Releases: EnvironmentOntology/envo
Release list
2026-06-26 release
What's Changed
- Replace chebi_slim URL by @aleixpuigb in #1653
- Fix broken boolean comment and add rdfxml serialisation checking by @matentzn in #1657
- Hot fix release for AgroPortal compatibiliy by @matentzn in #1669
New Contributors
- @aleixpuigb made their first contribution in #1653
Full Changelog: v2025-10-20...v2026-06-26
Contributors
Assets 2
2025-10-20 release
Contributors
Assets 2
v2025-08-19
What's Changed
- Replaced invalid URL for 31 soil terms with valid URL - issue #1545 by @timalamenciak in #1612
- obsoleted 'ecozone' by @timalamenciak in #1582
- Added spatio-temporal scale by @timalamenciak in #1576
- Moved planned burn - Closes issue #1329 by @timalamenciak in #1611
- NMDC Sediment value set classes and assignments by @turbomam in #1618
- Add materialize step to ENVO full version by @matentzn in #1623
- 2025-08-19 release from 2025-06-02-RC2 by @turbomam in #1631
Full Changelog: v2025-02-05...v2025-08-19
Contributors
Assets 2
v2025-02-05
What's Changed
- ecoregion without GAZ mention by @turbomam in #1523
- southern African ecoregions by @turbomam in #1526
- Refresh ENVO imports and cleans them by @matentzn in #1529
- new terms for animal constructions. by @cmungall in #1530
- NTRs: bioremediation and biotransformation processes by @cmungall in #1534
- Updated ontobot.yml by @hrshdhgd in #1535
- Fix range of inSubset to be an IRI, using existing defined subsets. Fixes #1527. by @cmungall in #1528
- addressing #1402 by @pbuttigieg in #1537
- Updated ontobot.yml by @hrshdhgd in #1540
- update GOC->ENVO by @sierra-moxon in #1548
- Update envo-idranges.owl by @pbuttigieg in #1558
- Added logical definitions for multiple biomes. by @cmungall in #1552
- Technospheres, dental clinics, and facilities - oh my! by @pbuttigieg in #1544
- Multi-issue slayer by @pbuttigieg in #1564
- Add 'biogeographic realm' by @timalamenciak in #1567
- resolved coastal ocean water/coastal seawater synonym conflicts by @turbomam in #1592
- Import PATO:'chronological age' by @timalamenciak in #1588
- partial implementation of annotation properties for NMDC environmental context value sets by @turbomam in #1593
- Added terms for mine pits by @cmungall in #1604
- NMDC environmental context bindings by @turbomam in #1599
- Update release files 4th February 2025 by @matentzn in #1605
New Contributors
- @sierra-moxon made their first contribution in #1548
- @timalamenciak made their first contribution in #1567
Full Changelog: v2024-07-01...v2025-02-05
Contributors
Assets 2
v2024-07-01
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Ontology comparison
Left
- Ontology IRI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/envo.owl - Version IRI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/envo/releases/2024-02-16/envo.owl - Loaded from:
file:/Users/cjm/repos/envo/envo.owl
Right
- Ontology IRI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/envo.owl - Version IRI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/envo/releases/2024-07-01/envo.owl - Loaded from:
file:/Users/cjm/repos/envo/envo-2024-07-01.owl
Ontology imports
Ontology annotations
Removed
- versionInfo "2024-02-16"
Added
- versionInfo "2024-07-01"
Bathymodiolus-dominated oceanic mussel reef http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001385
Removed
- Bathymodiolus-dominated oceanic mussel reef SubClassOf part of some
(marine bathyal zone biome or marine abyssal zone biome or marine hadal zone biome)
acidic spring http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001898
Added
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acidic spring EquivalentTo spring and (has characteristic some acidic)
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acidic spring SubClassOf has characteristic some acidic
agricultural land conversion process http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001430
Removed
- agricultural land conversion process SubClassOf has participant some
(anthropogenic environment or natural environment)
agriculture http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001442
Removed
- agriculture SubClassOf has part some
(land consumption process or land conversion process or land degradation)
aircraft noise http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_03500024
Added
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aircraft noise label "aircraft noise"@en
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aircraft noise definition "A noise produced by aircrafts."
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aircraft noise date "2024-01-19T18:55:41Z"^^dateTime
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Class: aircraft noise
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aircraft noise SubClassOf noise
algal bloom http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_2000004
Added
- algal bloom has_exact_synonym "phytoplankton bloom"
altocumulus cloud http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001409
Removed
- altocumulus cloud SubClassOf hydrometeor
altostratus cloud http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001410
Removed
- altostratus cloud SubClassOf composed primarily of some
(liquid water or water ice)
atmospheric boundary layer http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000323
Removed
- atmospheric boundary layer SubClassOf part of some atmosphere
Added
- atmospheric boundary layer SubClassOf atmospheric layer
biological nutrient removal during wastewater treatment http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02000158
Added
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biological nutrient removal during wastewater treatment created "2024-05-19T05:34:58Z"^^dateTime
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biological nutrient removal during wastewater treatment label "biological nutrient removal during wastewater treatment"@en
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biological nutrient removal during wastewater treatment definition "A recycling process that uses microbes for the uptake of nitrogen and phosphorus during wastewater treatment."
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biological nutrient removal during wastewater treatment contributor 0000-0002-6601-2165
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Class: biological nutrient removal during wastewater treatment
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biological nutrient removal during wastewater treatment SubClassOf part of some wastewater treatment process
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biological nutrient removal during wastewater treatment SubClassOf recycling process
cirrocumulus cloud http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001407
Removed
- cirrocumulus cloud SubClassOf hydrometeor
cirrostratus cloud http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001408
Removed
- cirrostratus cloud SubClassOf hydrometeor
cirrus cloud http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001160
Removed
- cirrus cloud SubClassOf hydrometeor
convective storm http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001294
Removed
- convective storm SubClassOf convective transport process and (has participant some air mass)
Added
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convective storm SubClassOf has participant some air mass
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convective storm SubClassOf convective transport process
created http://purl.org/dc/terms/created
Added
- AnnotationProperty: created
cumulonimbus cloud http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001419
Removed
- cumulonimbus cloud SubClassOf composed primarily of some
(liquid water or water ice)
cumulus cloud http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001414
Removed
- cumulus cloud SubClassOf hydrometeor
depth of water ice http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_03400017
Removed
- depth of water ice SubClassOf depth and (characteristic of some water ice)
Added
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depth of water ice EquivalentTo depth and (characteristic of some water ice)
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depth of water ice SubClassOf depth
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depth of water ice SubClassOf characteristic of some water ice
desert spring http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02000139
Added
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[desert spring](http://purl.oboli...
Contributors
Assets 2
v2024-02-16
What's Changed
Full Changelog: v2024-02-05...v2024-02-16
Contributors
Assets 2
v2024-02-05
What's Changed
Ontology content
- Relax logical definition of water ice, liquid water=>water. by @cmungall in #1411
- multiple NTRs for GOLD annotations, closes #1367 by @turbomam in #1391
- Replacing EnvO hash-relations, fixes #1380. by @cmungall in #1381
- Soil compaction by @marieALaporte in #1373
- Astronomical Body Part refactoring by @cmungall in #1430
- Fixed logical def for animal environment. Fixes #1435 by @cmungall in #1439
- Alicia's stream parts with revisions by PLB by @turbomam in #1451
- Remove legacy synonyms on ice sheet by @hrshdhgd in #1447
- add biome 'part of' 'climactic ecological succession' axioms for better inferred hierarchy by @turbomam in #1459
- Addressing #865 with desert biome example by @pbuttigieg in #1445
- Proposal: obsolete 'alga' by @hrshdhgd in #1450
- remove 'algal bloom' 'results in proliferation of' some 'obsolete alga' by @turbomam in #1483
- 'periphytic biofilm' and subClasses: start with 'periphytic biofilm' subClassOf 'biofilm' by @turbomam in #1468
- Periphytic biofilm subclasses by @turbomam in #1472
- #1474 epiphyton dbxrefs by @turbomam in #1475
- added stream water by @turbomam in #1479
- added freshwater stream and biome by @turbomam in #1477
Ontology patterns
- replacing hasAlternativeId with hasDbXref for all non-ENVO literal CURIEs. by @cmungall in #1418
- Modify containment relations to be location relations. by @cmungall in #1425
- Standardize ad-hoc definition of plural synonym by @cthoyt in #1465
Infrastructure
- Create sssom-qc.yml by @matentzn in #1414
- Use SSSOM format for IGSN mappings by @cmungall in #984
- SSSOM QC esp. for sweet by @rduerr in #1412
- normalized serialization of envo-edit for new owlapi by @cmungall in #1436
- renormalizing to latest owlapi by @cmungall in #1452
- Smaller NMDC id range... remainder for Mark and Alicia by @turbomam in #1438
- add obook pull request guide to CONTRIBUTING.md by @cmungall in #1431
- Implement
ontobot-change-agentas a GitHub action workflow by @hrshdhgd in #1443 - SPARQL for misclassified biomes by @turbomam in #1457
- Switch NCBITAXON and CHEBI to slims by @matentzn in #1455
- Update
ontobot.ymlworkflow to usekgcl-javaas a plugin to robot that already exists in ODK. by @hrshdhgd in #1467
New Contributors
Full Changelog: v2023-02-13...v2024-02-05
Contributors
Assets 2
2023-02-13 release
What's Changed
- Removing false injection by @cmungall in #1188
- Issue 1181: Freezing fog makes the ontology incoherent by @wdduncan in #1207
- axiomitisation of plastic-related terms by @raissameyer in #1169
- Issue 1182: ro_import does not include domain by @wdduncan in #1215
- Add stricter check to prevent logical equivalents by @matentzn in #1197
- update foodon import by @wdduncan in #1233
- Add Agronomy ID_range #1222 by @KrishnaTO in #1227
- new health facility and other infrastructure terms by @ddooley in #1105
- [#1249] Add synonym 'land surface' to 'surface of an astronomical body' by @dr-shorthair in #1254
- Fix typo in geonames by @cthoyt in #1256
- Lc toxicwaste by @laurenechan in #1284
- add qc workflow by @wdduncan in #1240
- update foodon import by @wdduncan in #1288
- Issue 1286: remove exact synonyms that match label by @wdduncan in #1289
- Fix github actions to not build imports by @cmungall in #1292
- Adding missing defs detected in #1159 by @pbuttigieg in #1163
- [#1248] synonym for 'solid astronomical body part' --> 'landform' by @dr-shorthair in #1253
- Issue 1160 by @kaiiam in #1172
- Issue #1193 Jagadish NMDC NTRs from 202100702 by @turbomam in #1195
- Tightening QC on ENVO CI by @matentzn in #1300
- #334 added classes per 'treated water' by @KrishnaTO in #1260
- remove duplicate NICU synonym Fixes #1303 by @cmungall in #1305
- Make sure DL profile check works by @matentzn in #1307
- Definition correction for 'eaves' by @johnwjudkins in #1308
- Addressing issue 1304 of malformed definition source links by @ddooley in #1309
- Issue 1311 by @kaiiam in #1312
- Update to issue 1238 and 1282 push by @ddooley in #1298
- #398 added synonym 'topsoil' by @KrishnaTO in #1270
- Added OWL DL profile check to CI by @matentzn in #1324
- NTR famine by @laurenechan in #1211
- New terms for refineries and reactors by @cmungall in #1184
- [#364] Added synonym 'PAR' to 'photosynthetically active radiation' by @KrishnaTO in #1239
- issue-1185, further editing of plastics related terms by @raissameyer in #1186
- Added class per issue #375 "soil bulk density" by @KrishnaTO in #1230
- Added bubble and plume semantics for #1319 by @pbuttigieg in #1320
- Make ontology's licensing information actionable by @cthoyt in #1297
- Fixes #1281 and #443 by @pbuttigieg in #1326
- Krishna to issue 397 by @pbuttigieg in #1327
- Krishna TO issue 367 by @pbuttigieg in #1328
- Hot fixing the make pipeline by @matentzn in #1332
- Krishna to agro prj patterns for #1228 by @pbuttigieg in #1330
- Issue #1191 jagadish 20210625 by @turbomam in #1192
- concentration of water in soil and sublcasses by @marieALaporte in #1336
- Krishna to issue 361 by @pbuttigieg in #1339
- Add porosity of
snowandwater ice#923 by @kaiiam in #1341 - Revising particulates and particles by @pbuttigieg in #1344
- NT: monument. Fixes #1213 by @cmungall in #1220
- Top level cleanup by @pbuttigieg in #1345
- Krishna to issue 365 by @pbuttigieg in #1346
- Krishna to issue 436 by @pbuttigieg in #1349
- Krishna to issue 420 by @pbuttigieg in #1350
- Krishna TO issue 392 by @pbuttigieg in #1352
- Krishna to issue 363 by @pbuttigieg in #1354
- Applying replace CJM string with orcid to envo-edit.owl by @cmungall in #1358
- Claim an IDrange for ANZ Soils by @dr-shorthair in #1365
- Adding DL profile validation back to unit tests. See #1334 by @cmungall in #1357
- Krishna to issue 430 by @pbuttigieg in #1364
- Krishna to issue 358 by @pbuttigieg in #1369
- Create subset for Austrailian and New Zealand soil semantics by @pbuttigieg in #1368
- fix: change till plan to till plain by @wdduncan in #1394
- fix: add definition for sea ice mass by @wdduncan in #1395
- First pass at SWEET-ENVO cryosphere SSSOM by @pbuttigieg in #1397
- ENVO release 13.02.2023 (#1401) by @matentzn in #1404
New Contributors
- @KrishnaTO made their first contribution in #1227
- @dr-shorthair made their first contribution in #1254
- @cthoyt made their first contribution in #1256
- @johnwjudkins made their first contribution in #1308
Full Changelog: v2021-05-14...v2023-02-13
Contributors
Assets 2
2021-05-14 release
New editors
We welcome to our team our many new editors and contributors: @raissameyer - Raissa Meyer, @iwilkie - Isabella Wilkie, @meichen-liu - Meichen Liu, @laurenechan Lauren Chan, @matentzn - Nico Matentzoglu , @turbomam - Mark A. Miller, and @wdduncan - Bill Duncan (not mentioned in the last release). Thank you all for your various contributions we hope they serve your various projects well!
Description
Our long awaited next release covering various projects ranging from plastic pollution to manufactured products to the National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC) and Joint Genome Institute (JGI) contributions for metagenomic data management requested by @jagadishsc.
New Terms
abandoned fishing gear
acrylic paint medium
acrylic paint
adhesion
adsorption
agricultural potting mixture
aqueous inkjet printer ink
automatic transmission fluid
biodegradation of plastic
biodegradation
biofouling
biopolymer
biota
bituminous sand
brake fluid
chemical colorant
chemically contaminated sediment
cleaning agent
cleanroom
cloud base
cloud part
cloud top
coastal anthropogenic litter
cohesion
colorant fluid
cooling water
debris flow following rainfall
degreaser
diesel exhaust
diesel fuel
discarded fishing gear
drinking water pipeline network
drinking water treatment plant
dye
earth-filled dam
electrical switch
embankment dam
emissions from petroleum combustion
enamel thinner
entanglement of organisms in marine debris
entanglement process
far-infrared radiation
fishing gear
fishing
foamed plastic
food waste
formation fluid
fouling
fountain pen ink
fragmentation due to weathering
fragmentation process
freezing fog
gasoline exhaust
gasoline
gel ink
ghost fishing
grain of snow
granule of plastic foam
graupel
high atmospheric level
hoar crystal
hydraulic fluid
ice fog
India ink
ingestion
intensive care unit
interstitial water
lacquer
leather dye
litter role
littering
lost fishing gear
low atmospheric level
luminescent paint
macroplastic particle
manufactured plastisphere
marine anthropogenic litter
marine biota
megaplastic particle
membrane bioreactor
mesoplastic particle
methyl cellulose paste
middle atmospheric level
mid-infrared radiation
mineral horizon
motor oil
nanoplastic particle
naphtha
natural plastic
near-infrared radiation
NSIDC blizzard
oceanic transient tracer
oil paint thinner
oil pipeline network
oil-based paint
organic horizon
paint thinner
paper dye
permanent hair dye
pharmaceutical ink
piece of plastic foam
pipeline network
plastic film
plastic fragment
plastic line
plastic manufacturing process
plastic pellet
plastic production compound
plastic
plastisphere
polluted river
primer (paint)
proglacial
quality of a foam
radioactive material
resin (gum) varnish
resin
rock dust
rubber cement
saprolite
shellac
slurry
snow crystal
soil horizon
soy ink
stain
subglacial
sugarcane vinasse
supercooled water droplet
supraglacial
surface hoar
synthetic plastic
synthetic polymer
tailings dam
tailings pond
textile dye
thermoplastic material
thermoplasticity
thermoset polymer
[thermosetting dispos...
2020-06-10 release (full name TBA)
New Classes
- ENVO:00000379 inundation disposition
- ENVO:01001606 speed of a water current
- ENVO:01001607 water current
- ENVO:01001608 kerosene oil
- ENVO:01001609 cryospheric layer
- ENVO:01001610 active layer in a cryosphere
- ENVO:01001611 thawing process
- ENVO:01001612 material warming process
- ENVO:01001613 permafrost thawing process
- ENVO:01001614 ice-bearing permafrost
- ENVO:01001615 material cooling process
- ENVO:01001616 bare soil
- ENVO:01001617 snow accumulation process
- ENVO:01001618 ice accumulation process
- ENVO:01001619 snow and ice accumulation process
- ENVO:01001620 mass of ice and snow
- ENVO:01001621 englacial
- ENVO:01001622 englacial process
- ENVO:01001623 glacial summer surface
- ENVO:01001624 glacial bed
- ENVO:01001625 polar tundra ecosystem
- ENVO:01001629 polymetallic nodule ecosystem
- ENVO:01001630 submarine groundwater discharge process
- ENVO:01001631 groundwater discharge process
- ENVO:01001632 groundwater flow
- ENVO:01001633 agricultural pollution
- ENVO:01001634 agricultural landscape diversification process
- ENVO:01001635 biodiversity conservation process
- ENVO:01001636 insect conservation process
- ENVO:01001637 agricultural specialisation process
- ENVO:01001638 frost-susceptible soil
- ENVO:01001639 formation of a solid aerosol from liquid material in an atmosphere
- ENVO:01001640 glaciation of water droplets in a cloud
- ENVO:01001641 glaciation
- ENVO:01001642 interglacial
- ENVO:01001643 ice age
- ENVO:01001644 material primarily composed of biogenic carbonates
- ENVO:01001645 gaseous part of an atmosphere
- ENVO:01001646 amorphous solid
- ENVO:01001647 colloid suspended in a hydrosphere
- ENVO:01001648 suspended colloidal sediment
- ENVO:01001649 heavy fraction material
- ENVO:01001650 light fraction material
- ENVO:01001651 particulate matter in a hydrosphere
- ENVO:01001652 atmospheric aerosol
- ENVO:01001653 well-mixed estuary
- ENVO:01001654 aerosol formation process
- ENVO:01001655 glacial process
- ENVO:01001656 glacial retreat
- ENVO:01001657 calving of ice onto land
- ENVO:01001658 calving of ice into water
- ENVO:01001659 periglacial process
- ENVO:01001660 frost action process
- ENVO:01001661 frost jacking
- ENVO:01001662 frost sorting
- ENVO:01001663 frost wedging
- ENVO:01001664 cryoturbation of soil
- ENVO:01001665 soil cryoturbate
- ENVO:01001666 glacial run
- ENVO:01001667 thalassic
- ENVO:01001668 atmospheric frontal zone
- ENVO:01001669 mariculture process
- ENVO:01001670 open cage mariculture process
- ENVO:01001671 open cage mariculture facility
- ENVO:01001672 frontal surface of a weather front
- ENVO:01001673 fluid surface layer
- ENVO:01001674 lysocline
- ENVO:01001675 nutricline
- ENVO:01001676 marine cline
- ENVO:01001677 fluid interface layer
- ENVO:01001678 fluid layer
- ENVO:01001679 fluid front
- ENVO:01001680 gaseous front
- ENVO:01001681 weather front
- ENVO:01001682 air mass
- ENVO:01001683 gaseous surface layer
- ENVO:01001684 interface layer
- ENVO:01001686 mass of environmental material
- ENVO:01001687 mass of solid material
- ENVO:01001688 mass of fluid
- ENVO:01001689 mass of gas
- ENVO:01001690 mass of liquid
- ENVO:01001691 mass of compounded environmental materials
- ENVO:01001693 isobaric surface
- ENVO:01001694 isohaline surface
- ENVO:01001695 isopycnal surface
- ENVO:01001696 isothermal surface
- ENVO:01001697 atmospheric isobaric surface
- ENVO:01001698 polar front
- ENVO:01001701 tropical environment
- ENVO:01001702 subtropical environment
- ENVO:01001703 polar environment
- ENVO:01001704 subpolar environment
- ENVO:01001705 temperate environment
- ENVO:01001706 cold front
- ENVO:01001707 warm front
- ENVO:01001708 anafront
- ENVO:01001709 katafront
- ENVO:01001710 intertropical front
- ENVO:01001711 upper air
- ENVO:01001712 free atmosphere
- ENVO:01001713 upper front
- ENVO:01001714 occluded front
- ENVO:01001715 cold occluded front
- ENVO:01001716 warm occluded front
- ENVO:01001717 neutral occluded front
- ENVO:01001718 secondary cold front
- ENVO:01001719 katabatic wind
- ENVO:01001720 downslope katabatic wind
- ENVO:01001721 cooling-driven katabatic wind
- ENVO:01001722 foehn wind
- ENVO:01001723 adiabatic process
- ENVO:01001724 dry-adia...