get_preferred_prefix

get_preferred_prefix(prefix: str) → str | None[source]

Get the preferred prefix (e.g., with stylization) if it exists.

Parameters:: prefix – The prefix to lookup.
Returns:: The preferred prefix, if annotated in the Bioregistry or OBO Foundry.

No preferred prefix annotation, defaults to normalized prefix >>> get_preferred_prefix(“rhea”) None

Preferred prefix defined in the Bioregistry >>> get_preferred_prefix(“wb”) ‘WormBase’

Preferred prefix defined in the OBO Foundry >>> get_preferred_prefix(“fbbt”) ‘FBbt’

Preferred prefix from the OBO Foundry overridden by the Bioregistry (see also https://github.com/OBOFoundry/OBOFoundry.github.io/issues/1559) >>> get_preferred_prefix(“dpo”) ‘DPO’