Ontology
GO
Gene Ontology
Describes gene product functions, processes and locations, including synaptic transmission, neurotransmitter release and neuron development.
Source & access
- homepage geneontology.org HTTP 200
- repository github.com HTTP 200
- download purl.obolibrary.org HTTP 200
Portals & registries
| Source | ID | Version | Classes | Properties | Individuals | Loaded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLS (EMBL-EBI) | go | 2026-07-26 | 85,169 | 484 | 48 | 25 Oct 2026 |
| TIB Terminology Service | go | 2025-10-10 | 51,842 | 72 | 0 | 18 Oct 2025 |
| OBO Dashboard | go | 2026-07-26 | 51,986 | — | — | 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
- 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
- Homepage reachableHTTP 200+3
- Artefact retrievable over HTTP(S) (A1)download HTTP 200+6
- Metadata persists in a registry (A2)OBO Foundry, Bioregistry+3
- 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
- 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
- Upper-ontology alignmentimports BFO, COB+4
- Standard relations (RO)imports RO+2
- Logical consistencyconsistent, 0 unsatisfiable classes (OBO Dashboard)+6
- ROBOT report: no errors0 errors+2
- ROBOT report: warning density3 warnings / 51986 classes = 0.00+2
- Scaled 16/16 → 20OOPS! pitfall scan unavailable for this run+4
- Recency2026-10-25 → 0.0 months (≤ 3 months)+10
- Release cadence (12 months)1 release (OLS version IRI)+2
- Documented adopting projects6 projects+5
- Reused by other ontologies144: ado, amphx, apollo_sv, bmont, cido, cl…+4
- Community signalmax(stars 255 → 4, citations 2624 → 5)+5
- Time since last activity0.0 years → 4 × max(0, 0.0 − 1)0
- Inactive statusnot archived, legacy or inactive0
FAIR subtotal 48/48 · earned 94/100 = 94/100 → grade A
Community adoption 6
- SynGO
Synaptic annotations built on GO terms
Curated by NeuroSchema - 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
Know a project that uses GO? Suggest it.
History & changes 6 runs
- Score: 94 → 92 · rubric v3.0 → v3.3
- Score: 100 → 94 · rubric v2.2 → v3.0
| Run | Score | FAIR | Version evaluated | Terms | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2026, 19:23 UTC | 92 A | 48 | 2026-07-26 | 85,169 | JSON |
| 25 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTC | 94 A | 48 | 2026-07-26 | 85,169 | JSON |
| 25 Oct 2026, 18:49 UTC | 94 A | 48 | 2026-07-26 | 85,169 | JSON |
| 25 Oct 2026, 18:21 UTC | 100 A | 60 | 2026-07-26 | 85,169 | JSON |
| 25 Oct 2026, 18:08 UTC | 100 A | 60 | 2026-07-26 | 85,169 | JSON |
| 25 Oct 2026, 17:55 UTC | 100 A | — | 2026-07-26 | 85,169 | JSON |
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) | geneontology.org | 25 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTC |
| Repository link check (HTTP 200) | github.com | 25 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTC |
| Download link check (HTTP 200) | purl.obolibrary.org | 25 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTC |
| Artefact header (version IRI) | current.geneontology.org | 25 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTC |
| Git refs (commit 325856e) | github.com | 25 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTC |
| GitHub repository statistics | api.github.com | 25 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTC |
| OLS classes, imports, version & release | ebi.ac.uk | 25 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTC |
| OBO Foundry status, license & usages | obofoundry.org | 25 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTC |
| TIB Terminology Service metrics | service.tib.eu | 25 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTC |
| Bioregistry mappings, dependencies & reuse | bioregistry.io | 25 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTC |
| OBO Dashboard (checked 16 Sept 2026) | dashboard.obofoundry.org | 25 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTC |
| Crossref citations (doi:10.1093/genetics/iyad031) | api.crossref.org | 25 Oct 2026, 19:10 UTC |
Run 2026-10-25T19-10-16Z · evaluator v2.0.0 · rubric v3.0 · entry.json · run snapshot
How to cite
- The Gene Ontology knowledgebase in 2023 (2023) · doi:10.1093/genetics/iyad031 · 2,624 citations