NAME

Bio::Biblio::Ref - Representation of a bibliographic reference

SYNOPSIS

  $obj = Bio::Biblio::Ref->new(-type  => 'Letter',
                               -title => 'Onegin to Tatiana');
#--- OR ---

  $obj = Bio::Biblio::Ref->new();
  $obj->type ('Letter');

DESCRIPTION

A storage object for a general bibliographic reference (a citation). See its place in the class hierarchy in http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~senger/openbqs/images/bibobjects_perl.gif

Attributes

The following attributes are specific to this class, and they are inherited by all citation types.

author_list_complete            values: 'Y'  (default) or 'N'
authors                         type:   array ref of Bio::Biblio::Provider's
cross_references                type:   array ref of Bio::Annotation::DBLink's
cross_references_list_complete  values: 'Y' (default) or 'N'
abstract
abstract_language
abstract_type
codes                           type:   hash ref
contributors                    type:   array ref of Bio::Biblio::Provider's
date
date_completed
date_created
date_revised
format
identifier
keywords
language
last_modified_date
publisher                       type:   Bio::Biblio::Provider
repository_subset
rights
spatial_location
subject_headings                type:   hash ref
subject_headings_source
temporal_period
title
toc
toc_type
type

SEE ALSO

• OpenBQS home page: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~senger/openbqs/

• Comments to the Perl client: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~senger/openbqs/Client_perl.html

FEEDBACK

Mailing Lists

User feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to the Bioperl mailing list. Your participation is much appreciated.

bioperl-l@bioperl.org                  - General discussion
http://bioperl.org/wiki/Mailing_lists  - About the mailing lists

Support

Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:

bioperl-l@bioperl.org

rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track of the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web:

https://redmine.open-bio.org/projects/bioperl/

AUTHORS

Heikki Lehvaslaiho (heikki-at-bioperl-dot-org), Martin Senger (senger@ebi.ac.uk)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2002 European Bioinformatics Institute. All Rights Reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

DISCLAIMER

This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.

APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are preceded with a _

add_cross_reference

 Usage   : $self->add_cross_reference
               (Bio::Annotation::DBLink->new(-database   => 'EMBL',
					     -primary_id => 'V00808');
 Function: adding a link to a database entry
 Returns : new value of 'cross_references'
 Args    : an object of type Bio::Annotation::DBLink

add_author

Usage   : $self->add_author (Bio::Biblio::Person->new(-lastname => 'Novak');
Function: adding an author to a list of authors
Returns : new value of 'authors' (a full list)
Args    : an object of type Bio::Biblio::Provider

add_contributor

Usage   : $self->add_contributor (Bio::Biblio::Person->new(-lastname => 'Novak');
Function: adding a contributor to a list of contributors
Returns : new value of 'contributors' (a full list)
Args    : an object of type Bio::Biblio::Provider

cpanm Bio::Seq

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