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## Implementation
### Term adoption
If a term that was previously defined in an identifier space belonging to ontology A (e.g. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/A_123) is adopted by ontology B (with a different identifier scheme, e.g. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/B_123) the following annotation assertion MUST be added to that term:
If a term that was previously defined in an identifier space belonging to ontology A is adopted by ontology B (that is, while keeping the original IRI/CURIE) the following annotation assertion MUST be added to that term:

OWL format (Turtle serialisation):
`<http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/A_123> rdfs:isDefinedBy <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/b.owl>`

OBO format:
`property_value: isDefinedBy http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/b.owl`

Note: Regardless of the license used by ontology A, terms adopted by ontology B will be subject to the license used by ontology B.

## Examples

_Embedded or 'in-situ' documentation_:
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