Standardized Term Names

[Chris Mungall]

Yes, this is correct. I can make Obol start using the synonyms. Naming
policy certainly shouldn't be constrained by Obol!

What would be nice is if one synonym could be designated the 'formal'
exact synonym, in the cases where a term already has an exact synonym. Not
sure if Dag edit allows this yet. But this isn't super important, it
should mostly be possible to automatically work out which synonym best
communicates the actual meaning.

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, J Clark wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I asked Chris about this before and he said that it just
> deals with term names just now. However, he said that I
> could start adding the structured names as synonyms if they
> are not suitable as term names, and that he would get obol
> to parse those synonyms marked as being of interest at a
> later date.
>
> So in other words, if I put these redundant term names in as
> synonyms then they can be used by obol a bit later on, and
> they will be out of the way of the biologists.
>
> Jen
>
> Midori Harris wrote:
>
> > Chris will have to comment on obol's capabilities ... I've been under the
> > impression that it deals only with term names at present, but I may be
> > mistaken.
> >
> > m
> >
> > On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, Alexander Diehl wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Jen and Midori,
> >>
> >>Thank you for your replies.  Yes, I would prefer these term names to
> >>return to their original formulations.  I would also argue that it
> >>should be unnecessary to change term names to enable obol to  figure
> >>them out in cases where obol can easily read the term parentage as
> >>well as any human.  I would expect this to be a part of the obol
> >>algorithm already, though perhaps the program is not that
> >>sophisticated.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> >
> >>-- Alex
> >>
> >>At 9:59 AM +0000 2/18/05, J Clark wrote:
> >>
> >>>>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.)
> >>>
> >>>Cool. I'll wait for Alex to respond and if he's happy that I'll go ahead.
> >>>
> >>>Jen
> >
> >
> >
>
>