neuroblast vs. neuronal progenitor

[Doug howe]

Yes undoubtedly then...we should include synonyms in our manual efforts 
to keep GO and CL in sync.

chris mungall wrote:
>
> this is required for the automated synonym updates. But I was 
> suggesting this as a matter of policy - in your example below you'd 
> first check the synonym was appropriate in CL, get it added there, 
> then manually sync GO. the redundant work will be necessary until we 
> have the intersection_ofs
>
> On May 22, 2006, at 1:04 PM, Doug howe wrote:
>
>> Such a thing can only happen with OBO1.2, via the "intersection_of" 
>> tag...right?
>>
>> chris mungall wrote:
>>>
>>> how about a more general policy - automatic importation of syns from 
>>> CellO?
>>>
>>> On May 22, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Doug howe wrote:
>>>
>>>> Would everyone agree if I were to suggest that all GO terms that 
>>>> have "neuroblast" in the term name also have an exact synonym using 
>>>> the term "neuronal progenitor"?
>>>>
>>>> Eg.
>>>> "neuroblast differentiation" would get an exact synonym of 
>>>> "neuronal progenitor differentiation".
>>>>
>>>> Likewise, I would like to suggest a new term on SourceForge for 
>>>> "glioblast differentiation" with the exactly synonym "glial 
>>>> progenitor differentiation".
>>>>
>>>> I realize that sometimes a single cells can pass through a stage 
>>>> during which it is a progenitor capable of generating neurons and 
>>>> glia in some cases..but I think this is OK..maybe we could even 
>>>> have a term like "neuro-glial progenitor differentiation" to 
>>>> represent differentiation of this type of cell?
>>>>
>>>> What do you think?
>>>>
>>>> -Doug
>>>
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