[Go] Ontology development - March highlights

[Midori Harris]

Dear GO,

The most recent monthly report on ontology content, for March 2008, is now 
available at:

   http://gocwiki.geneontology.org/index.php/Mar2008_report

Ontology development highlights from March:

  * The 'regulates' relationships have gone live! They are now used in the 
gene_ontology*.obo files and will be visible in AmiGO very soon (if they 
aren't already). Many thanks to all who helped with this work, especially 
David, Tanya and Chris.

  * We're down to one live 'sensu' term, and it will be changed before the 
GOC meeting (main wiki page: 
http://gocwiki.geneontology.org/index.php/Sensu_Main_Page; outstanding 
items: http://gocwiki.geneontology.org/index.php/Meeting_Notes_3).

  * Reorganization of electron transport terms has been implemented 
(http://wiki.geneontology.org/index.php/Electron_transport).

  * Two pilot projects are under way, one on electron transport and the 
other on glycolysis and the TCA cycle, to document links between function 
terms and process terms. Function-process main page: 
http://wiki.geneontology.org/index.php/Function-Process_Links.

  * An overhaul of signal transduction process terms has begun 
(http://wiki.geneontology.org/index.php/Signaling).

In April, the function-process pilot projects will continue, as will the 
signaling overhaul and quality control work connected with the regulation 
terms. We also hope to implement changes stemming from the lung 
development content meeting 
(http://wiki.geneontology.org/index.php/Lung_Development).

There are several content-related items proposed for the GOC meeting 
agenda 
(http://wiki.geneontology.org/index.php/SLC_GO_Consortium_Meeting#Agenda_Items).

As usual, details of small- and medium-scale changes are available in the 
SourceForge Curator Requests tracker. Please contact us if you want to help out 
with ontology work in a particular area, or if you have any comments or 
questions about what's going on.

Ontology Development wiki:
http://wiki.geneontology.org/index.php/Ontology_Development

SourceForge Curator Requests tracker:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=36855&atid=440764

Midori & David
on behalf of GO's ontology developers