synonyms

[Midori Harris]

Hi,

Jen has brought it to my attention that this comment (made on SF 1262241) 
should go to a wider audience, because neurogenesis is not the only term 
affected:

I've never been keen on using the same string as both a term name and a
synonym (of any type/scope) for another term, because it gives a
misleading impression that the two GO terms have the same meaning (if they
did, they'd be merged). We've actively avoided doing it elsewhere in the
ontologies, so it would be good to do the same for development-related
terms.

Admittedly, this is not in the synonym documentation, but it can easily be 
added. One permissible exception is where one term is obsolete; an 
obsolete term string may be used as a synonym for an 'active' term.

Cheers
Midori