Start an ontology — start_ontology • ontologics

Start an ontology

start_ontology(
  name = NULL,
  version = NULL,
  path = NULL,
  code = ".xx",
  description = NULL,
  homepage = NULL,
  uri_prefix = NULL,
  license = NULL,
  notes = NULL
)

Arguments

name: character(1)
the path of the ontology.
version: character(1)
the version of the ontology.
path: character(1)
the path where the ontology shall be stored.
code: double(1)
format of a single code snippet that is concatenated for nested levels.
description: character(1)
a brief description of the new ontology.
homepage: character(1)
the URL to the homepage of the new ontology.
uri_prefix: character(1)
the basic URL to construct URIs for all concepts.
license: character(1)
any string describing the license under which this ontology can be (re)used.
notes: character(1)
any notes that might apply to this ontology.

Value

it returns the new, empty ontology and also stores that within the directory specified in path.

Examples

start_ontology(name = "crops", path = tempdir())
#>   sources : 1
#>     -> 'harmonised' (0)
#> 
#>   classes : 0 
#> 
#>   top concepts: 0 
#>