ontoCAT (version 1.24.0)

getTermDefinitions: Returns set of ontology term's definitions

Description

Returns set of ontology term's definitions if there are some

Usage

getTermDefinitions(object1,object2)

Arguments

object1

instance of the Ontology class

object2

instance of the OntologyTerm class

Value

Returns set of ontology term's definitions if there are some

References

Adamusiak T, Burdett T, van der Velde K J, Abeygunawardena N, Antonakaki D, Parkinson H and Swertz M: OntoCAT -- a simpler way to access ontology resources. Available from Nature Precedings http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npre.2010.4666.1 (2010) Malone J, Holloway E, Adamusiak T, Kapushesky M, Zheng J, Kolesnikov N, Zhukova A, Brazma A, Parkinson H: Modeling Sample Variables with an Experimental Factor Ontology. Bioinformatics 2010, 26(8):1112--1118 Experimental Factor Ontology http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo Ontology Common API Tasks java library http://www.ontocat.org Java sources and javadocs: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ontocat/files/

See Also

Ontology and OntologyTerm

Examples

    efo <- getEFO()
    term <- getTermById(efo,"EFO_0000322")
    getTermDefinitions(efo,term)