The hGene microformat allows you to add additional semantic information to web pages containing gene data. This allows visitors to use that data in a more flexible way.
Specification
This microformat aims to map the following common attributes of a gene.- Species
- Chromosome
- HGNC symbol (if available)
- Start
- Genomic location
- End
- Length
Schema
The hGene schema consists of the following:hgenesymbol(optional)chromosome(optional)species(optional)location(optional)start(optional)end(optional)length(optional)
Example
The BRCA2 gene could be represented on a web page as:
BRCA2 (Homo Sapiens)
With associated HTML:
Breast cancer type 2 susceptibility protein.
<div class='hgene'>
<span class='symbol'><b>BRCA2</b> (<span class='species'>Homo Sapiens</span>)</span>
<p class='description'>
Breast cancer type 2 susceptibility protein.
</p>
<ul>
<li><a href='http://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/mapview?chr=13' class='chromosome'>Chromosome 13</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/contigview?l=13:31787611-31871347' class='location'><span class='chromosome'>13</span>:<span class='start'>31787611</span>-<span class='end'>31871347</span></a>
</ul>
</div>