SWISS::Stars::EV(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				     SWISS::Stars::EV(3pm)

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   addEvidence($category, $type, $initials, $attributes [, $date])
	Title:	  addEvidence

	Usage:	  $evidenceTag = $entry->Stars->EV->addEvidence($category,
								$type,
								$initials,
								$attributes
								[, $date])

	Function: adds the evidence to the EV block if it does not yet exist
		  or returns the correct evidence tag if the evidence already exists,
		  possibly with a different date.

	Args:	 $category: the evidence category. Currently one of 'A', 'C', 'I','P'.
		 $type: the evidence type
		 $initials: The initals of the person doing the update.
			    For programs this should be '-'.
		 $attributes: the attributes of the evidence
		 $date: optional. If present, it must be in standard SWISS-PROT
			date format. If not present the current date will be used.

	Returns: The correct evidence tag.

   updateEvidence($category, $type, $initials, $attributes [, $date])
	Title:	  updateEvidence

	Usage:	  $evidenceTag = $entry->Stars->EV->updateEvidence($category,
								   $type,
								   $initials,
								   $attributes
								   [, $date])

	Function: updates the evidence to the EV block to $date or inserts it
		  if it does not yet exist.

	Args:	 $category: the evidence category. Currently one of 'A', 'C', 'I','P'.
		 $type: the evidence type
		 $initials: The initals of the person doing the update.
			    For programs this should be '-'.
		 $attributes: the attributes of the evidence
		 $date: optional. If present, it must be in standard SWISS-PROT
			date format. If not present the current date will be used.

	Returns: The correct evidence tag.

Name
       SWISS::Stars::EV.pm

Description
       SWISS/Stars/EV.pm represents the evidence section within an SWISS-PROT + TrEMBL entry. See
       http://www3.ebi.ac.uk/~sp/intern/projects/evidenceTags/index.html

       For a usage example, see evTest.pl in the Swissknife package.

Inherits from SWISS::ListBase.pm
Attributes
       "list" Each element of the list describes one evidence, itself represented as an array.

perl v5.10.1							    2006-01-26						     SWISS::Stars::EV(3pm)