ontogetcommon
Function
Description
ontogetcommon reads two or more terms from an ontology and
traces their closest common ancestor.
Algorithm
ontogetcommon traces up through the hierarchy of terms for the
first term it reads. Successive terms are similarly traced, saving any
ancestral terms that are already in the saved list.
The search fails if any term has no common ancestor with all previous terms.
The match reported is the first match found when tracing back.
There is no test for common ancestors in multiple paths.
Usage
Command line arguments
Input file format
ontogetcommon reads terms from an ontology database.
Output file format
Data files
None.
Notes
None.
References
None.
Warnings
None.
Diagnostic Error Messages
None.
Exit status
It always exits with status 0.
Known bugs
None.
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History
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