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ChEBI Ontology | Generate chebi_lite.owl and its .obo equivalent

The chebi_lite.owl file takes into account this information:

  • All the relations among the compound.
  • Description
  • Alternative Ids
  • ChEBI Stars
  • ChEBI Id
  • RDF Label
  • OBO Namespace.

For example, this is the XML fragment for the water compound in the chebi_lite.owl file:

    <owl:Class rdf:about="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_15377">
        <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_33693"/>
        <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_37176"/>
        <rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52625"/>
        <rdfs:subClassOf>
            <owl:Restriction>
                <owl:onProperty rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0000087"/>
                <owl:someValuesFrom rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_48360"/>
            </owl:Restriction>
        </rdfs:subClassOf>
        <rdfs:subClassOf>
            <owl:Restriction>
                <owl:onProperty rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0000087"/>
                <owl:someValuesFrom rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_75771"/>
            </owl:Restriction>
        </rdfs:subClassOf>
        <rdfs:subClassOf>
            <owl:Restriction>
                <owl:onProperty rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0000087"/>
                <owl:someValuesFrom rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_75772"/>
            </owl:Restriction>
        </rdfs:subClassOf>
        <rdfs:subClassOf>
            <owl:Restriction>
                <owl:onProperty rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0000087"/>
                <owl:someValuesFrom rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_76413"/>
            </owl:Restriction>
        </rdfs:subClassOf>
        <rdfs:subClassOf>
            <owl:Restriction>
                <owl:onProperty rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0000087"/>
                <owl:someValuesFrom rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_76971"/>
            </owl:Restriction>
        </rdfs:subClassOf>
        <rdfs:subClassOf>
            <owl:Restriction>
                <owl:onProperty rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0000087"/>
                <owl:someValuesFrom rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_77746"/>
            </owl:Restriction>
        </rdfs:subClassOf>
        <rdfs:subClassOf>
            <owl:Restriction>
                <owl:onProperty rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/chebi#is_conjugate_acid_of"/>
                <owl:someValuesFrom rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_16234"/>
            </owl:Restriction>
        </rdfs:subClassOf>
        <rdfs:subClassOf>
            <owl:Restriction>
                <owl:onProperty rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/chebi#is_conjugate_base_of"/>
                <owl:someValuesFrom rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_29412"/>
            </owl:Restriction>
        </rdfs:subClassOf>
        <obo:IAO_0000115 rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">An oxygen hydride consisting of an oxygen atom that is covalently bonded to two hydrogen atoms</obo:IAO_0000115>
        <oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">CHEBI:10743</oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId>
        <oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">CHEBI:13352</oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId>
        <oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">CHEBI:27313</oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId>
        <oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">CHEBI:42043</oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId>
        <oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">CHEBI:42857</oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId>
        <oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">CHEBI:43228</oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId>
        <oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">CHEBI:44292</oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId>
        <oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">CHEBI:44701</oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId>
        <oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">CHEBI:44819</oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId>
        <oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">CHEBI:5585</oboInOwl:hasAlternativeId>
        <oboInOwl:hasOBONamespace rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">chebi_ontology</oboInOwl:hasOBONamespace>
        <oboInOwl:id rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">CHEBI:15377</oboInOwl:id>
        <oboInOwl:inSubset rdf:resource="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/chebi#3_STAR"/>
        <rdfs:label rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string">water</rdfs:label>
    </owl:Class>
Edited by Carlos Andres Moreno Velez