Taxonomic Rank Ontology

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A taxonomic rank ontology allows particular taxa to be treated as historical individuals instead of as universal types.

Taxonomic rank ontology and sample instance data. The ontology terms are surrounded by a grey background. The "Continuant" term would reside in an upper ontology such as BFO. The instance data constitute a particular taxonomy.