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57 resources

Ontology A99

CLCell Ontology

The reference ontology of cell types across organisms, with a large and growing branch of neuron and glial types.

Cell Types 2026-06-08
OWLOBOJSON FAIR 48/48 · 8 adopters
Ontology A96

UBERONUber-anatomy Ontology

A cross-species anatomy ontology covering animals, with extensive coverage of nervous system structures. It is the common anatomy backbone for many cell, expression and phenotype resources.

Anatomy & Brain Regions 2026-10-01
OWLOBOJSON FAIR 47/48 · 13 adopters
Ontology A94

GOGene Ontology

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

Molecular & Synaptic 2026-07-26
OWLOBOJSON FAIR 48/48 · 6 adopters
Ontology A94

MONDOMondo Disease Ontology

A unified disease ontology that merges many disease resources, with comprehensive coverage of neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Disease & Phenotype 2026-10-06
OWLOBOJSON FAIR 48/48 · 6 adopters
Ontology A86

HPOHuman Phenotype Ontology

Standard vocabulary of phenotypic abnormalities in human disease, with a large nervous system abnormality branch used in rare-disease diagnostics.

Disease & Phenotype 2026-09-01
OWLOBOJSON FAIR 45/48 · 2 adopters
Ontology B74

NBONeuro Behavior Ontology

Covers behavioral processes and phenotypes, such as learning, motor and social behavior, for annotating animal and human behavior.

Behavior & Cognition 2023-07-04
OWLOBO FAIR 44/48 · 0 adopters
Ontology C65

PCLProvisional Cell Ontology

Holds data-driven cell types (e.g. from single-cell transcriptomics of the brain) before they are ready for the Cell Ontology, linked to their source taxonomies.

Cell Types 2025-07-07
OWLOBO FAIR 44/48 · 1 adopter
Ontology C63

MFOEMEmotion Ontology

Represents affective phenomena such as emotions, moods and appraisals, as an extension of the Mental Functioning Ontology.

Behavior & Cognition 2025-07-31
OWL FAIR 43/48 · 0 adopters
Ontology C62

AddictOAddiction Ontology

An ontology being developed to cover all aspects of addiction research. It imports from, and is reused by, the Behaviour Change Intervention Ontology (BCIO).

Behavior & Cognition 2026-10-08
OWL FAIR 31/48 · 0 adopters
Data standard C58

BIDSBrain Imaging Data Structure

A community standard for organising and describing neuroimaging and related data (MRI, EEG, MEG, iEEG, PET, microscopy, and more). Its rules are published as a machine-readable YAML schema.

Neuroimaging & Events v1.11.2
YAML schemaJSON FAIR 24/48 · 3 adopters
Data standard D54

NWBNeurodata Without Borders Schema

A data standard and schema for neurophysiology: extracellular and intracellular electrophysiology, optical physiology, behavior and stimuli, extensible via neurodata extensions (NDX).

Neurophysiology Data 2.11.0
YAML schemaHDF5Zarr FAIR 24/48 · 3 adopters
Schema D53

DANDI schemaDANDI Archive Metadata Schema

The metadata models of the DANDI neurophysiology archive. Pydantic models in the dandischema library define Dandiset and asset metadata; versioned JSON Schemas plus a JSON-LD context are generated from them and published in the dandi/schema repository. The library also converts Dandiset metadata to DataCite for DOIs.

Metadata & Knowledge Graphs 0.14.0
JSON SchemaJSON-LDPydantic FAIR 24/48 · 1 adopter
Schema D48

NeuroML

An XML-based language (with XSD schema) for describing detailed neuron, synapse and network models in a simulator-independent way.

Computational Modeling NMLv2.3.1
XSDXMLLEMS FAIR 24/48 · 2 adopters
Schema D44

openMINDS

A set of metadata models and controlled terms for neuroscience graph databases, covering datasets, subjects, methods, software, models and brain atlases (SANDS).

Metadata & Knowledge Graphs commit 19412fa
JSON SchemaJSON-LD FAIR 22/48 · 1 adopter
Ontology Inactive D40

FMAFoundational Model of Anatomy

A detailed reference ontology of human anatomy, including fine-grained neuroanatomy. Marked inactive in the OBO Foundry; much of its neuro content is cross-referenced from Uberon.

Anatomy & Brain Regions 5.1.0
OWL FAIR 38/48 · 0 adopters
Ontology D40

NIFSTDNIF Standard Ontology

The Neuroscience Information Framework ontology: a broad, modular set of neuroscience terms spanning anatomy, cells, molecules, techniques and resources.

Umbrella Terminologies v3.1
OWLTurtle FAIR 28/48 · 2 adopters
Ontology E39

NPONeuron Phenotype Ontology

Defines neuron types by combinations of phenotypes (location, morphology, molecular markers, electrophysiology, projections). Part of the NIF Ontology.

Cell Types v3.1
OWLTurtle FAIR 27/48 · 1 adopter
Data standard E36

SDSSPARC Dataset Structure

File and metadata structure for datasets in the NIH SPARC programme on the peripheral nervous system, with curation tooling that maps to InterLex terms.

Metadata & Knowledge Graphs 0.0.1.dev5
SpreadsheetJSON FAIR 16/48 · 1 adopter
Schema E35

BICAN modelsBICAN Knowledge Graph Models

LinkML data models for the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN) knowledgebase: taxonomies, assertions and evidence, library generation, anatomical structures, genome annotation, donors and a BICAN subset of Biolink. JSON Schema and Pydantic models are generated from the LinkML sources.

Metadata & Knowledge Graphs 0.2.0
LinkMLJSON SchemaPydantic FAIR 16/48 · 2 adopters
Schema E34

ReproSchema

A JSON-LD schema for standardising assessments and questionnaires, with versioned items, scoring and provenance, plus a shared library of instruments.

Metadata & Knowledge Graphs 1.0.0
JSON-LDLinkML FAIR 19/48 · 1 adopter
Ontology E30

BICANOBICAN Application Ontology

An application ontology covering research, research subjects and research results in BICAN, linking experimental knowledge to how data is distributed. It builds on earlier BICCN and Brain Data Standards work.

Metadata & Knowledge Graphs v2023-10-04
OWL FAIR 28/48 · 1 adopter
Schema E29

Neuroshapes

Open SHACL schemas for neuroscience data and provenance, originally developed within INCF and used by Blue Brain Nexus.

Metadata & Knowledge Graphs v0.3.15
SHACLJSON-LD FAIR 24/48 · 1 adopter
Schema E25

CASCell Annotation Schema

A JSON Schema for recording cell type annotations of single-cell datasets, including evidence, marker genes and links to ontology terms.

Cell Types v1.1.0
JSON Schema FAIR 16/48 · 1 adopter
Schema Inactive E23

NIDMNeuroimaging Data Model

A family of W3C PROV-based specifications for describing neuroimaging experiments, workflows and results (NIDM-Experiment, NIDM-Workflows, NIDM-Results).

Neuroimaging & Events NIDM-Results_1.3.0 + co…
RDFTurtleJSON-LD FAIR 22/48 · 2 adopters
Knowledge base E16

CogAtCognitive Atlas

A collaborative knowledge base of cognitive concepts, tasks, and the relations between them, built for annotating cognitive neuroscience experiments.

Behavior & Cognition Human
WebJSON APIOWL FAIR 11/48 · 1 adopter
Ontology E11

BITOBICAN Techniques Ontology

An ontology of experimental techniques and methods used across the BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network, to help scientists describe how data were produced.

Umbrella Terminologies commit 0d1ec3c
OWL FAIR 17/48 · 0 adopters
Vocabulary E8

CCNCommon Cell Type Nomenclature

A convention for naming and identifying data-driven cell types and taxonomies so that they can be compared and tracked across studies.

Cell Types Mammals
Convention FAIR 6/48 · 1 adopter
Vocabulary E8

InterLex

A dynamic term registry (successor to NeuroLex) where neuroscience terms are minted, linked to existing ontologies and given stable ILX identifiers.

Umbrella Terminologies Multi-species
WebREST APITurtle FAIR 11/48 · 2 adopters
Vocabulary E8

NeuroNames

A long-standing nomenclature of primate brain structures with synonyms across languages and atlases, served through BrainInfo.

Anatomy & Brain Regions Human, Macaque
WebSpreadsheet FAIR 6/48 · 1 adopter
Vocabulary Inactive E5

odMLodML Terminologies

Terminologies for the odML metadata format, giving standard keys for describing electrophysiology experiments, subjects and hardware.

Neurophysiology Data commit ff4108b
XMLJSONYAML FAIR 17/48 · 1 adopter