find_ontology_terms: Find ontology terms by querying the Ontology Lookup Service...

In AllenInstitute/CCN: Generate the Standardized Common Cell type Nomenclature (CCN)

Find ontology terms by querying the Ontology Lookup Service directly from R. This is useful for quickly finding UBERON (or other) ontology IDs for inclusion in the CCN. Note: this is a wrapper for functions from library 'rols' (http://lgatto.github.com/rols/) Please cite as specified in 'citation("rols")' if you use this function.

Description

Find ontology terms by querying the Ontology Lookup Service directly from R. This is useful for quickly finding UBERON (or other) ontology IDs for inclusion in the CCN. Note: this is a wrapper for functions from library 'rols' (http://lgatto.github.com/rols/) Please cite as specified in 'citation("rols")' if you use this function.

Usage

find_ontology_terms(query, exact = TRUE, ontology = "UBERON", ...)

Arguments

query	Term you want to search for in the ontology (e.g., "neocortex")
exact	Return only exact matches to input term (TRUE; default) or that's that are close
ontology	Which ontology to search. Default is "UBERON". "" will search all ontologies
...	Additional parameters to 'OlsSearch'

Value

what is returned

# Describe is optional and can go after and param or return

name

description

AllenInstitute/CCN documentation built on April 15, 2023, 10:48 p.m.