[go] What are evidence codes for?

[Benjamin Hitz]

On Sep 14, 2007, at 11:47 AM, David Hill wrote:

> Exactly. We spend a great deal of time arguing about exactly which  
> evidence code to use in an annotation. Can we come up with a list  
> of where we have seen the research community using GO and determine  
> how they have used the codes?

I think this great from a bottom-up approach, but I was actually  
interested in the top-down question:  Why were they invented in the  
first place?  And do they serve this purpose?  Is this purpose the  
same as it was when they were invented?

Also, Tanya and Jim's points beg the following questions:

Are the evidence codes for the GOC?  For the users of GO?   Is it the  
best solution to have a single set of evidence codes for both?

Ben

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