Import from web instead of local files

dic2owl/dic2owl/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 __version__ = "0.1.0"
 __author__ = "Jesper Friis"
 __author_email__ = "[email protected]"
+
+__ontology_version__ = "0.0.1"
+
+# Where versioned releases can be downloaded from
+release_site = (
+    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emmo-repo/CIF-ontology/gh-pages/versions"
+)

dic2owl/dic2owl/generate_cif.py

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-"""Python script for generating an ontology corresponding to a CIF dictionary.
+"""
+# Generate ontology
+
+Python script for generating an ontology corresponding to a CIF dictionary.
 """
 from pathlib import Path
 import textwrap
@@ -13,17 +16,18 @@
 
 from CifFile import CifDic
 
+from dic2owl import __ontology_version__, release_site
+
+
+"""Return the absolute, normalized path to the `ontology` directory in this repository"""
+ONTOLOGY_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.joinpath("ontology").resolve()
+
 
 def en(s):
     """Returns `s` converted to a localised string in english."""
     return locstr(s, lang="en")
 
 
-def ontology_dir() -> Path:
-    """Return the absolute, normalized path to the `ontology` directory in this repository"""
-    return Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.joinpath("ontology").resolve()
-
-
 class Generator:
     """Class for generating CIF ontology from a CIF dictionary.
 
@@ -36,9 +40,18 @@ class Generator:
         URI or file name of the cif_top ontology that will be imported.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, dicfile, base_iri, cif_top="cif_top.ttl"):
+    def __init__(self, dicfile, base_iri, cif_top=None):
         self.cd = CifDic(dicfile, do_dREL=False)
-        self.cif_top = ontology_dir() / cif_top
+        if not cif_top:
+            self.cif_top = f"{release_site}/{__ontology_version__}/cif_top.ttl"
+        elif isinstance(cif_top, str) and cif_top.startswith("http"):
+            self.cif_top = cif_top
+        elif isinstance(cif_top, (Path, str)):
+            self.cif_top = ONTOLOGY_DIR / cif_top
+        else:
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"`cif_top` must be either a string or a PathType. Got type {type(cif_top)!r}"
+            )
         self.categories = set()
 
         # Load cif_top ontology