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BioPortal Get Hierarchy

Get children, parents, or ancestors of a specific concept in a BioPortal ontology. Enables hierarchical browsing of ontology term relationships (is-a hierarchy). Use to explore narrower terms (children), broader terms (parents), or full ancestry path (ancestors). Example: get children of DOID:9351 (diabetes mellitus) to find type 1, type 2, gestational diabetes; get ancestors of HP:0001250 (Seizure) to see the full path to root.

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Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

JSON · 31 lines · 850 chars

Examples (1)

Default BioPortal Get Hierarchy call

public-safeinput
JSON · 4 lines · 40 chars
Expected response keys: success

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Identifiers

Catalog ID
tu_BioPortal_get_hierarchy
Tool name
BioPortal_get_hierarchy
Added
2026-05-01 00:58Z
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