On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Nicklas Nordborg <nick...@thep.lu.se> wrote: > On 2011-10-25 09:22, Pawel Sztromwasser wrote: >> Hi >> >> Working with the MageTab export I have noticed that it would be great to >> have additional properties for experiments that could hold MGED Ontology >> annotations, e.g. Experiment Design, Replicate Type, Quality Control >> Type. Up to now we've been using the Experiment Design and Experiment >> Type fields of experiments to hold this information, but it is a bit >> counterintuitive and does not restrict to available MO terms. >> >> In order to attach a fixed vocabulary term to an experiment it is >> probably easiest to make experiments annotatable and create one >> annotation type with selection of terms for every property. Further, the >> MO annotation types could be present in BASE by default (like the >> default protocol types), together with selections of MO terms. What do >> you think? > > I have also noticed that many of the experiment properties are > annotation-like and that it would be better to simply use annotations > instead. Unfortunately, it's too late to include this in the BASE 3 > release, so I guess it will have to wait for BASE 3.1. Making the > experiment annotable is fairly easy. The existing information must stay > as it is.
+1 for annotatable experiments > Regarding default annotation types, I think it is best to not include > any in a standard installation. Ontologies tend to change every now and > then, so it's better to let administrators handle that. > > /Nicklas > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the > demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. > Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn > about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > The BASE general discussion mailing list > basedb-users@lists.sourceforge.net > unsubscribe: send a mail with subject "unsubscribe" to > basedb-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ The BASE general discussion mailing list basedb-users@lists.sourceforge.net unsubscribe: send a mail with subject "unsubscribe" to basedb-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net
