Class Bio::PhyloXML::Reference
In: lib/bio/db/phyloxml/phyloxml_elements.rb
Parent: Object

Description

A literature reference for a clade. It is recommended to use the ‘doi’ attribute instead of the free text ‘desc’ element whenever possible.

Methods

to_xml  

Attributes

desc  [RW]  String. Free text description.
doi  [RW]  String. Digital Object Identifier.

Public Instance methods

Converts elements to xml representation. Called by PhyloXML::Writer class.

[Source]

     # File lib/bio/db/phyloxml/phyloxml_elements.rb, line 986
986:       def to_xml
987:         ref = LibXML::XML::Node.new('reference')
988:         Writer.generate_xml(ref, self, [
989:               [:attr, 'doi'],
990:               [:simple, 'desc', @desc]])
991:          return ref
992:       end

[Validate]