[go] Fwd: [Go-database] Synonym length

[Amelia Ireland]

Back in Gotham City, Harold Drabkin wrote:

>I would doubt someone would search on such a synonym.  Our synonyms 
>should aid in searching for the right term.

As a general rule, though, we should not let the database structure
dictate what information the GO holds; if more cases come up where there
are lengthy synonyms, we should consider allowing longer entries in the
synonyms field to accommodate them. With some of these chemical names, it
might be that people see them in a paper or online somewhere, and they
just cut and paste them into the search box in AmiGO (or whatever GO tool
they are using). They probably wouldn't stop to consider how long the name
of the chemical is.

-- 
Amelia Ireland
GO Editorial Office,
European Bioinformatics Institute, UK.
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