[Ontology-editors] What does the MF ontology represent?

[Midori Harris]

Hi,

> We need to be able to represent regulation in GO, both in the terms we use
> for annotation and in the relationships between the terms.  I don't think
> that any biologist would argue with that point.  Especially not the
> biologists whose talks we attended or who presented posters at the SDB
> meeting.  The stumbling point, really, is getting what regulation is across
> to the ontologists.  Just because we haven't yet figured out how to define
> regulation clearly in their language, doesn't mean that we can't or that
> it's not relevant or important or that it doesn't exist.  I realize that I'm
> just preaching to the choir here but we need to stay committed to serving
> the needs of the biologists.

This choir member would just like to take this opportunity to shout 
"A-men".

m