Simple python functions for managing data in VIVO

See the test scripts for examples of use.

Version 2.0 will support VIVO 1.6 and VIVO-ISF. We expect to complete VIVO Tools 2.0 by September 2015.

Additionally, VIVO Tools 2.0 will have modules and a setup.py. We tried hard to keep everything very simple -- one file, no install procedure, one import statement -- but best practice is to organize the code into smaller modules and use only the modules one needs.

Each module will have the input/output functions for managing entities in the domain

1. Grants -- grants, studies, roles, and related entities
2. People -- contact information, positions, education, overviews, service
3. Courses -- courses, course sections, academic terms, roles
4. Organizations -- departments, universities, publishers and many more
5. Publications -- including all scholarly works, authorships
6. Foundation -- uri, rdf, assertion level processing, including input/output to and from the VIVO triple store

1. Minimize requirements for additional libraries. Keep it simple.
2. Consistent use of functions and identifiers
3. Improve separation of assertion level (triples, rdf, uri, ontology) and domain level (person, grant, pub, org, course, role)
4. Increased emphasis on output functions for visualization and reporting
5. Isolation of UF specific features and dependencies

VIVO Tools code is finding its way into the VIVO Pump and other projects.