temporal aspects of 'X development' terms

[J Clark]

Hi Doug,

I think I'm trying to work out the same problem with a different example 
at the moment. No conclusion yet :-)

Jen

J Clark wrote:

> 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?