#12 Minimal requirements for annotated ChEBI entry

[Kirill Degtyarenko]

This is a summary of "Minimal requirements for
annotated ChEBI entry" as discussed on 14/03/2006

1) Entity

Obligatory:

IUPAC name
Formula *
Classify (as is_a child of the class or super-entity)

Optional

Registry Number
Xref
Structure
Synonyms

2) Class

Obligatory:

Classify (non-cyclic, parent)
Classify (non-cyclic, child)

Optional

IUPAC name
Definition
Xref (?)
Structure (?)
Synonyms

* Formula field should contain either CHECKED formula
(containing valid elements or R) or OK dot. The latter
is used to indicate that *we know* that there is no
formula suitable for this entity.

[Marcus Ennis]

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The requirements will be included in the Curator Manual
(still currently being written).