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Biolookup Service

The Biolookup Service provides metadata and ontological information about biomedical entities based on their compact identifiers (CURIEs).

{% if name_count %}

Resources

{{ name_suffix }}

Names

{{ alts_suffix }}

Alternative IDs

{{ definition_suffix }}

Definitions

{{ species_suffix }}

Species

{% endif %}
Examples

It has a single endpoint /api/lookup/<curie> that gives back JSON. Here are a few examples:

CURIE Description
DOID:14330 🟢 exact
doid:14330 🟢 capitalization variant
DO:14330 🟢 synonym identified in metaregistry
GO:0000501 🟢 secondary identifier mapped
GO:GO:0000501 🟢 banana problem mapped
apo:0000155 🟡 able to look up name, but prefix is not listed on Identifiers.org
wikidata:Q11085 🟡 able to generate Identifiers.org link, but name unavailable
DOID:00000 🔴 valid prefix, but invalid identifier
NNN:00000 🔴 invalid prefix
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