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bioperl-1.2
/ Bio::Ontology::TermI

NAME

TermI - interface for ontology terms

SYNOPSIS

#get Bio::Ontology::TermI somehow.

print $term->identifier(), "\n";
print $term->name(), "\n";
print $term->definition(), "\n";
print $term->is_obsolete(), "\n";
print $term->comment(), "\n";

foreach my $synonym ( $term->each_synonym() ) {
    print $synonym, "\n";
}

DESCRIPTION

This is "dumb" interface for ontology terms providing basic methods (it provides no functionality related to graphs).

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AUTHOR

Christian M. Zmasek

Email: czmasek@gnf.org or cmzmasek@yahoo.com

WWW: http://www.genetics.wustl.edu/eddy/people/zmasek/

Address:

Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
10675 John Jay Hopkins Drive
San Diego, CA 92121

APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.

identifier

Title   : identifier
Usage   : $term->identifier( "0003947" );
          or
          print $term->identifier();
Function: Set/get for the identifier of this Term.
Returns : The identifier [scalar].
Args    : The identifier [scalar] (optional).

name

Title   : name
Usage   : $term->name( "N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase" );
          or
          print $term->name();
Function: Set/get for the name of this Term.
Returns : The name [scalar].
Args    : The name [scalar] (optional).

definition

Title   : definition
Usage   : $term->definition( "Catalysis of ..." );
          or
          print $term->definition();
Function: Set/get for the definition of this Term.
Returns : The definition [scalar].
Args    : The definition [scalar] (optional).

category

Title   : category
Usage   : $term->category( $top );
          or 
          $top = $term->category();
Function: Set/get for a relationship between this Term and
          another Term (e.g. the top level of the ontology).
Returns : The category of this Term [TermI].
Args    : The category of this Term [TermI or scalar -- which
          becomes the name of the catagory term] (optional).

version

Title   : version
Usage   : $term->version( "1.00" );
          or 
          print $term->version();
Function: Set/get for version information.
Returns : The version [scalar].
Args    : The version [scalar] (optional).

is_obsolete

Title   : is_obsolete
Usage   : $term->is_obsolete( 1 );
          or
          if ( $term->is_obsolete() )
Function: Set/get for the obsoleteness of this Term.
Returns : the obsoleteness [0 or 1].
Args    : the obsoleteness [0 or 1] (optional).

comment

Title   : comment
Usage   : $term->comment( "Consider the term ..." );
          or 
          print $term->comment();
Function: Set/get for an arbitrary comment about this Term.
Returns : A comment.
Args    : A comment (optional).

each_synonym

Title   : each_synonym()
Usage   : @aliases = $term->each_synonym();                 
Function: Returns a list of aliases of this Term.
Returns : A list of aliases [array of [scalar]].
Args    :

add_synonyms

Title   : add_synonyms
Usage   : $term->add_synonyms( @asynonyms );
          or
          $term->add_synonyms( $synonym );                  
Function: Pushes one or more synonyms into the list of synonyms.
Returns : 
Args    : One synonym [scalar] or a list of synonyms [array of [scalar]].

remove_synonyms

Title   : remove_synonyms()
Usage   : $term->remove_synonyms();
Function: Deletes (and returns) the synonyms of this Term.
Returns : A list of synonyms [array of [scalar]].
Args    :