NAME

       Bio::DB::Tagger::Tag -- Authored tags

SYNOPSIS

        use Bio::DB::Tagger::Tag;

        my $tag = Bio::DB::Tagger::Tag->new(-name   => 'venue',
                                            -value  => 'mermaid parade',
                                            -author => 'lincoln.stein@gmail.com');
        print $tag,"\n";          # use like a string
        print $tag->name,"\n";    # object interface
        print $tag->value,"\n";   # object interface
        print $tag->author,"\n";

DESCRIPTION

       This is a simple object tag interface that provides string-like objects that have authors
       assigned to them. For use in attributing tags to authors in the Bio::DB::Tagger module.

   METHODS
       $tag = Bio::DB::Tagger::Tag->new(-name=>$tag, -author=>$author [,-value=> $value,
       ,-modified=>$timestamp]);
           Create a new tag with the indicated value and author.

       $name = $tag->name
           Return the tag's name.

       $value = $tag->value;
           Return the tag's value.

       $timestamp = $tag->modified
           Return the tag's modification timestamp.

       $author = $tag->author;
           Return the tag's author

       $int = $tag->cmp($tag,$reversed)
           Perform a string cmp() operation on another tag or a string.  If a string is provided,
           then operation is on tag name only.  If a tag is provided, then operation is on both
           tag and value.

       $string = $tag->asString
           Convert into a name:value string

SEE ALSO

       Bio::DB::Tagger

AUTHOR

       Lincoln Stein <lincoln.stein@gmail.com>.

       Copyright (c) 2009 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

       This package and its accompanying libraries is free software; you can redistribute it
       and/or modify it under the terms of the GPL (either version 1, or at your option, any
       later version) or the Artistic License 2.0.  Refer to LICENSE for the full license text.
       In addition, please see DISCLAIMER.txt for disclaimers of warranty.