temporal aspects of 'X development' terms

[J Clark]

This went to the annotation list, but I think will also be of interest 
to the development list.

Jen

Doug howe wrote:

> A thought on the temporal scope of 'X development' terms in general:
> 
> If a term like 'vasculature development' is defined to only encompass 
> the development of the vasculature from it's formation to it's mature 
> state, then wouldn't it be false to say something like 'vascular cord 
> development' part_of 'vasculature development' if 'vascular cord 
> development' precedes the existence of vasculature in time?   (DAVID???)
> We clearly already have such instances in GO, see 'ureteric bud 
> development' for example.
> 
> Biologically, these assertions of part_of make perfect sense...of course 
> 'ureteric bud development' is part of 'kidney development'...and query 
> results would need to respond that way as well.  However, if 'Kidney 
> development' has the scope of 'from it's formation to the mature 
> structure', then developmental events that occur before the kidney 
> exists can't really be part_of 'kidney development' can they?
> 
> I know this isn't a new issue..I'm just trying to figure out what the 
> proper course of action is!
> 
> Thoughts?