[Biopython-dev] obo parser

[Peter Cock]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Arnaud Poret <arnaud.poret at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm a newcomer and I'm writing an obo parser for importing ontologies
> into python. I'm not sure, but has already BioPython an obo parser?
>
> If yes, I'm reinventing the wheel...
>
> If no, I'll be glad to contribute.

There does seem to be interest, questions about ontologies,
GO and OBO crop up every so often. There were some
people actually working on this too, but it has gone quiet.

e.g.
http://lists.open-bio.org/pipermail/biopython-dev/2012-February/009384.html
http://lists.open-bio.org/pipermail/biopython-dev/2011-July/009031.html

Chris Lasher's repository has vanished, but Eric's older
work is still online (CC'd):
https://github.com/kellrott/biopython/tree/gosupport

Eric & Chris - where do things stand?

Regards,

Peter