[Go] documentation for the new 'Experimental' evidence code.

[Jennifer Deegan (nee Clark)]

Hi Emily,

That looks brilliant. Very clear documentation. Was there any objection 
to the idea of calling this evidence code 'EXP'? I found that very 
memorable.

Thanks,

Jen

E Dimmer wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Below you will find a draft of the new documentation for the 
> 'Experimental' evidence code.  This draft has been passed by evidence 
> code committee. I'd be grateful if you could have a look and send any 
> comments or suggestions to me by the 18th of April so that we can start 
> adding it to the GO website etc., and will mean that the code is 
> available for Reactome to use in their gene association file.   The 
> documentation of this code is quite short as it only acts to group each 
> of the well-defined child experimental terms. The acronym for this code 
> is currently 'IE' - in line with the entry in the ECO ontology.
> 
> Thanks,
> Emily
> 
> 
> IE: Inferred from Experiment
> 
> This code is used in an annotation to indicate that an experimental 
> assay has been located the cited reference, whose results indicate a 
> gene product's function, process involvement, or subcellular location 
> (indicated by the GO term). The IE code is the parent code for the IDA, 
> IMP, IGI, IEP and IPI
> experimental codes.
> 
> The IE evidence code can be used where any of the assays described for 
> the IDA, IMP, IGI, IPI or IEP evidence codes is reported. However it is 
> highly encouraged that groups should annotate to one of the more 
> granular experimental codes (IDA, IMP, IGI, IPI or IEP) instead of IE, 
> and all curators directly involved in the GO Reference Genome annotation 
> effort are obliged to use these and not IE.
> 
> The IE code exists for groups who would like to contribute high-quality 
> GO annotations that are produced from directly associating GO terms to
> gene products by citing experimental published results, but where the 
> group is unable to fit the appropriate specific experimental GO evidence 
> codes to each annotation.
> 
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> 
>     Emily Dimmer Ph.D.
>     GOA Coordinator
>     EMBL-EBI
>     Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
>     Hinxton
>     Cambridge CB10 1SD, U.K.
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Jennifer Deegan (nee Clark)
EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute
Gene Ontology Consortium