OBO Ontology Editing Guide

This skill provides guidance and tools for editing ontologies in OBO format.

Project Layout Conventions

Most OBO ontologies follow a similar structure:

• Main development file is typically src/ontology/{ontology}-edit.obo
• Individual terms can be checked out to terms/ directory for editing
• Some projects may have different layouts - check the project's documentation

Querying Ontology Terms

Use the obo-grep.pl script for searching OBO files: