Ontology
NPO
Neuron Phenotype Ontology
Defines neuron types by combinations of phenotypes (location, morphology, molecular markers, electrophysiology, projections). Part of the NIF Ontology.
Source & access
- homepage github.com HTTP 200
- repository github.com HTTP 200
- download aber-owl.net HTTP 200
Portals & registries
- Logical consistency (ROBOT ELK)
- consistent · 0 unsatisfiable
- ROBOT report
- 74 errors · 2,018 warnings
OOPS!: 0 critical · 4 important · 8 minor pitfall types
Also registered as
aberowl: NPO bioportal: NPO fairsharing: FAIRsharing.vy0p71
Automated evaluation
F Findable FAIR7/12
- Persistent identifier (F1)no PURL / w3id / DOI for the artefact0
- Indexed in services (F4)3: BioPortal, Bioregistry, FAIRsharing+4
- Citable reference (F2)doi:10.1007/s12021-022-09566-7+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)Bioregistry+3
I Interoperable FAIR8/12
- Formal machine-readable format (I1)OWL, Turtle+5
- Semantic-web IRIs (I2)OWL, Turtle+3
- References other vocabularies (I3)no imported vocabularies found0
R Reusable FAIR9/12
- Clear license (R1.1)CC-BY-4.0+5
- Release provenance (R1.2)2011-12-08 (yyyy-mm-dd) (version info in the artefact)+4
- Community standards (R1.3)no independent compliance report (not on the OBO Dashboard)0
Q Ontology consistency & quality11/20
- Logical consistencyconsistent, 0 unsatisfiable classes (ROBOT ELK, run by SchemaScope)+10
- OWL 2 DL profileoutside OWL 2 DL0
- Upper-ontology alignmentno BFO/COB/DOLCE import found0
- Standard relations (RO)does not import the Relation Ontology0
- ROBOT report: no errors74 errors0
- ROBOT report: warning density2018 warnings / 1 classes = 2018.000
- Pitfall scan: no critical pitfalls0 critical, 4 important, 8 minor pitfall types (OOPS! (local Docker))+1
M Maintenance8/16
- Recency2026-07-24 → 3.1 months (≤ 6 months)+8
- Release cadence (12 months)0 releases (GitHub releases)0
U Community adoption4/16
- Documented adopting projects1 project+2
- Reused by other ontologies00
- Community signalmax(stars 64 → 2, citations 8 → 0)+2
P Penalties (inactivity & inconsistency)0
- Time since last activity0.3 years → 4 × max(0, 0.3 − 1)0
- Inactive statusnot archived, legacy or inactive0
- Consistencyconsistent, no unsatisfiable classes0
- ROBOT report errors74 errors against OBO conventions; not penalised (not an OBO-style ontology)0
FAIR subtotal 36/48 · earned 59/100 = 59/100 → grade C
Community adoption 1
- SPARC
Neuron populations in connectivity models
Curated by SchemaScope
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History & changes 2 runs
Score over time
Metrics across runs
| 27 Oct 2026 rubric v3.5 | 26 Oct 2026 rubric v3.4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 59 | 48 |
| Findable | 7 | 7 |
| Accessible | 12 | 12 |
| Interoperable | 8 | 8 |
| Reusable | 9 | 9 |
| Quality | 11 | 0 |
| Maintenance | 8 | 8 |
| Adoption | 4 | 4 |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 |
| Logically consistent | yes | — |
| Unsatisfiable classes | 0 | — |
| In OWL 2 DL | no | — |
| ROBOT errors | 74 | — |
| ROBOT warnings | 2,018 | — |
| Critical pitfalls | 0 | — |
| Imported vocabularies | 0 | 0 |
| Reused by | 0 | 0 |
Newest run first. Highlighted cells changed since the run before; hover to see the earlier value. A rubric change alone can move points.
- Quality: 0 → 11 (+11)
- Homepage link: blocked → ok
- License: BSD-3-Clause → CC-BY-4.0
- Score: 48 → 59 (grade D → C) · rubric v3.4 → v3.5
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”.
| Fact | Source | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|
| Homepage link check (HTTP 200) | github.com | 27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC |
| Repository link check (HTTP 200) | github.com | 27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC |
| Download link check (HTTP 200) | aber-owl.net | 27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC |
| Artefact header (version info) | aber-owl.net | 27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC |
| Git refs (commit e0b6941, latest tag 20191210025914-4ca48f8) | github.com | 27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC |
| GitHub repository statistics | api.github.com | 27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC |
| Bioregistry mappings, dependencies & reuse | bioregistry.io | 27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC |
| ROBOT reason/report in SchemaScope CI | — | 27 Oct 2026, 21:43 UTC |
| OOPS! pitfall scan | oops.linkeddata.es | 27 Oct 2026, 21:44 UTC |
| Crossref citations (doi:10.1007/s12021-022-09566-7) | api.crossref.org | 27 Oct 2026, 21:58 UTC |
Run 2026-10-27T21-58-30Z · evaluator v2.0.0 · rubric v3.5 · entry.json · run snapshot
How to cite
- The Neuron Phenotype Ontology: A FAIR Approach to Proposing and Classifying Neuronal Types (2022) · doi:10.1007/s12021-022-09566-7 · 8 citations