GDI_NCIThesaurus {ontoTools}R Documentation

Structures for working with formal nomenclatures

Description

Structures for working with formal nomenclatures

Usage

data(GDI_NCIThesaurus)
parents(term, nom)
children(term, nom)
getDefs(term, nom)

Arguments

term character string, term
nom instance of class taggedHierNomenclature

Details

DAG-structured nomenclatures are in wide use. For any term, one can seek parents (generalizations) or children (specializations). These resources prototype tools for dealing with such structures, including provenance information.

Author(s)

Vince Carey <stvjc@channing.harvard.edu>

Examples

data(GDI_NCIThesaurus)
parents("Mesna", GDI_NCIThesaurus)
parents("Actinomycin_Antibiotic", GDI_NCIThesaurus)

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