---
id: "uberon_id"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["science"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 85
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/uberon_id"
---

# Uberon anatomy ontology ID (`uberon_id`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Identifier of an anatomical structure in Uberon, a cross-species anatomy ontology that links the anatomy terms of expression and phenotype data across species. It is UBERON: and seven digits; OBO PURLs write UBERON_ instead.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Scientific (science)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^UBERON[:_]\d{7}$
```

## Examples

- `UBERON:0002107` — liver
- `UBERON:2005080` — anterior mesenteric artery; Bioregistry example
- `UBERON_0002107` — liver, underscore form
- `UBERON:2107` (invalid example) — Not padded to seven digits

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `uberon`
- wikidata: `P1554`

## Sources

- doc: <https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/>
- other: <https://bioregistry.io/registry/uberon>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1554>

## Quality

Score 85/100. Missing: translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/uberon_id.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/science/uberon_id.yaml>