Schema Version: 1.3

cv


Description

A controlled vocabulary or ontology. A cv is composed of cvterms (AKA terms, classes, types, universals - relations and properties are also stored in cvterm) and the relationships between them.

Columns

Column Type Size Foreign Key Nullable Default Comments
cv_id bigserial 19
nextval('chado.cv_cv_id_seq'::regclass)
name varchar 255
null

The name of the ontology. This corresponds to the obo-format -namespace-. cv names uniquely identify the cv. In OBO file format, the cv.name is known as the namespace.

definition text 2147483647
null

A text description of the criteria for membership of this ontology.

Table contained -1 rows

Indexes

Constraint Name Type Sort Column(s)
cv_pkey Primary key Asc cv_id
cv_c1 Must be unique Asc name

Relationships