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Format

OBO Flat File Format

Summary

Name
OBO Flat File Format
Version
1.2
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1681
Format type
Text (Structured)
Description
OBO Flat File Format version 1.2 files are text files generated by the software OBO-Edit, an open source application for editing and viewing ontologies, which is no longer being updated. The OBO flat file format is an ontology representation language, enabling the user to model concepts that are not supported in other description logic languages.
Note
Specification: http://owlcollab.github.io/oboformat/doc/GO.format.obo-1_2.html#S.1
File extensions
obo
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Developed by
Gene Ontology / Gene Ontology
Supported by
Gene Ontology / Gene Ontology

Internal signatures

OBO Flat File Format

Note
BOF Absolute from beginning of file, magic bytes: format-version: 1.2

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
666F726D61742D76657273696F6E3A20312E32
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V105

    Release date
    29 June 2022

    OBO Flat File Format: Signature researched and samples provided by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).

    OBO Flat File Format: Full entry added. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).