BioProject database

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NCBI resource biological database

The BioProject database is an NCBI resource that organizes and links together data from large-scale biological research projects, such as genome sequencing and functional genomics studies.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
BioProject	3
BioProject database canonical	3
NCBI BioProject database	1
PRJDB	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6098284 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: BioProject database
Context triple: [Entrez system, hasPart, BioProject database]

A. NCBI E-utilities API
The NCBI E-utilities API is a set of programmatic web services that allow automated querying, retrieval, and integration of data from NCBI databases such as PubMed.
B. National Center for Biotechnology Information
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is a U.S. government bioinformatics institution that develops and hosts major biological databases and tools for biomedical research.
C. UniProt protein sequences
UniProt protein sequences are a comprehensive, curated collection of protein sequence data that serves as a primary reference resource for protein information in biological and biomedical research.
D. Global Biodiversity Information Facility
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international open-data infrastructure that provides free access to biodiversity occurrence records from institutions and citizen-science projects worldwide.
E. Protein Data Bank
The Protein Data Bank is a global repository that archives and provides open access to 3D structural data of biological macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: BioProject database
Target entity description: The BioProject database is an NCBI resource that organizes and links together data from large-scale biological research projects, such as genome sequencing and functional genomics studies.

A. NCBI E-utilities API
The NCBI E-utilities API is a set of programmatic web services that allow automated querying, retrieval, and integration of data from NCBI databases such as PubMed.
B. National Center for Biotechnology Information
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is a U.S. government bioinformatics institution that develops and hosts major biological databases and tools for biomedical research.
C. UniProt protein sequences
UniProt protein sequences are a comprehensive, curated collection of protein sequence data that serves as a primary reference resource for protein information in biological and biomedical research.
D. Global Biodiversity Information Facility
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international open-data infrastructure that provides free access to biodiversity occurrence records from institutions and citizen-science projects worldwide.
E. Protein Data Bank
The Protein Data Bank is a global repository that archives and provides open access to 3D structural data of biological macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCBI resource ⓘ biological database ⓘ
accessionPrefix	PRJDA ⓘ PRJDB ⓘ linked to: BioProject database PRJEB ⓘ PRJNA ⓘ PRJNP ⓘ
accessMethod	NCBI E-utilities API ⓘ web interface ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dataModel	project-centric ⓘ
hasPrimaryKey	BioProject accession ⓘ
hasURL	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject ⓘ
isRelatedTo	BioSample database ⓘ GenBank ⓘ Gene Expression Omnibus ⓘ Sequence Read Archive ⓘ linked to: NCBI SRA
linksTo	Assembly database ⓘ BioSample database ⓘ GEO ⓘ GenBank ⓘ Gene Expression Omnibus ⓘ SRA ⓘ Sequence Read Archive ⓘ linked to: NCBI SRA
linksTogether	data from multiple NCBI databases ⓘ
locatedIn	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
maintainedBy	NCBI ⓘ linked to: National Center for Biotechnology Information National Center for Biotechnology Information ⓘ
organizes	functional genomics studies ⓘ genome sequencing projects ⓘ large-scale biological research projects ⓘ
organizesBy	research project ⓘ
partOf	NCBI Entrez system ⓘ linked to: Entrez system
provides	links to underlying sequence data ⓘ project-level metadata ⓘ study descriptions ⓘ
publisher	National Center for Biotechnology Information ⓘ
scope	epigenomics ⓘ functional genomics ⓘ genomics ⓘ metagenomics ⓘ transcriptomics ⓘ
supports	public access to project information ⓘ submission of new projects ⓘ
usedFor	data discovery ⓘ data integration ⓘ linking related datasets ⓘ project tracking ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Entrez system → hasPart → BioProject database ⓘ

NCBI E-utilities API → providesAccessTo → BioProject database ⓘ

ESearch → supportsDatabase → BioProject ⓘ