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==Goal and motivation==
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A common API implemented by ontology data services enables clients such as EQ editors that heavily rely on such a service to plug into different data providers, local or remote, at their choice.
 
 
 
==Service definitions==
 
 
 
# Ontology lookup
 
#* Function: lookup the ontologies being served by the data service
 
#* Input:
 
#* Output:
 
# Look up term
 
#* Function: Obtain the full term information for a given ID
 
#* Input:
 
#* Output:
 
# Completion list
 
#* Function: Obtain matching term names for a partial term name string
 
#* Input:
 
#* Output:
 
# Neighborhood graph
 
#* Function: Obtain parents, children, descendants, or ancestors for a given term
 
#* Input:
 
#* Output:
 
# Downloading ontology
 
#* Function: Obtain all terms and relationships comprising an ontology
 
#* Input:
 
#* Output:
 
# Login
 
#* Function: Given a username and secret, obtain an authentication token
 
#* Input:
 
#* Output:
 
# Save EQ statements
 
#* Function: Save an array of EQ statements to the data store
 
#* Input:
 
#* Output:
 
# Load EQ statements
 
#* Function: Load an array of EQ statements from the data store
 
#* Input:
 
#* Output:
 
 
 
==Query languages==
 
 
 
* SPARQL
 
 
 
==Data exchange formats==
 
 
 
* Text over HTTP:
 
** OBO format
 
** OBO-XML format
 
** OBD-XML format
 
** RDF
 

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