Datatypes

Experimental Factor Ontology (EFO) ID

ID efo_id

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Identifier of a term in the Experimental Factor Ontology of EMBL-EBI, which describes the variables of experiments in EBI databases, such as diseases, anatomy, cell types and chemical compounds. It is EFO: and seven digits; URIs write EFO_ instead.

Categories
Scientific
Countries
Global (not tied to a country)
Languages
Common to most languages
Bioregistry
efo
Wikidata
P11956
Quality
85/100 · missing: translation, detector coverage
Metacrafter rules
no detection rule yet
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Regular expression

^EFO[:_]\d{7}$

Python re syntax.

Examples

ValueDescription
EFO:0000270asthma
EFO:0005147Columbia ecotype; Bioregistry example
EFO_0000270asthma, underscore form
EFO:270 invalidNot padded to seven digits

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