Standardized Term Names

[Midori Harris]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, J Clark wrote:

> > 
> > 
> > It is not necessarily a problem for a term to have 'cell differentiation'
> > in its name -- in many cases we do deliberately put a small amount of
> > information in term names that is, strictly speaking, redundant with
> > parentage. This is so that a term will make sense if it is displayed 
> > alone, without the context of its parents (as many web pages, including 
> > MODs, do).
> > 
> > As long as the term name is not inherently redundant, the presence of
> > 'cell differentiation' is acceptable. So 'garland cell differentiation' is
> > OK, but 'adipocyte cell differentiation' is not.
> 
> It was me that put the redundant 'cell' in. I was in two 
> minds about it at the time and evidently took the wrong 
> route. I'll sort out the redundant names.

thanks

> 
> Would it be okay with everybody to have the redundant name 
> version in as an exact synonym? I did this so that the obol 
> system would recognise the concept of 'cell differentiation' 
> as opposed to 'sexual differentiation'.

better as a synonym than as the term name! so if obol needs it, OK

(I do think Alex has a point, that actual human beings should be able to 
suss it out ... but computers aren't as smart as us.)

m