[go] What are evidence codes for?

[Chris Mungall]

Good idea

I think these use cases are even more compelling when we can  
demonstrate their use directly, either through scripts, amigo queries  
or for the more advanced, SQL queries (made simpler via the GOOSE  
interface Seth wrote).

For example, the following queries finds potential unsubstantiated or  
stale ISS assignments:
http://wiki.geneontology.org/index.php/ 
Example_Queries#Suspect_ISS_assignments

On Sep 14, 2007, at 7:55 PM, David Hill wrote:

> Should we start compiling these on the wiki?
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> David
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> Rama Balakrishnan wrote:
>> I have one data point to answer this question. A post-doc in the  
>> lab across from us says, he makes sure he throws IEAs and the rest  
>> are treated the same.
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>> Rama
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>> On Sep 14, 2007, at 11:37 AM, David Hill wrote:
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>>> Actually I think this is a great question. So I'd like to add,  
>>> how do people use evidence codes, and when they use them, how do  
>>> they use them?
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>>> David
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>>> Ben Hitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This is going to sound really flip - but why, precisely, do we  
>>>> track evidence codes?  Do you feel they are serving their  
>>>> intended purpose?
>>>>
>>>> The GO docs are somewhat vague on this:
>>>> "The annotation must indicate what kind of evidence is found in  
>>>> the cited source to support the association between the gene  
>>>> product and the GO term"
>>>>
>>>> There is lot of talk about what evidence codes are, and details  
>>>> about what falls into what class - but in order to address these  
>>>> issues I think it might be useful to think about WHY.
>>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>> --Ben Hitz
>>>> Senior Scientific Programmer ** Saccharomyces Genome Database **  
>>>> GO Consortium
>>>> Stanford University ** hitz at genome.stanford.edu
>>>>
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