Reference Appendix

Reference Appendix

Purpose

Provide a glossary, endpoint index, official links, and example raw payloads.

Glossary (selected terms)

• Ontology: structured vocabulary with relationships.
• Class: a concept inside an ontology.
• Mapping: relationship between terms across ontologies.
• JSON-LD: JSON with linked-data semantics.

Full endpoint list (high-level)

• /ontologies
• /ontologies/:acronym
• /ontologies/:acronym/classes
• /ontologies/:acronym/classes/roots
• /ontologies/:acronym/classes/:cls/children
• /ontologies/:acronym/classes/:cls/parents
• /search
• /annotator
• /recommender

Official documentation

• API docs: https://data.bioontology.org/documentation

Example raw JSON payload (simplified)

{
  "acronym": "ABA-API-TST",
  "name": "ABA Adult Mouse Brain",
  "@id": "http://data.bioontology.org/ontology/ABA-API-TST",
  "@type": "http://data.bioontology.org/metadata/Ontology",
  "links": {
    "classes": "http://data.bioontology.org/ontologies/ABA-API-TST/classes"
  }
}