NAME

GO::Parsers::go_xref_parser     - syntax parsing of GO xref flat files (eg eg2go, metacyc2go)

SYNOPSIS

do not use this class directly; use GO::Parser

DESCRIPTION

This generates Stag event streams from one of the various GO flat file formats (ontology, defs, xref, associations). See GO::Parser for details

Examples of these files can be found at http://www.geneontology.org

A description of the event streams generated follows; Stag or an XML handler can be used to catch these events

GO XREF FILES

These files have a filename *2go; eg metacyc2go

 (dbxrefs
  (termdbxref+
    (termacc "s")
    (dbxref
      (xref_dbname "s")
      (xref_key "s")))) 

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