marked “carried forward”.

FactSourceRetrieved
Homepage link check (HTTP 200)geneontology.org27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC
Repository link check (HTTP 200)github.com27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC
Download link check (HTTP 200)purl.obolibrary.org27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC
Artefact header (version IRI)current.geneontology.org27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC
Git refs (commit 21eb1f2)github.com27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC
GitHub repository statisticsapi.github.com27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC
OLS classes, imports, version & releaseebi.ac.uk27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC
OBO Foundry status, license & usagesobofoundry.org27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC
TIB Terminology Service metricsservice.tib.eu27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC
Bioregistry mappings, dependencies & reusebioregistry.io27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC
OBO Dashboard (checked 16 Sept 2026)dashboard.obofoundry.org27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC

Run 2026-10-27T21-58-30Z · evaluator v2.0.0 · rubric v3.5 · entry.json · run snapshot

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