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This element represents an ontology term. The content of this element should be the term.

Examples:

A MeSH ontology term. The following are all equivalent: 

<term ontology="MeSH">Liver</term>
<term ontology="MeSH" ontologyId="A03.620">Liver</term>
<term ontology="MeSH" ontologyId="A03.620" />
A GO ontology term. The following are all equivalent: 
<term ontology="GO">embryonic development</term>
<term ontology="GO" ontologyId="GO:0009790">embryonic development</term>
<term ontology="GO" ontologyId="GO:0009790" />

Attributes
ontology

The ontology the term is from:

  • GO
  • MeSH
  • Phenotype

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ontologyId

The Id of the term in the specified ontology. If this attribute is specified, it is not necessary to specify the term.