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PROGRAM:

NAME

load_cvterms.pl - compares which terms are new in the file compared to the database and
inserts them

SYNOPSIS

Usage: perl load_cvterms.pl -H dbhost -D dbname [-vdntuFo] file

parameters

-g GMOD database profile name (can provide host, DB name, password, username, and
driver) Default: 'default'

-s database name for linking (must be in db table, e.g. GO )

-n controlled vocabulary name (e.g 'biological_process'). optional. If not given,
terms of all namespaces related with database name will be handled.

-F File format. Can be obo or go_flat and others supported by Bio::OntologyIO.
Default: obo

-u update all the terms. Without -u, the terms in the database won't be updated to
the contents of the file, in terms of definitions, etc. New terms will still be
added.

-v verbose output

-o outfile for writing errors and verbose messages (optional)

-t trial mode. Don't perform any store operations at all. (trial mode cannot test
inserting associated data for new terms)

The following options are required if not using GMOD profile

-H hostname for database [required if -p isn't used]

-D database name [required if -p isn't used]

-p password (if you need to provide a password to connect to your db)

-r username (if you need to provide a username to connect to your database)

-d driver name (e.g. 'Pg' for postgres). Driver name can be provided in gmod_config

The script parses the ontology in the file and the corresponding ontology in the database,
if present. It compares which terms are new in the file compared to the database and
inserts them, and compares all the relationships that are new and inserts them. It removes
the relationships that were not specified in the file from the database. It never removes
a term entry from the database.

This script works with Chado schema (see gmod.org) and accesse the following tables:

db
dbxref
cv
cvterm
cvterm_relationship
cvtermsynonym
cvterm_dbxref
cvtermprop

Terms that are in the database but not in the file are set to is_obsolete=1. All the
terms that are present in the database are updated (if using -u option) to reflect the
term definitions that are in the file. New terms that are in the file but not in the
database are stored. The following data are associated with each term insert/update:

Term name
Term definition
Relationships with other terms
Synonyms
Secondary ids
Definition dbxrefs
Comments

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