[Go] Ontology development - April highlights

[Judith Blake]

Thanks Midori.
Lots of work...

Judy


Midori Harris wrote:
> Dear GO,
>
> The most recent monthly report on ontology content, for April 2008, is now 
> available at:
>
>     http://gocwiki.geneontology.org/index.php/Apr2008_report
>
> Ontology development highlights from April:
>
>    * We've finished renaming 'sensu' terms (main wiki page: 
> http://gocwiki.geneontology.org/index.php/Sensu_Main_Page).
>
>    * Reorganization of electron transport terms has been implemented 
> (http://wiki.geneontology.org/index.php/Electron_transport).
>
>    * At the GOC meeting, we reported on pilot projects, one on electron 
> transport and the other on glycolysis and the TCA cycle, to document links 
> between function terms and process terms. We'll continue to collect these 
> links for electron transport and metabolic pathways. Function-process main 
> page: http://wiki.geneontology.org/index.php/Function-Process_Links.
>
>    * An overhaul of signal transduction process terms continues 
> (http://wiki.geneontology.org/index.php/Signaling).
>
> In May (and beyond), the function-process workwill continue, as will the 
> signaling overhaul and quality control work connected with the regulation 
> terms. We'll also explore regulation links within the function ontology, 
> and between the function and process ontologies.
>
> We also have several new sets of possible cross-products that Chris has 
> generated, and which we'll evaluate for implementation (see 
> http://wiki.geneontology.org/index.php/Cross_Product_Guide and files in 
> the go/scratch/xps/ directory).
>
> A lot of work is planned for metabolism terms, to fill in missing "rungs" 
> along paths, and to make the ontology structure more consistent with ChEBI 
> (also looking ahead to GO-ChEBI cross-products).
>
> 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
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