[Go] sporulation rearrangement

[Midori Harris]

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, Pankaj Jaiswal wrote:

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> Midori Harris wrote:
>> I much prefer the original proposal over these suggested changes -- 
>> GO:0030435 is defined as a cellular process, so it's better to make its 
>> name match its meaning than change the meaning.
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> At some point majority of BP terms are cellular. In this particular case the 
> tree is being modified/corrected to identify the multicellular form. 
> Therefore the term names must identify cellular (generic) to uni/multi 
> cellular forms. You may want to consult Barry on this.

This is irrelevant to the question of whether to change the name or the 
definition of a term in cases where the scope or scale don't already 
match. It is well-established GO practice to preserve meanings and adjust 
names, not the other way around.

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>> 'Multicellular' and 'syncytial' are not synonymous, so maybe there should 
>> be two new sporulation terms, but we certainly shouldn't have one term with 
>> 'multicellular' in the name and 'syncytial' in an exact synonym.
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> Not an exact synonym but a related/narrow synonym considering they are 
> structures with multi-nucleate cells formed by the fusion of neighboring 
> cells.
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> Pankaj
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