[go] Alert: proposal to obsolete GO:0005941 (cellular component; no annotations affected)

[Midori Harris]

The proposal has been made to obsolete

   unlocalized protein complex ; GO:0005941

This term is not used in annotations or mappings, nor in any external2go 
mappings. It is included in several GO slim sets maintained within the OBO 
flat file, but only because it was a parent of other terms in the slims.

The reason for this proposal is that the term was originally intended only 
as a "holding pen" for protein complex terms for which no more specific 
parents had been found. This term no longer has any children: All protein 
complex terms are is_a 'protein complex ; GO:0043234' and all have been 
placed under parents to yield more specific paths traversing a part_of 
relationship (except a handful that have instances in many locations). In 
other words, the term has been superseded by other terms and relationships 
in the cellular component ontology, and is no longer needed.

The proposal follows on from two SourceForge items, 535294 and 1475410:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=535294&group_id=36855&atid=440764
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1475410&group_id=36855&atid=440764

The two-week comment period ends on Friday, February 1, 2008.

*** Unless objections are received by February 1,
     we will assume that you agree to this change. ***

Midori