| Definition: Used to import terms from external controlled vocabularies (CVs) into the ontology. To support consistency and compatibility, open, freely available CVs should be used whenever possible, such as the Gene Ontology (GO)15 or other open biological CVs listed on the OBO website (http://obo.sourceforge.net/). |
| •owl:Thing |
| •utilityClass |
| •externalReferenceUtilityClass |
| •openControlledVocabulary |
Class(openControlledVocabulary partial externalReferenceUtilityClass)
DisjointClasses(openControlledVocabulary xref
dataSource
bioSource)