bioportal_mappings

Pack: bioportal · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bioportal/mcp

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/bioportal_mappings for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Cross-ontology mappings for one class — the equivalent concepts in every other BioPortal ontology, with the mapping source (SAME_URI, LOOM, CUI, REST). AUTHORITATIVE for translating a code between terminologies, e.g. an NCIT concept to its SNOMEDCT, MESH and ICD10CM equivalents. Pass the ontology acronym and class IRI.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
ontologystringyesOntology acronym the class lives in (e.g. “NCIT”)
class_idstringyesFull class IRI (e.g. “http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C3224”)
to_ontologystringnoOptional: only mappings into this ontology acronym (e.g. “SNOMEDCT”)
limitnumbernoMax mappings to return, 1-200 (default 50)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "ontology": "NCIT",
  "class_id": "http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C3224",
  "limit": 5
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bioportal/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"bioportal_mappings","arguments":{"ontology":"NCIT","class_id":"http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C3224","limit":5}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('bioportal_mappings', {
  "ontology": "NCIT",
  "class_id": "http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C3224",
  "limit": 5
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bioportal": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bioportal/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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