---
name: "GO::Parsers::ncbi_taxonomy_parser"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libgo-perl"
version: "0.15-10"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/GO::Parsers::ncbi_taxonomy_parser"
---

# GO::Parsers::ncbi\_taxonomy\_parser(3pm)

## NAME

```
  GO::Parsers::ncbi_taxonomy_parser - Parser for NCBI taxonomy
```

## SYNOPSIS

```
  do not use this class directly; use GO::Parser
```

## DESCRIPTION

See \<ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/taxonomy/taxonomy.dat\>

## PARSER ARCHITECTURE

This generates Stag event streams from one of the various GO flat file formats (ontology, defs, xref, associations). See GO::Parser for details

Examples of these files can be found at http://www.geneontology.org

A description of the event streams generated follows; Stag or an XML handler can be used to catch these events