id | GO:0009451   Detailed information
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  name | RNA modification
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  namespace | biological_process
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  alt_id | GO:0016547
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  def | "The covalent alteration of one or more nucleotides within an RNA molecule to produce an RNA molecule with a sequence that differs from that coded genetically." [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:1555811337]
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  comment | The term 'RNA editing' (GO:0016547) was merged into 'RNA modification' (GO:0009451) on the basis of statements in the preface of Modification and Editing of RNA (ISBN:1555811337) that there is no clear distinction between modification and editing.
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  subset | goslim_yeast
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  subset | gosubset_prok
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  is_a | GO:0016070 ! RNA metabolic process
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  is_a | GO:0043412 ! macromolecule modification
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