Repository details
Ontology Lookup Service
Name of repository
Ontology Lookup Service
Additional name(s)
- OLS
- EMBL-EBI OLS
Repository URL
Subject(s)
Description
The Ontology Lookup Service (OLS) is a repository for biomedical ontologies that aims to provide a single point of access to the latest ontology versions. The user can browse the ontologies through the website as well as programmatically via the OLS API.
The OLS provides a web service interface to query multiple ontologies from a single location with a unified output format.The OLS can integrate any ontology available in the Open Biomedical Ontology (OBO) format. The OLS is an open source project hosted on Google Code.
Contact(s)
- ols-support@ebi.ac.uk
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
- RRID:SCR_006596
- RRID:nif-0000-10390
- other:OMICS_02275
- FAIRsharing:10.25504/FAIRsharing.Mkl9RR
Repository size
217 ontologies;5.529.907 terms; 19.500 properties; 479.569 individuals
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
Institutions (2)
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- EMBL-EBI
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (2)
Policy Name
Policy Name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Database licenses (1)
Database License
Data access (1)
Type of access to data
open
Data licenses (2)
DataLicense
DataLicense
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
- other
Data upload license (1)
Data upload license name
Persistent identifier system(s)
- none
Name of the repository software
- other
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
unknown
Application programming interfaces (1)
Metadata standards (1)
Metadata standard
Remarks
Remarks
OLS 3 is a complete re-write of the code and includes some significant changes to how we index and serve up ontology data.
Entry date
2013-06-21
Last update
2023-03-22
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re3data.org: Ontology Lookup Service; editing status 2023-03-22; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3GS9G last accessed: 2025-04-26- Current projects
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