[Go] Fwd: GAF changes, addition of new columns

[Michael Ashburner]

I agree, Michael

On 20 May 2008, at 19:31, Judith Blake wrote:

> I feel that we should include this in the newsletter.  MGI might  
> not get into our db, but we can manipulate the GAF file if required  
> and I don't see a problem with that.
>
> judy
>
>
> Mike Cherry wrote:
>> Decision needed.
>>
>> There has been no comments from the software group.  I feel we  
>> could include the date(s) for GAF format change in the newsletter  
>> that is in final edits now.
>>
>> I'll be traveling until Saturday so I hope someone else can make  
>> sure this is decided and included in the newsletter.
>>
>> -Mike
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> *From: *Mike Cherry <cherry at stanford.edu  
>>> <mailto:cherry at stanford.edu>>
>>> *Date: *May 19, 2008 8:52:38 AM PDT
>>> *To: *software-group Group <software-group at genome.stanford.edu  
>>> <mailto:software-group at genome.stanford.edu>>
>>> *Subject: **GAF changes, addition of new columns*
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Everyone asks me when the new columns will become required.  What  
>>> do you all think?
>>>
>>> I'd suggest September or October.  We need to define a date.  A  
>>> GO newsletter will go to press, so to speak, this week.  The next  
>>> newsletter will be in August.  That will give two newsletters  
>>> announcing the change, and having the switch over date be a month  
>>> or two after the August newsletter.
>>>
>>> Part of this is when can groups start submitting a GAF with the  
>>> additional columns, and when would it become manditory?  There  
>>> are two additional columns involved, the long reserved column for  
>>> properties (column 16) and the newly agreed one for canonical  
>>> gene name (column 17).
>>>
>>> Any counter proposals?  Concerns?  I've heard from Harold that  
>>> this change will take a few months for the MGI software staff to  
>>> put into production.
>>>
>>> -Mike
>>
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