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excelparser

Module from parsing an excelfile and creating an ontology from it.

The excelfile is read by pandas and the pandas dataframe should have column names: prefLabel, altLabel, Elucidation, Comments, Examples, subClassOf, Relations.

Note that correct case is mandatory.

ExcelError (EMMOntoPyException)

Raised on errors in Excel file.

Source code in ontopy/excelparser.py
class ExcelError(EMMOntoPyException):
    """Raised on errors in Excel file."""

create_ontology_from_excel(excelpath, concept_sheet_name='Concepts', metadata_sheet_name='Metadata', imports_sheet_name='ImportedOntologies', base_iri='http://emmo.info/emmo/domain/onto#', base_iri_from_metadata=True, imports=None, catalog=None, force=False, input_ontology=None)

Creates an ontology from an Excel-file.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
excelpath str

Path to Excel workbook.

required
concept_sheet_name str

Name of sheet where concepts are defined. The second row of this sheet should contain column names that are supported. Currently these are 'prefLabel','altLabel', 'Elucidation', 'Comments', 'Examples', 'subClassOf', 'Relations'. Multiple entries are separated with ';'.

'Concepts'
metadata_sheet_name str

Name of sheet where metadata are defined. The first row contains column names 'Metadata name' and 'Value' Supported 'Metadata names' are: 'Ontology IRI', 'Ontology vesion IRI', 'Ontology version Info', 'Title', 'Abstract', 'License', 'Comment', 'Author', 'Contributor'. Multiple entries are separated with a semi-colon (;).

'Metadata'
imports_sheet_name str

Name of sheet where imported ontologies are defined. Column name is 'Imported ontologies'. Fully resolvable URL or path to imported ontologies provided one per row.

'ImportedOntologies'
base_iri str

Base IRI of the new ontology.

'http://emmo.info/emmo/domain/onto#'
base_iri_from_metadata bool

Whether to use base IRI defined from metadata.

True
imports list

List of imported ontologies.

None
catalog dict

Imported ontologies with (name, full path) key/value-pairs.

None
force bool

Forcibly make an ontology by skipping concepts that are erroneously defined or other errors in the excel sheet.

False
input_ontology Optional[ontopy.ontology.Ontology]

Ontology that should be updated. Default is None, which means that a completely new ontology is generated. If an input_ontology to be updated is provided, the metadata sheet in the excel sheet will not be considered.

None

Returns:

Type Description
A tuple with the
  • created ontology
    • associated catalog of ontology names and resolvable path as dict
    • a dictionary with lists of concepts that raise errors, with the following keys:

      • "already_defined": These are concepts that are already in the ontology, because they were already added in a previous line of the excelfile/pandas dataframe, or because it is already defined in an imported ontology with the same base_iri as the newly created ontology.
      • "in_imported_ontologies": Concepts that are defined in the excel, but already exist in the imported ontologies.
      • "wrongly_defined": Concepts that are given an invalid prefLabel (e.g. with a space in the name).
      • "missing_parents": Concepts that are missing parents. These concepts are added directly under owl:Thing.
      • "invalid_parents": Concepts with invalidly defined parents. These concepts are added directly under owl:Thing.
      • "nonadded_concepts": List of all concepts that are not added, either because the prefLabel is invalid, or because the concept has already been added once or already exists in an imported ontology.
Source code in ontopy/excelparser.py
def create_ontology_from_excel(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
    excelpath: str,
    concept_sheet_name: str = "Concepts",
    metadata_sheet_name: str = "Metadata",
    imports_sheet_name: str = "ImportedOntologies",
    base_iri: str = "http://emmo.info/emmo/domain/onto#",
    base_iri_from_metadata: bool = True,
    imports: list = None,
    catalog: dict = None,
    force: bool = False,
    input_ontology: Union[ontopy.ontology.Ontology, None] = None,
) -> Tuple[ontopy.ontology.Ontology, dict, dict]:
    """
    Creates an ontology from an Excel-file.

    Arguments:
        excelpath: Path to Excel workbook.
        concept_sheet_name: Name of sheet where concepts are defined.
            The second row of this sheet should contain column names that are
            supported. Currently these are 'prefLabel','altLabel',
            'Elucidation', 'Comments', 'Examples', 'subClassOf', 'Relations'.
            Multiple entries are separated with ';'.
        metadata_sheet_name: Name of sheet where metadata are defined.
            The first row contains column names 'Metadata name' and 'Value'
            Supported 'Metadata names' are: 'Ontology IRI',
            'Ontology vesion IRI', 'Ontology version Info', 'Title',
            'Abstract', 'License', 'Comment', 'Author', 'Contributor'.
            Multiple entries are separated with a semi-colon (`;`).
        imports_sheet_name: Name of sheet where imported ontologies are
            defined.
            Column name is 'Imported ontologies'.
            Fully resolvable URL or path to imported ontologies provided one
            per row.
        base_iri: Base IRI of the new ontology.
        base_iri_from_metadata: Whether to use base IRI defined from metadata.
        imports: List of imported ontologies.
        catalog: Imported ontologies with (name, full path) key/value-pairs.
        force: Forcibly make an ontology by skipping concepts
            that are erroneously defined or other errors in the excel sheet.
        input_ontology: Ontology that should be updated.
            Default is None,
            which means that a completely new ontology is generated.
            If an input_ontology to be updated is provided,
            the metadata sheet in the excel sheet will not be considered.


    Returns:
        A tuple with the:

            * created ontology
            * associated catalog of ontology names and resolvable path as dict
            * a dictionary with lists of concepts that raise errors, with the
              following keys:

                - "already_defined": These are concepts that are already in the
                    ontology, because they were already added in a
                    previous line of the excelfile/pandas dataframe, or because
                    it is already defined in an imported ontology with the same
                    base_iri as the newly created ontology.
                - "in_imported_ontologies": Concepts that are defined in the
                    excel, but already exist in the imported ontologies.
                - "wrongly_defined": Concepts that are given an invalid
                    prefLabel (e.g. with a space in the name).
                - "missing_parents": Concepts that are missing parents.
                    These concepts are added directly under owl:Thing.
                - "invalid_parents": Concepts with invalidly defined parents.
                    These concepts are added directly under owl:Thing.
                - "nonadded_concepts": List of all concepts that are not added,
                    either because the prefLabel is invalid, or because the
                    concept has already been added once or already exists in an
                    imported ontology.

    """
    web_protocol = "http://", "https://", "ftp://"

    def _relative_to_absolute_paths(path):
        if isinstance(path, str):
            if not path.startswith(web_protocol):
                path = os.path.dirname(excelpath) + "/" + str(path)
        return path

    try:
        imports = pd.read_excel(
            excelpath, sheet_name=imports_sheet_name, skiprows=[1]
        )
    except ValueError:
        imports = pd.DataFrame()
    else:
        # Strip leading and trailing white spaces in paths
        imports.replace(r"^\s+", "", regex=True).replace(
            r"\s+$", "", regex=True
        )
        # Set empty strings to nan
        imports = imports.replace(r"^\s*$", np.nan, regex=True)
        if "Imported ontologies" in imports.columns:
            imports["Imported ontologies"] = imports[
                "Imported ontologies"
            ].apply(_relative_to_absolute_paths)

    # Read datafile TODO: Some magic to identify the header row
    conceptdata = pd.read_excel(
        excelpath, sheet_name=concept_sheet_name, skiprows=[0, 2]
    )
    metadata = pd.read_excel(excelpath, sheet_name=metadata_sheet_name)
    return create_ontology_from_pandas(
        data=conceptdata,
        metadata=metadata,
        imports=imports,
        base_iri=base_iri,
        base_iri_from_metadata=base_iri_from_metadata,
        catalog=catalog,
        force=force,
        input_ontology=input_ontology,
    )

create_ontology_from_pandas(data, metadata, imports, base_iri='http://emmo.info/emmo/domain/onto#', base_iri_from_metadata=True, catalog=None, force=False, input_ontology=None)

Create an ontology from a pandas DataFrame.

Check 'create_ontology_from_excel' for complete documentation.

Source code in ontopy/excelparser.py
def create_ontology_from_pandas(  # pylint:disable=too-many-locals,too-many-branches,too-many-statements,too-many-arguments
    data: pd.DataFrame,
    metadata: pd.DataFrame,
    imports: pd.DataFrame,
    base_iri: str = "http://emmo.info/emmo/domain/onto#",
    base_iri_from_metadata: bool = True,
    catalog: dict = None,
    force: bool = False,
    input_ontology: Union[ontopy.ontology.Ontology, None] = None,
) -> Tuple[ontopy.ontology.Ontology, dict]:
    """
    Create an ontology from a pandas DataFrame.

    Check 'create_ontology_from_excel' for complete documentation.
    """

    # Remove lines with empty prefLabel
    data = data[data["prefLabel"].notna()]
    # Convert all data to string, remove spaces, and finally remove
    # additional rows with empty prefLabel.
    data = data.astype(str)
    data["prefLabel"] = data["prefLabel"].str.strip()
    data = data[data["prefLabel"].str.len() > 0]
    data.reset_index(drop=True, inplace=True)

    if input_ontology:
        onto = input_ontology
        catalog = {}
    else:  # Create new ontology
        onto, catalog = get_metadata_from_dataframe(
            metadata, base_iri, imports=imports
        )

        # Set given or default base_iri if base_iri_from_metadata is False.
        if not base_iri_from_metadata:
            onto.base_iri = base_iri
    labels = set(data["prefLabel"])
    for altlabel in data["altLabel"].str.strip():
        if not altlabel == "nan":
            labels.update(altlabel.split(";"))

    # Dictionary with lists of concepts that raise errors
    concepts_with_errors = {
        "already_defined": [],
        "in_imported_ontologies": [],
        "wrongly_defined": [],
        "missing_parents": [],
        "invalid_parents": [],
        "nonadded_concepts": [],
        "errors_in_properties": [],
    }

    onto.sync_python_names()

    with onto:
        remaining_rows = set(range(len(data)))
        all_added_rows = []
        while remaining_rows:
            added_rows = set()
            for index in remaining_rows:
                row = data.loc[index]
                name = row["prefLabel"]
                try:
                    onto.get_by_label(name)
                    if onto.base_iri in [
                        a.namespace.base_iri
                        for a in onto.get_by_label_all(name)
                    ]:
                        if not force:
                            raise ExcelError(
                                f'Concept "{name}" already in ontology'
                            )
                        warnings.warn(
                            f'Ignoring concept "{name}" since it is already in '
                            "the ontology."
                        )
                        concepts_with_errors["already_defined"].append(name)
                        continue
                    concepts_with_errors["in_imported_ontologies"].append(name)
                except (ValueError, TypeError) as err:
                    warnings.warn(
                        f'Ignoring concept "{name}". '
                        f'The following error was raised: "{err}"'
                    )
                    concepts_with_errors["wrongly_defined"].append(name)
                    continue
                except NoSuchLabelError:
                    pass
                if row["subClassOf"] == "nan":
                    if not force:
                        raise ExcelError(f"{row[0]} has no subClassOf")
                    parent_names = []  # Should be "owl:Thing"
                    concepts_with_errors["missing_parents"].append(name)
                else:
                    parent_names = str(row["subClassOf"]).split(";")
                parents = []
                invalid_parent = False
                for parent_name in parent_names:
                    try:
                        parent = onto.get_by_label(parent_name.strip())
                    except (NoSuchLabelError, ValueError) as exc:
                        if parent_name not in labels:
                            if force:
                                warnings.warn(
                                    f'Invalid parents for "{name}": '
                                    f'"{parent_name}".'
                                )
                                concepts_with_errors["invalid_parents"].append(
                                    name
                                )
                                break
                            raise ExcelError(
                                f'Invalid parents for "{name}": {exc}\n'
                                "Have you forgotten an imported ontology?"
                            ) from exc
                        invalid_parent = True
                        break
                    else:
                        parents.append(parent)

                if invalid_parent:
                    continue

                if not parents:
                    parents = [owlready2.Thing]

                try:
                    concept = onto.new_entity(name, parents)
                except LabelDefinitionError:
                    concepts_with_errors["wrongly_defined"].append(name)
                    continue

                added_rows.add(index)
                # Add elucidation
                try:
                    _add_literal(
                        row,
                        concept.elucidation,
                        "Elucidation",
                        only_one=True,
                    )
                except AttributeError as err:
                    if force:
                        _add_literal(
                            row,
                            concept.comment,
                            "Elucidation",
                            only_one=True,
                        )
                        warnings.warn("Elucidation added as comment.")
                    else:
                        raise ExcelError(
                            f"Not able to add elucidations. {err}."
                        ) from err

                # Add examples
                try:
                    _add_literal(
                        row, concept.example, "Examples", expected=False
                    )
                except AttributeError:
                    if force:
                        warnings.warn(
                            "Not able to add examples. "
                            "Did you forget to import an ontology?."
                        )

                # Add comments
                _add_literal(row, concept.comment, "Comments", expected=False)

                # Add altLabels
                try:
                    _add_literal(
                        row, concept.altLabel, "altLabel", expected=False
                    )
                except AttributeError as err:
                    if force is True:
                        _add_literal(
                            row,
                            concept.label,
                            "altLabel",
                            expected=False,
                        )
                        warnings.warn("altLabel added as rdfs.label.")
                    else:
                        raise ExcelError(
                            f"Not able to add altLabels. " f"{err}."
                        ) from err

            remaining_rows.difference_update(added_rows)

            # Detect infinite loop...
            if not added_rows and remaining_rows:
                unadded = [data.loc[i].prefLabel for i in remaining_rows]
                if force is True:
                    warnings.warn(
                        f"Not able to add the following concepts: {unadded}."
                        " Will continue without these."
                    )
                    remaining_rows = False
                    concepts_with_errors["nonadded_concepts"] = unadded
                else:
                    raise ExcelError(
                        f"Not able to add the following concepts: {unadded}."
                    )
            all_added_rows.extend(added_rows)

    # Add properties in a second loop
    for index in all_added_rows:
        row = data.loc[index]
        properties = row["Relations"]
        if properties == "nan":
            properties = None
        if isinstance(properties, str):
            try:
                concept = onto.get_by_label(row["prefLabel"].strip())
            except NoSuchLabelError:
                pass
            props = properties.split(";")
            for prop in props:
                try:
                    concept.is_a.append(evaluate(onto, prop.strip()))
                except pyparsing.ParseException as exc:
                    warnings.warn(
                        f"Error in Property assignment for: '{concept}'. "
                        f"Property to be Evaluated: '{prop}'. "
                        f"{exc}"
                    )
                    concepts_with_errors["errors_in_properties"].append(name)
                except NoSuchLabelError as exc:
                    msg = (
                        f"Error in Property assignment for: {concept}. "
                        f"Property to be Evaluated: {prop}. "
                        f"{exc}"
                    )
                    if force is True:
                        warnings.warn(msg)
                        concepts_with_errors["errors_in_properties"].append(
                            name
                        )
                    else:
                        raise ExcelError(msg) from exc

    # Synchronise Python attributes to ontology
    onto.sync_attributes(
        name_policy="uuid", name_prefix="EMMO_", class_docstring="elucidation"
    )
    onto.dir_label = False
    concepts_with_errors = {
        key: set(value) for key, value in concepts_with_errors.items()
    }
    return onto, catalog, concepts_with_errors

english(string)

Returns string as an English location string.

Source code in ontopy/excelparser.py
def english(string):
    """Returns `string` as an English location string."""
    return owlready2.locstr(string, lang="en")

get_metadata_from_dataframe(metadata, base_iri, base_iri_from_metadata=True, imports=None, catalog=None)

Create ontology with metadata from pd.DataFrame

Source code in ontopy/excelparser.py
def get_metadata_from_dataframe(  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals,too-many-branches,too-many-statements
    metadata: pd.DataFrame,
    base_iri: str,
    base_iri_from_metadata: bool = True,
    imports: pd.DataFrame = None,
    catalog: dict = None,
) -> Tuple[ontopy.ontology.Ontology, dict]:
    """Create ontology with metadata from pd.DataFrame"""

    # base_iri from metadata if it exists and base_iri_from_metadata
    if base_iri_from_metadata:
        try:
            base_iris = _parse_literal(metadata, "Ontology IRI", metadata=True)
            if len(base_iris) > 1:
                warnings.warn(
                    "More than one Ontology IRI given. The first was chosen."
                )
            base_iri = base_iris[0] + "#"
        except (TypeError, ValueError, AttributeError, IndexError):
            pass

    # Create new ontology
    onto = get_ontology(base_iri)

    # Add imported ontologies
    catalog = {} if catalog is None else catalog
    locations = set()
    for _, row in imports.iterrows():
        # for location in imports:
        location = row["Imported ontologies"]
        if not pd.isna(location) and location not in locations:
            imported = onto.world.get_ontology(location).load()
            onto.imported_ontologies.append(imported)
            catalog[imported.base_iri.rstrip("#/")] = location
            try:
                cat = read_catalog(location.rsplit("/", 1)[0])
                catalog.update(cat)
            except ReadCatalogError:
                warnings.warn(f"Catalog for {imported} not found.")
            locations.add(location)
        # set defined prefix
        if not pd.isna(row["prefix"]):
            # set prefix for all ontologies with same 'base_iri_root'
            if not pd.isna(row["base_iri_root"]):
                onto.set_common_prefix(
                    iri_base=row["base_iri_root"], prefix=row["prefix"]
                )
            # If base_root not given, set prefix only to top ontology
            else:
                imported.prefix = row["prefix"]

    with onto:
        # Add title
        try:
            _add_literal(
                metadata,
                onto.metadata.title,
                "Title",
                metadata=True,
                only_one=True,
            )
        except AttributeError:
            pass

        # Add license
        try:
            _add_literal(
                metadata, onto.metadata.license, "License", metadata=True
            )
        except AttributeError:
            pass

        # Add authors/creators
        try:
            _add_literal(
                metadata, onto.metadata.creator, "Author", metadata=True
            )
        except AttributeError:
            pass

        # Add contributors
        try:
            _add_literal(
                metadata,
                onto.metadata.contributor,
                "Contributor",
                metadata=True,
            )
        except AttributeError:
            pass

        # Add versionInfo
        try:
            _add_literal(
                metadata,
                onto.metadata.versionInfo,
                "Ontology version Info",
                metadata=True,
                only_one=True,
            )
        except AttributeError:
            pass

    return onto, catalog