# Feature Annotation Location Description Ontology (FALDO)

> FALDO is the Feature Annotation Location Description Ontology. It is a simple ontology to...

- Page: https://library.schematica.io/model/a325dbefafe74bcbbc17ef0bde81ae9c
- Model type: Ontology
- License: CC BY 4.0
- Access type: Free
- Access method: Download
- Model size: Small
- Formats: OWL
- Domains: Healthcare
- External link: https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FALDO
- Contact: FALDO group (faldo@googlegroups.com)
- Listed in library: 2025-06-12
- Last updated: 2025-09-10

## Description

## Ontology Info

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Acronyme | FALDO |
| Description | FALDO is the Feature Annotation Location Description Ontology. It is a simple ontology to describe sequence feature positions and regions as found in GFF3, DBBJ, EMBL, GenBank files, UniProt, and many other bioinformatics resources.<br><br>The aim of this ontology is to describe the position of a sequence region or a feature. It does not aim to describe features or regions itself, but instead depends on resources such as the Sequence Ontology or the UniProt core ontolgy. |
| Format | OWL |
| Categories | Other, Vocabularies, Protein |
| Groups |  |

## Metrics

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Classes | 19 |
| Individuals | 0 |
| Properties | 11 |
| Max Depth | 3 |
| Max Child Count | 5 |
| Average Child Count | 2 |
| Classes With One Child | 2 |
| Classes With More Than 25 Children | 0 |
| Classes With No Definition | 3 |

## Projects using FALDO

- [Glycoconjugate Ontology](https://bioportal.bioontology.org/projects/GlyCoCoO)

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Source: https://library.schematica.io/model/a325dbefafe74bcbbc17ef0bde81ae9c