tripal_chado.semweb.api.inc
Provides an application programming interface (API) for semantic web support.
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- <?php
-
- /**
- * @file
- * Provides an application programming interface (API) for semantic web support.
- *
- * @ingroup tripal_chado
- */
- /**
- * @defgroup tripal_chado_semweb_api Semantic Web
- * @ingroup tripal_chado_api
- * @{
- * Provides an application programming interface (API) for semantic web support.
- * @}
- */
-
- /**
- * Adds a new Chado table to the semantic web support for Chado.
- *
- * Newly added tables (i.e. custom tables) need to be integrated into the
- * semantic web infrastructure. After a new table is created and added to
- * the Chado schema, this function should be called to indicate that the
- * table should be included in the semantic web. No associations are made for
- * the columns. The associations should be added using the
- * chado_associate_semweb_term() function.
- *
- * If the table has already been added previously then this function does
- * nothing. It will not overwrite existing assocations.
- *
- * Temporary tables (e.g. Tripal tables that begin with 'tripal_' and end with
- * '_temp', are not supported.
- *
- * @param $chado_table
- * The name of the Chado table.
- *
- * @ingroup tripal_chado_semweb_api
- */
- function chado_add_semweb_table($chado_table) {
-
- // Don't include the tripal temp tables.
- if (preg_match('/tripal_.+_temp/', $chado_table)) {
- return;
- }
-
- // Get the table's schema and add all of it's fields if they aren't
- // already there.
- $schema = chado_get_schema($chado_table);
- foreach ($schema['fields'] as $chado_column => $details) {
-
- // If the record already exists don't overwrite it.
- $record = db_select('chado_semweb', 'CS')
- ->fields('CS', array('chado_semweb_id'))
- ->condition('CS.chado_table', $chado_table)
- ->condition('CS.chado_column', $chado_column)
- ->execute()
- ->fetchField();
- if (!$record) {
- $record = array(
- 'chado_table' => $chado_table,
- 'chado_column' => $chado_column,
- );
- drupal_write_record('chado_semweb', $record);
- }
- }
- }
-
- /**
- * Associates a controlled vocabulary term with a field in a Chado table.
- *
- * For sharing of data via the semantic web we need to associate a
- * term from a controlled vocabulary with every column of every table in Chado.
- *
- * Temporary tables (e.g. Tripal tables that begin with 'tripal_' and end with
- * '_temp', are not supported.
- *
- * @param $chado_table
- * The name of the table in Chado. This argument is optional. If left empty
- * or set to NULL then all fields in all Chado tables with that have the
- * $column_name will be associated with the provided $term.
- * @param $chado_column
- * The column name in the Chado table to which the term should be associated.
- * @param $term
- * A cvterm object as returned by chado_generate_var().
- * @param $update
- * Set to TRUE if the association should be updated to use the new term
- * if a term is already associated with the table and column. Default is
- * FALSE. If not TRUE and a term is already associated, then no change
- * occurs.
- *
- * @return boolean
- * Returns TRUE if the association was made successfully and FALSE otherwise.
- *
- * @ingroup tripal_chado_semweb_api
- */
- function chado_associate_semweb_term($chado_table, $chado_column, $term,
- $update = FALSE) {
-
- // Check for required arguments.
- if (!$chado_column) {
- tripal_set_message('Please provide the $chado_column argument.', TRIPAL_ERROR);
- return FALSE;
- }
- if (!$term) {
- tripal_set_message('Please provide the $term argument.', TRIPAL_ERROR);
- return FALSE;
- }
-
- // Make sure the field is a real field for the table.
- if ($chado_table) {
- $schema = chado_get_schema($chado_table);
- if (!$schema) {
- tripal_set_message('The $chado_table is not a known table in Chado.', TRIPAL_ERROR);
- return FALSE;
- }
- if (!array_key_exists($chado_column, $schema['fields'])) {
- tripal_set_message('The $chado_column is not a known column in the $chado_table.', TRIPAL_ERROR);
- return FALSE;
- }
- }
-
- // First check to see if a valid record exists that matches the table and
- // column indicated. If it doesn't then insert the record.
- $query = db_select('chado_semweb', 'CS')
- ->fields('CS', array('chado_semweb_id'))
- ->condition('chado_column', $chado_column);
- if ($chado_table) {
- $query->condition('chado_table', $chado_table);
- }
- $query->range(0,1);
- $id = $query->execute()->fetchField();
- if (!$id) {
-
- // If no $chado_table record is provided then return FALSE as we can't
- // insert a record without a table.
- if (!$chado_table) {
- tripal_set_message('The provided $chado_column has no match for any
- table currently known. This could be because the table has not yet
- been added to the semantic web management. Please provide the
- $chado_table.', TRIPAL_ERROR);
- return FALSE;
- }
-
- // Insert the record.
- $id = db_insert('chado_semweb')
- ->fields(array(
- 'chado_table' => $chado_table,
- 'chado_column' => $chado_column,
- 'cvterm_id' => $term->cvterm_id,
- ));
- if ($id) {
- return TRUE;
- }
- else {
- tripal_set_message('Failure associating term.', TRIPAL_ERROR);
- return FALSE;
- }
- }
-
- // If the $chado_table argument is empty or NULL then the term applies to
- // all fields of the specified name.
- $update = db_update('chado_semweb')
- ->fields(array(
- 'cvterm_id' => $term->cvterm_id
- ))
- ->condition('chado_column', $chado_column);
- if ($chado_table) {
- $update->condition('chado_table', $chado_table);
- }
- if (!$update) {
- $update->condition('cvterm_id', NULL);
- }
- $num_updated = $update->execute();
- if (!$num_updated) {
- tripal_set_message('Failure associating term.', TRIPAL_ERROR);
- return FALSE;
- }
-
- return TRUE;
- }
-
- /**
- * Retrieves the term that maps to the given Chado table and field.
- *
- * @param $chado_table
- * The name of the Chado table.
- * @param $chado_column
- * The name of the Chado field.
- * @param $options
- * An associative array of one or more of the following keys:
- * -return_object: Set to TRUE to return the cvterm object rather than
- * the string version of the term.
- *
- * @return
- * Returns a string-based representation of the term (e.g. SO:0000704). If
- * the 'return_object' options is provided then a cvterm object is returned.
- * returns NULL if no term is mapped to the table and column.
- *
- * @ingroup tripal_chado_semweb_api
- */
- function chado_get_semweb_term($chado_table, $chado_column, $options = array()) {
- $cvterm_id = db_select('chado_semweb', 'CS')
- ->fields('CS', array('cvterm_id'))
- ->condition('chado_column', $chado_column)
- ->condition('chado_table', $chado_table)
- ->execute()
- ->fetchField();
-
- if ($cvterm_id) {
- $cvterm = chado_generate_var('cvterm', array('cvterm_id' => $cvterm_id));
- if (array_key_exists('return_object', $options)) {
- return $cvterm;
- }
-
- return chado_format_semweb_term($cvterm);
- }
- }
-
- /**
- * Formats a controlled vocabulary term from Chado for use with Tripal.
- *
- * @param $cvterm
- * A cvterm object.
- * @return
- * The semantic web name for the term.
- *
- * @ingroup tripal_chado_semweb_api
- */
- function chado_format_semweb_term($cvterm) {
- if ($cvterm) {
- return $cvterm->dbxref_id->db_id->name . ':' . $cvterm->dbxref_id->accession;
- }
- return '';
- }
- /**
- * Retreive the column name in a Chado table that matches a given term.
- *
- * @param $chado_table
- * The name of the Chado table.
- * @param $term
- * The term. This can be a term name or a unique identifer of the form
- * {db}:{accession} or of the form {db}__{term_name}.
- *
- * @return
- * The name of the Chado column that matches the given term or FALSE if the
- * term is not mapped to the Chado table.
- *
- * @ingroup tripal_chado_semweb_api
- */
- function chado_get_semweb_column($chado_table, $term) {
- $columns = db_select('chado_semweb', 'CS')
- ->fields('CS')
- ->condition('chado_table', $chado_table)
- ->execute();
-
- while($column = $columns->fetchObject()) {
- $cvterm_id = $column->cvterm_id;
-
- if ($cvterm_id) {
-
- $cvterm = chado_generate_var('cvterm', array('cvterm_id' => $cvterm_id));
-
- $full_accession = strtolower($cvterm->dbxref_id->db_id->name . ':' . $cvterm->dbxref_id->accession);
- $full_accession = preg_replace('/ /', '_', $full_accession);
- $full_name_uscore = strtolower($cvterm->dbxref_id->db_id->name . '__' . $cvterm->name);
- $full_name_uscore = preg_replace('/ /', '_', $full_name_uscore);
-
- $term = preg_replace('/ /', '_', $term);
- $term = strtolower(preg_replace('/ /', '_', $term));
-
- // Does the term match identically?
- if ($term == $cvterm->name) {
- return $column->chado_column;
- }
- // Is the term a concatenation of the vocab and the accession?
- else if ($term == $full_accession) {
- return $column->chado_column;
- }
- // Is the term a concatenation of the vocab and the accession?
- else if ($term == $full_name_uscore) {
- return $column->chado_column;
- }
- }
- }
- return FALSE;
- }